From: | Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org> |
Date: | Fri, 27 Oct 2017 16:43:32 -0700 (PDT) |
Reply: | cpeo-military |
Subject: | [CPEO-MEF] GLOBAL: "Toxic chemicals found near US base in Bupyeong, " South Korea |
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. … For the entire article, see https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/nation/2017/10/371_238362.html -- Lenny Siegel Executive Director Center for Public Environmental Oversight a project of the Pacific Studies Center P.O. Box 998, Mountain View, CA 94042 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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