[CPEO-MEF] HERBICIDES, GLOBAL: "Japanese tech could rid Vietnam of war's toxic legacy"

[Lenny Siegel]

Japanese tech could rid Vietnam of war's toxic legacy

by ATSUSHI TOMIYAMA
Nikkei Asian Review (Japan)
November 12, 2015


HANOI -- Expectations are growing that Japanese technology will help erase one of the darkest legacies of the Vietnam War -- the lingering presence of Agent Orange.

Although 40 years have passed since the end of the war, areas of Vietnam remain highly contaminated with the chemical defoliant used by the U.S. military in its herbicidal warfare program.

Japanese construction company Shimizu brought contaminated soil from Vietnam to Japan in late October to begin experiments in purifying it. The Vietnamese government is paying close attention to the outcome, as Shimizu's technology proved effective in purifying soil polluted from the nuclear disaster at Tokyo Electric Power's Fukushima Daiichi power plant in March 2011.

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For the article, see
http://asia.nikkei.com/Tech-Science/Tech/Japanese-tech-could-rid-Vietnam-of-war-s-toxic-legacy

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