[Global Times reporter Zhen Xiang] After combing through more than 12,000 pages of US government documents and interviewing local residents, veterans and researchers, British journalist Jon Mitchell disclosed the US military in the new book "Poisoning the Pacific" to be published on the 12th The fact that it creates serious pollution in the Pacific.
According to the British "Guardian" report on the 10th, the book revealed that the US military has caused serious pollution in the Pacific islands under its control for decades. The sources of pollution include chemical weapons such as radioactive waste, neurotoxic agents and orange defoliants.
A case disclosed in the book shows that Foster, a U.S. soldier in Guam, was ordered to spray orange defoliant and diesel fuel around the base to stop the growth of plants. Then Foster's skin became inflamed and later suffered from Parkinson's syndrome. And ischemic heart disease; his daughter also suffered from cancer, his grandson had 12 fingers and toes when he was born, and a heart murmur. However, the US government has been covering up the facts of pollution and has repeatedly tried to stop Mitchell. Published books.