进出口总额怎么计算:The Agent Orange that US Army left to S Korea

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The Agent Orange that US Army left to S Korea

US Military Veterans Claim To Have Buried Dangerous Agent Orange Chemical On Camp Carroll

"I often receives inquiries from veterans who served in Korea for advice in regards to agent orange claims. For those that don’t know agent orange was sprayed during a period of heightened tensions along the DMZ where the North Koreans increased the number of infiltrators into South Korea in an attempt to start an insurgency, ambush soldiers, attack US camps, bomb barracks, and even try to assassinate the South Korean President during a period that became known as the 2nd Korean War. The agent orange chemical kills foliage in order to more easily spot North Korean infiltrators. Agent Orange has since been proven to be the cause of a number of health defects with veterans that served in both Vietnam and Korea."

JoongAng Daily Editorial - Agent Orange outrage

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Retired American soldiers delivered horrific testimony that the U.S. Army’s Camp Carroll in Chilgok, North Gyeongsang dumped and buried tons of the defoliant Agent Orange in the 1970s.

Exposure to the toxic herbicide used during the Vietnam War has been proven to cause serious illnesses like cancer and birth defects. We are dumbfounded to discover that such toxic chemicals have been under the ground a few miles from the Nakdong River for more than three decades.

The act - no matter how long ago it took place - is still a crime that calls for accountability.

American forces in South Korea have been under fire several times for their heedless environmental contamination. Many areas near military bases have been polluted with oil leaks and an army hospital at Yongsan base in Seoul was identified as having dumped phenol waste into the Han River.

The burial of Agent Orange poses a serious environmental hazard. If toxic dioxin from corroded storage drums seeps into the Nakdong River, the consequences would be grave. The dumping, which took place 34 years ago, can trigger public anger and distrust toward American military bases as well as triggering broad anti-American sentiment.

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If American military authorities try to duck away from accountability or fail to pursue an investigation, the case could result in mass protests against the U.S. military’s presence in South Korea. When American military officials protected the soldiers who ran over and killed two South Korean teenagers nine years ago, activists and students took to the streets en masse and led nationwide vigil protests against the American forces.

The environment ministry has demanded that U.S. defense officials embark on an investigation of the case. The U.S. military must track down the people behind the order to bury the toxic material and use all possible means to eliminate the chemical remnants and detoxify the contaminated area.

Korean and U.S. officials should join forces to examine the health of residents near the area and make due compensation to those found to have fallen ill as a result of being exposed to the harmful substance.

They also must carry out a thorough environmental check-up on all American bases in the country to prevent the case developing into an issue of conflict between the two countries.

Gov’t launches Agent Orange probe

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Officials from the Ministry of Environment and other government offices yesterday visit Camp Carroll in Chilgok, North Gyeongsang, where U.S. Forces Korea allegedly buried a large amount of the highly toxic defoliant Agent Orange, which was used during the Vietnam War. [YONHAP]

The Ministry of Environment launched an investigation yesterday, after a news report this week said the U.S. military allegedly buried highly toxic Agent Orange - used as a defoliant during the Vietnam War - at one of its camps in Korea.

The ministry said it will send about 10 environmental experts, including three ministry officials, to Camp Carroll in Chilgok County, North Gyeongsang. The ministry said the investigation team will survey the alleged toxin dump and analyze the water underneath and environmental situation near the camp.

The ministry also called for a joint investigation between the United States and Korea under the Status of Forces Agreement. It also proposed legislation related to the investigation of the burial site.

The U.S. military has opened its own investigation, according to the Arizona-based KPHO CBS 5 television station, which initially reported the case on Monday - that, based on testimony by three veterans, U.S. Forces Korea dumped the extremely toxic compound at Camp Carroll in 1978. One of the veterans said about 250 55-gallon drums of the defoliant were buried there.

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During the Vietnam War, which ended in 1975, U.S. forces widely spread Agent Orange over the countryside to destroy forests and jungles in order to make the fight against guerrillas easier. Experts say exposure to the compound can cause paralysis and cancer, as well as other ailments.

The North Gyeongsang government held an emergency meeting yesterday with the ministry and decided to conduct a field survey at the camp and a pollution inspection of water and land in the area.

Lawmakers and civic groups in the Chilgok region held a rally yesterday.

“It could be a massive disaster,” read a statement released by the Democratic Party’s North Gyeongsang branch. “The government should investigate this matter immediately and find out the truth. Given the fact that Camp Carroll plays a role as an ammunition depot, the amount of defoliant buried at the site could be more than expected. If the news report is true, the U.S. military must take responsibility, pay compensation and conduct regular Korea-U.S. joint inspections.”

Friends of the Earth International, an environmental group, held a rally in front of Camp Carroll with other environmental groups yesterday, demanding the U.S military allow them to join the field survey with the Ministry of Environment. Their request was rejected. Green Korea, another activist group, said yesterday: “The defoliant could have already polluted the Nakdong River. The government should inspect local people’s health first.” (Korean JoongAng Daily/Yonhap/ROK Drop)

The overseas missions of US troops are mostly under the name of "justice" and "humanitarian", but the fruits of the "justice" they left in other countries are often poisoning - while in US homeland everything is much safer and peaceful. Why such history just repeats itself, is it coincidentally or the fate?

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