| From: | Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org> |
| Date: | Mon, 19 Dec 2016 22:29:22 -0800 (PST) |
| Reply: | cpeo-military |
| Subject: | [CPEO-MEF] GLOBAL: Camp Kim groundwater pollution, Seoul, South Korea |
Underground water near US military base still contaminated by By Ock Hyun-ju Korea Herald December 28, 2016 Underground water near the US military base in central Seoul still contains much higher levels of pollutants than the legal limits, the Seoul city government said Monday. According to an internal inspection by the Seoul Metropolitan Government, the average concentration of benzene in groundwater near the US military base around Noksapyeong Station was 0.532 milligrams per liter. It went as high as 8.811 miligrams per liter, which is roughly 587 times more than the environmental standard of 0.015 mg/L. ... For the entire article, see http://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20161219000574 -- Lenny Siegel Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight a project of the Pacific Studies Center 278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041 Voice/Fax: 650/961-8918 <lsiegel@cpeo.org> http://www.cpeo.org _______________________________________________ Military mailing list Military@lists.cpeo.org http://lists.cpeo.org/listinfo.cgi/military-cpeo.org | |
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