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U.S. Military Parents on Okinawa Demand Truth About Toxic Contamination Near Base Schools

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 May 2025

Jon Mitchell
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On Okinawa, U.S. military service members and their families are demanding answers from the Pentagon about a chemical dumpsite located adjacent to two Department of Defense schools.

Last summer, dangerous levels of dioxin were discovered near Kadena Air Base, but only recently did many Americans stationed on the island learn of the contamination.1 Parents whose children attend the potentially-poisoned facilities claim base officials failed to inform them of the risks and, for almost six months, they did not investigate whether the pollution extended onto their schools’ land.

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Asia-Pacific Journal , Volume 10 , Issue 54 , December 2012 , e166
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Footnotes

Between 2012 and 2014 we posted a number of articles on contemporary affairs without giving them volume and issue numbers or dates. Often the date can be determined from internal evidence in the article, but sometimes not. We have decided retrospectively to list all of them as Volume 10, Issue 54 with a date of 2012 with the understanding that all were published between 2012 and 2014.

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1. For an account of the discovery of the barrels, see here.

2. The Japan Times letter can be read in full here.

3. The January 24 Kadena Air Base meeting, including Gen. Hecker's full briefing for parents, can be watched online here.

4. For details on this report, see here.

5. For a full exploration of the Pentagon report, see here.

6. See, for example, “Pollution rife on Okinawa's U.S.-returned base land”, The Japan Times, December 4, 2014. Available here.