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Article: Japan's toxic past resurfaces.(Hazardous Waste)
- Article from:
- Environmental Health Perspectives
- Article date:
- June 1, 2004
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Chemical weapons stored by the Japanese army at the end of World War II pose greater health risks than previously thought, according to a recent report by Japan's Ministry of the Environment. The study found chemical weapon stockpiles or damage caused by shells at 81 locations around the country's shoreline, compared with 8 locations noted in a 1973 government report. In all, states the new report, 138 locations had at some point been the site for the manufacture/storage, disposal, discovery, or other issue related to poison gas shells.
Wartime Japan produced an estimated 7,000 tons of chemical weapons, according to the Associated Press (AP). After the war, the ...