From: | Lenny Siegel <LSiegel@cpeo.org> |
Date: | Thu, 8 Feb 2024 13:32:39 -0800 (PST) |
Reply: | cpeo-military |
Subject: | [CPEO-MEF] PFAS, GLOBAL: "Japan exception to U.S. military’s handling of PFAS contamination" |
Japan exception to U.S. military’s handling of PFAS contamination By Satsuki Tanahashi, Taro Ono, and Takashi Watanabe ASAHI SHIMBUN (Japan) February 7, 2024 Japan appears to be an exceptional case where the U.S. military has done almost nothing about cancer-causing organic fluorine compounds detected near U.S. military bases. Perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) repel water and oil and have been used in various products, such as firefighting foam. The Okinawa prefectural government has detected levels of PFAS exceeding the temporary standards set by the Environment Ministry in tests conducted near U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma in Ginowan, in the prefecture. … For the entire article, see https://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/15151210 — 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 Author: DISTURBING THE WAR: The Inside Story of the Movement to Get Stanford University out of Southeast Asia - 1965–1975 (See http://a3mreunion.org) _______________________________________________ Military mailing list Military@lists.cpeo.org http://lists.cpeo.org/listinfo.cgi/military-cpeo.org | |
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