| From: | Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org> |
| Date: | Fri, 21 Jun 2019 12:20:00 -0700 (PDT) |
| Reply: | cpeo-military |
| Subject: | [CPEO-MEF] GLOBAL, HERBICIDES: "Civic group says carcinogen detected at former USFK site in Busan" (South Korea) |
Civic group says carcinogen detected at former USFK site in Busan Yonhap (S. Korea) June 12, 2019 SEOUL -- The former site of a United States Forces Korea (USFK) facility in Busan, the southern port city, is still contaminated with dioxin, a Group 1 carcinogen, a civic activist group said Wednesday. Green Korea United said dioxin has been detected at the former site of the USFK's Defense Reutilization and Marketing Office (DRMO) in Busan's Jingu district. The former DRMO site covering 34,925 square meters was used as an incinerating facility for garbage from neighboring USFK bases from 1973 to 2008. … For the entire article, see https://en.yna.co.kr/view/AEN20190612006000315 -- 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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