[CPEO-MEF] GLOBAL: "Cancer-causing compounds found at former US Army heliport, " Camp Walker, Daegu, South Korea

[Lenny Siegel]

Cancer-causing compounds found at former US Army heliport in South Korea

by Hangyun Kim
Medill News Service
March 4, 2021

SEOUL, South Korea — A former U.S. Army heliport and runway at Camp Walker in South Korea’s southeastern city of Daegu were found by a South Korean government agency to be contaminated with cancer-causing substances, potentially exposing service members on the base and thousands of residents living nearby to the toxic substances.

The Daegu Citizens’ Coalition for Safety disclosed surface and groundwater contamination at the site, which the Army has given to South Korea, at a Feb. 19 press conference.

The information was based on a field survey of Camp Walker’s 16.5 acres of runway and helipad conducted by the South Korean Ministry of Environment from November 2019 to March 2020. The civic group obtained the internal report after filing an official information disclosure request and revealed a few pages in its press release. The ministry confirmed the report’s findings.



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For the entire article, see
https://www.armytimes.com/news/your-army/2021/03/04/cancer-causing-compounds-found-at-former-us-army-heliport-in-south-korea/

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director
Center for Public Environmental Oversight
A project of the Pacific Studies Center
LSiegel at cpeo.org
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