[CPEO-MEF] GLOBAL: "U.S. Military Parents on Okinawa [Japan] Demand Truth About Toxic Contamination Near Base Schools"

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

U.S. Military Parents on Okinawa Demand Truth About Toxic  
Contamination Near Base Schools

Jon Mitchell
Japan Focus
February 23, 2014

On Okinawa, U.S. military service members and their families are  
demanding answers from the Pentagon about a chemical dumpsite located  
adjacent to two Department of Defense schools.

Last summer, dangerous levels of dioxin were discovered near Kadena  
Air Base, but only recently did many Americans stationed on the  
island learn of the contamination.1 Parents whose children attend the  
potentially-poisoned facilities claim base officials failed to inform  
them of the risks and, for almost six months, they did not  
investigate whether the pollution extended onto their schools’ land.

Now many are accusing the military authorities of endangering their  
children’s health. In addition, a growing number of parents  
affiliated with the base believe their children’s serious illnesses  
may have been caused by dioxin exposure.

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For the entire article, see
http://japanfocus.org/events/view/210

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
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Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
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