[CPEO-MEF] PFAS, GLOBAL: "US, Japan defense officials discuss how to address chemical contamination near American bases"

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

US, Japan defense officials discuss how to address chemical contamination near American bases


By CAITLIN DOORNBOS
STARS AND STRIPES 
January 17, 2020

Top U.S. and Japan defense officials spoke about toxic chemicals detected near U.S. bases in Japan during a meeting at the Pentagon on Tuesday, according to the Japanese Ministry of Defense.

Acting U.S. Secretary of Defense Mark Esper and Japanese Defense Minister Taro Kono discussed “how U.S. and Japan can cooperate in responding to issues such as [perfluorooctane sulfonate and perfluorooctanoic acid] and to comprehensively advance the discussions,” a defense ministry news release summarizing the meeting stated on Wednesday.

Tokyo officials detected the chemicals, commonly known as PFOS and PFOA, in two wells near Yokota Air Base during a survey from December 2018 to January 2019, according to the Tokyo Metropolitan Government’s Bureau of Social Welfare and Public Health.

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For the entire article, see
https://www.stripes.com/us-japan-defense-officials-discuss-how-to-address-chemical-contamination-near-american-bases-1.615159

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director
Center for Public Environmental Oversight
A project of the Pacific Studies Center
LSiegel@cpeo.org
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