List of available reports on the contamination at Clark Air Base and Subic Naval Facility, by date of publication/production:
- Clearwater Reports - "Technical Review Report: Environmental
Baseline Survey, Former United States Navy Installation, Subic Bay,
Philippines, June 30, 1998," (57 pages) Clearwater Revival
Company, Alameda, CA, 1998; Commissioned by Arc Ecology for the
People's Task Force for Bases Clean Up. Purpose was to determine whether
the methodology and recommendations of the Woodward-Clyde report were
technically sound. Determined that the study did not accurately characterize
contamination at Subic Bay Freeport Zone. Concluded that "the results
of sampling performed during the EBS indicate that existing environmental
conditions within the Freeport Zone present an imminent and substantial
endangerment to human health and environment."
- Clearwater
Reports - "Technical Review Report: Soil and Water Baseline Study
Report, Former United States Air Force Installation, Pampanga, Philippines
- August 22, 1998," Clearwater Revival Company, Alameda, CA, 1998;
available from US Working Group for Philippine Bases Cleanup (see below).
Commissioned by Arc Ecology, a California based non-governmental organization
dealing with base cleanups, for the People's Task Force for Bases Clean
Up. Purpose was to determine whether the methodology and recommendations
of the Weston report were technically sound. Challenged one of the Weston
report's major recommendations, namely, to continue using the drinking
water supply. Found flaws in the sampling methodology that could underestimate
the extent of contamination. Also pointed out limitations in the analysis
of soil sampling results.
- "An Environmental and Health Impact Report on Known and Potentially Contaminated Sites at Former US Military Bases in the Philippines," (29 pages) Paul Bloom, Alex Carlos, Jorge Emmanuel, and Theodore Schettler, August 1994. Written by a team of US and Filipino scientists sponsored by the Unitarian Universalist Service Committee (UUSC), a non-governmental organization in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Reviewed of DOD, WHO, and other existing information including site visits and interviews. Identified 14 known contaminated sites, 17 potentially contaminated sites, and 5 areas of further concern at former Subic Naval Station. Also identified 5 contaminated sites and more than 10 potentially contaminated sites at Clark Air Base. Described potential health effects due to migration of toxic plumes and resulting human exposures.
- "Environmental Destruction Caused by US Military Bases and the Serious Implications for the Philippines," paper presented at the Crossroads 1991 International Conference, Manila, Philippines, May 14-16, 1990. Paper presented at the Crossroads 1991 International Conference, Manila, Philippines. Reviewed the environmental record of the US military and gave examples of the adverse impact on communities. Cited a 1986 Pentagon Inspector General's report revealing serious hazardous waste disposal problems involving lithium batteries, pentachlorophenol-contaminated ammunition boxes, and PCB transformers in the Philippines. Also finds that environmental standards were ignored in foreign countries.
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