U.S. troops buried hundreds of leaky Agent Orange barrels at a Seoul base

Evidence

In 2011, underground water at Camp Kim in Seoul had almost a thousand times the allowable level of petroleum hydrocarbon, which includes gasoline and other oil by-products. What’s more, three veterans say they followed orders in the late 1970s to bury hundreds of leaky barrels of Agent Orange at the base. Agent Orange is now known to contain a dioxin that is carcinogenic in humans. Scientists have linked the compound to diseases in troops and locals alike, including chronic lymphocytic leukemia, Hodgkin’s and non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, multiple myeloma, prostate cancer, several respiratory cancers, and some soft tissue sarcomas. — David Vine, Base Nation_ How U.S. Military Bases…, 408

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• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — David Vine, Base Nation_ How U.S. Military Bases…, 408
• XREF: connects to: U.S. bases left behind undisclosed toxic burial pits under a Korean ambassador’s home — David Vine, Base Nation_ How U.S. Military Bases…, 405