Underground water near US military base still contaminated
Social affairsDec 19, 2016
Underground water near the US military base in central Seoul still contains much higher levels of pollutants than the legal limits, the Seoul city government said Monday.According to an internal inspection by the Seoul Metropolitan Government, the average concentration of benzene in groundwater near the US military base around Noksapyeong Station was 0.532 milligrams per liter.It went as high as 8.811 miligrams per liter, which is roughly 587 times more than the environmental standard of 0.015 m