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Contaminated Barrels Unearthed
Our NGO Works with Assembly members and the
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On June 13 th, 2013, 26 barrels were found in a soccer field,former US base, in Okinawa City.
Logos of Dow Chemical Company
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In 2002, 215 barrels were found in Chatan Town, formerUS base. Only one barrel was analyzed.
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Contaminated Barrels unearthed
Our concern
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Briefing prefectural assembly members
Our NGO works with assembly members and media
Project on Oversight and Evaluation
Local newspaper
Okinawa City Assembly
Ryukyu AsahiBroadcasting
Press conference
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Project on Oversight and Evaluation
Okinawa City conducted cross check/counter investigation
Okinawa Defense Bureau Okinawa City
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Contaminated barrelsSecond round investigation since last October
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Dioxin, PCP, PCB, arsenic and fluorine
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Three points about the contaminated barrels
1) Multicontamination
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Dr. Wayne Dwernychuk
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Three points about the contaminated barrels
TCDD level: Equivalent to the ones in Vietnam
Comprehensive Assessment of Dioxin Contamination in Da Nang Airport, Viet Nam: Environmental Levels, HumanExposure and Options for Mitigating ImpactsNovember 2009
The level of TCDDin one barrel wasequivalent to theones in the soil offormer Danang
Airport in Vietnam.
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2) Dumping by US Military
Excerpt from Okinawa Defense Bureaus Report
Around 1964 - the year in which TokyoOlympics were held - 6 or 7 U.S. servicemenwere working from10:00 AM to evening near thearea of todays soccer field.
These service members unloaded barrels froma U.S. military truck(s), rolled them into thebottom of a small valley and covered them with
soil using military bulldozer(s).They placed plywood on the slope allowing thebarrels to be rolled smoothly.
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Dr. Honda states that it is highly likely that, in the past, herbicidescontaining components of defoliants such as Agent Purple, Green,
Pink and or Orange were present in the soccer field
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Three points about the contaminated barrels
3) Relationship with Defoliant
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Okinawa Defense Bureauunable to find Agent Orange defoliant in the drums
neglects Other Vietnam War defoliants
Okinawa prefecture
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Japanese Reactions to the Investigation
Still within the No Agent Orange Discourse
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