[CPEO-MEF] FUEL, GLOBAL: "No serious contamination found over alleged oil spill at ex-US base, " Yongsn, Seoul, South Korea

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

No serious contamination found over alleged oil spill at ex-US base


By Kim Da-sol
Korea Herland
September 26, 2017


The result of Seoul City’s probe into soil and groundwater in areas near a US military base in central Seoul over alleged oil leaks came out Tuesday, showing below average levels of contamination in the samples from six of nine sites around the military base in Yongsan.

In August, the Seoul city government conducted its own survey on soil and water near the US base for possible contamination with toxic chemicals, amid growing calls for the disclosure of pollution levels in the area. 

According to the analysis of samples released Tuesday, all six areas had soil and water contamination below average levels, based on the Soil Environment Conservation Act here.

However, two spots, the main post and the transportation office, will be reinvestigated next month, the city said, as samples from there were close to the average level.


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