[CPEO-MEF] PFAS, GLOBAL: "Survey finds ‘forever chemicals’ in groundwater near US Army depot in Japan"

[Lenny Siegel]

Survey finds ‘forever chemicals’ in groundwater near US Army depot in Japan

By HANA KUSUMOTO AND ALEX WILSON  
STARS AND STRIPES 
July 5, 2023

TOKYO — High levels of toxic PFAS compounds — “forever chemicals” suspected of causing serious health issues — were recently detected in groundwater near a U.S. Army depot outside Japan’s capital, but the pollution’s source has yet to be determined. 

A survey conducted between March and May by Kyoto University associate professor Koji Harada and Japanese newspaper Tokyo Shimbun examined two dozen spots in Kanagawa prefecture, just west of Tokyo, and found eight locations with concentrations exceeding Japan’s guidelines. 

The two highest concentrations were found in drinking water at two apartment complexes, with levels six times higher than Japan’s provisional limit of 50 parts per trillion, Harada told Stars and Stripes by phone Monday.

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For the entire article, see
https://www.stripes.com/theaters/asia_pacific/2023-07-05/pfas-japan-army-sagami-depot-10643753.html

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director
Center for Public Environmental Oversight
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LSiegel at cpeo.org
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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)