THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
September 5, 2020 at 17:07 JST
Firefighting foam flows into a ditch outside the U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma in Okinawa Prefecture on April 10. (Provided by Mineko Yonaha)
A barbecue held to boost morale among U.S. military personnel self-isolating at the Marine Corps Air Station Futenma in Okinawa Prefecture set off a heat detector that in turn activated carcinogenic firefighting foam which leaked into a nearby river in April. [Read More]
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