[CPEO-MEF] PFAS, GLOBAL: "Okinawa governor condemns Marine Corps for releasing tainted water into public system"

[Lenny Siegel]

Okinawa governor condemns Marine Corps for releasing tainted water into public system

BY MATTHEW M. BURKE AND MARI HIGA
STARS AND STRIPES 
AUGUST 26, 2021

CAMP FOSTER, Okinawa – The governor of Okinawa prefecture demanded the Marine Corps stop releasing potentially contaminated water into the public wastewater system, soon after the Marines started releasing it Thursday.

At a news conference in Naha, Gov. Denny Tamaki said he learned the Marines were releasing the water at about the time it was being done. He said the Marines notified the prefecture and Okinawa Defense Bureau by email at 9 a.m. that the water, which contains low levels of toxic organic compounds, was about to be released.

“It must have come as a shock for all stakeholders,” Tamaki said, adding that disposal methods were supposed to be discussed that day. "This is totally unacceptable.”

Representatives of the defense ministry and the U.S. military were scheduled to meet later Thursday to discuss results of July wastewater tests and disposal methods.

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For the entire article, see
https://www.stripes.com/branches/marine_corps/2021-08-26/okinawa-contaminated-water-pfas-pfos-marine-corps-2664262.html

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Lenny Siegel
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Center for Public Environmental Oversight
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Author: DISTURBING THE WAR: The Inside Story of the Movement to Get Stanford University out of Southeast Asia - 1965–1975 (See http://a3mreunion.org)