[CPEO-MEF] PFAS, GLOBAL: "High levels of PFOS detected at Okinawa [Japan] school next to U.S. base"

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

High levels of PFOS detected at Okinawa school next to U.S. base

By MIKA KUNIYOSHI
Asahi Shinbun (Japan)
September 25, 2022


GINOWAN, Okinawa Prefecture--Extremely high levels of a suspected carcinogen were detected in the grounds of an elementary school next to the U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma here, rekindling persistent health concerns over the handling of dangerous chemicals at U.S. military bases.

A reading of perfluorooctane sulfonic acid (PFOS) at one site of the Futenma No. 2 Elementary School was about 29 times that of PFOS levels deemed under U.S. environmental guidelines to carry risks in containing the contamination.

Koji Harada, an associate professor of health and environmental sciences at Kyoto University, expressed alarm over the findings, saying they underlined the need for on-site inspections at the Futenma airfield.


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For the entire article, see
https://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/14727069

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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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