[CPEO-MEF] GLOBAL: "Banned chemicals contaminate groundwater near US bases on Okinawa" (Japan)

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Banned chemicals contaminate groundwater near US bases on Okinawa

RT
April 18, 2017 

Elevated levels of two banned pollutants used by the US military have been detected in groundwater running under Marine Corps Air Station Futenma on Okinawa, Japanese officials have said. The Pentagon won’t let Okinawan officials on base to investigate.

The carcinogenics perfluorooctanesulfonic acid (PFOS) and perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) were found in high concentrations in underground water during surveys in August and January, the Okinawa prefectural government’s environmental protection department said in a statement.

“High levels of contamination was detected in underground water samples taken from the Oyama and Kiyuna districts,” said Yoshinari Miyahira, team leader of the environmental protection department’s water environments control team. “Both sit on lower grounds adjacent to Futenma.”

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For the entire article, see
https://www.rt.com/usa/385233-okinawa-pfos-water-contamination/

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Lenny Siegel
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