| From: | Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org> |
| Date: | Wed, 13 May 2020 10:56:42 -0700 (PDT) |
| Reply: | cpeo-military |
| Subject: | [CPEO-MEF] PFAS, GLOBAL: U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma in Ginowan, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan |
U.S. base finally provides samples of potentially toxic soil ASAHI SHIMBUN (Japan) May 12, 2020 U.S. authorities on May 11 caved in to repeated requests from Japan to provide soil samples from a leak of potentially toxic firefighting foam at a military base in Okinawa Prefecture. The gesture is expected to help resolve concerns about the scope of contamination involving a compound known to cause cancer. The samples were provided after the U.S. military rejected requests from prefectural authorities and the Ginowan city government for access to the soil cleared after the April 10 spill at the U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma in Ginowan. The leakage occurred at a hangar in the base, which is surrounded by a crowded residential area. … For the entire article, see http://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/13367597 -- Lenny Siegel Executive Director Center for Public Environmental Oversight A project of the Pacific Studies Center LSiegel@cpeo.org P.O. Box 998, Mountain View, CA 94042 Voice/Fax: 650-961-8918 http://www.cpeo.org _______________________________________________ Military mailing list Military@lists.cpeo.org http://lists.cpeo.org/listinfo.cgi/military-cpeo.org | |
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