Fourteen of thirty-four returned U.S. bases in South Korea exceed local cancer-chemical standards

Evidence

In South Korea itself, American bases have caused widespread harm because of chemical, fuel, and other toxic waste leaks, spills, and, in some cases, deliberate burial. At fourteen of the thirty-four bases the U.S. military recently agreed to return to South Korea, the levels of chemicals linked to cancer in humans exceeded South Korean standards. … According to the military’s own reports, one base in South Korea has contaminated surrounding soil and groundwater as a result of the haphazard storage and disposal of pesticides, herbicides, solvents, battery acid, and petroleum products. — David Vine, Base Nation_ How U.S. Military Bases…, 407

Categorization

• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — David Vine, Base Nation_ How U.S. Military Bases…, 407