INCHEON, Feb. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — The heat desorption cleanup method has been found to be effective in removing dioxins or dioxin-like chemicals, known carcinogens, from contaminated soil inside the U.S. military base in Incheon. Following a yearslong delay caused by gaps with the South Korean government on decontamination procedures, the U.S. returned four bases [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea is expected to push ahead with the decontamination of the four United States military bases that were returned to it Wednesday before settling the clean-up costs on concerns the camps may pose a threat to the public’s health. Following a yearslong delay caused by gaps with Seoul [...]
SEOUL, May 24 (Korea Bizwire) — Hyundai Engineering and Construction Co. has been selected to clean up pollution at a U.S. military base in Incheon, west of Seoul, the defense ministry said Friday. The environment ministry found last year that soil and groundwater inside the Camp Market in Bupyeong, Incheon, were contaminated with chemicals like [...]