[CPEO-MEF] GLOBAL: "Japan agrees to cleanup of lead contamination at US communications site"

[Lenny Siegel]

Japan agrees to cleanup of lead contamination at US communications site

By Seth Robson
Stars and Stripes
February 25, 2016
 

YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan - The Japanese government has agreed to clean up lead contamination at an American communications site in Saitama Prefecture, the U.S. Air Force says.

A recent environmental survey of the Tokorozawa Communications Site, which relays ground-to-air and ship-to-shore communications for U.S. Forces Japan, found lead contamination in the soil, Japanese broadcaster NHK reported last week.

The soil testing, performed ahead of road construction on the land, found 13,000 milligrams of lead per kilogram of soil at the site - about 86 times the standard level, the report said.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.stripes.com/news/japan-agrees-to-cleanup-of-lead-contamination-at-us-communications-site-1.395945

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Lenny Siegel
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