Detecting organic fluorine compounds around U.S. military bases
Following the detection of a high concentration of an organofluorine compound in Okinawa and around U.S. military bases, the U.S. and U.S. governments will consider how to cooperate in the future. Was.
During a meeting with Defense Secretary Esper of the United States at the Pentagon near Washington, Defense Minister Kono said that fluorinated organic compounds such as PFOS, which had been pointed out in animal experiments, were converted to U.S. military bases in Okinawa and Yokota in Tokyo. We exchanged opinions about what was detected around the base.
In this context, they agreed that the United States and the United States will work together to address this issue, considering that the United States has created a task force and is working on countermeasures.
They acknowledged that, given the increasingly harsh security environment surrounding Japan, local understanding and cooperation is essential to maintaining a swift response by U.S. forces in Japan.