[CPEO-MEF] GLOBAL: "Toxic chemicals found near US base in Bupyeong, " South Korea

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Toxic chemicals found near US base in Bupyeong 


By Jung Min-ho
Korea Times
October 27, 2017

Highly toxic chemicals, including dioxins and benzene, were found in soil and water near a U.S. military base in Bupyeong, Incheon, the Ministry of Environment said Friday.

According to a joint statement by the Korean and U.S. governments, Korean investigators found that soil and groundwater at Camp Market, an installation of the U.S. Army, contained various harmful chemicals.

However, the documents do not say why the chemicals, including dioxins, total petroleum hydrocarbons (TPH), polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), trichloroethylene (TCE), heavy metals, benzene and tetrachloroethylene (TCE), ended up there and who is responsible for them.

After the issue came to the fore a few years ago, environmental groups accused the U.S. Forces Korea (USFK) of dumping them there.

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For the entire article, see
https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/nation/2017/10/371_238362.html

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Lenny Siegel
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