WHAT CONTAMINANTS WERE FOUND AT CLARK AIR BASE?
According to the environmental baseline study that was conducted by the US firm Weston International at Clark Air base at the request of the Philippine government, a total of 21 of the 24 locations sampled for water had at least one pollutant that exceeded drinking water standards. Some of these were Mercury, Nitrate, Coliform Bacteria, Dieldrin, Lead and several different kinds of solvents including Benzene and Toluene. The Weston study identified soil contamination in 12 of the 14 sites that it investigated. The following pollutants which exceeded standards for soil ingestion were found: Aldrin, Dieldrin, Petroleum hydrocarbons, Lead, Polychlorinated Hydrocarbons(PCBs), Lindane, Hexachlorobenzene.
