The article of the ASAHI newspaper dated January 19 is introduced.

["kenichi Azuma" <azuma@kcn.ne.jp>]

Hello.

I'm Kenichi Azuma from Nara,Japan.

The article of the ASAHI newspaper dated January 19 is introduced.

It is extraction from the article.

Title:[Organic chlorine compounds pollute subterranean water.]
       (The factory of Sharp Corp. such as Nara.)


It was found out that organic chlorine compounds of the carcinogenic
property were detected in the subterranean water of four factories of Sharp
Corp. of the big enterprises electric manufacturer which have three factory
in Nara Prefecture(such as Yamatokooriyama City) and one factory in Yao
City,Osaka Prefecture.

Nara Prefecture and Sharp Corp. announced it.

The amount of detection was the maximum of 7000 times of the environmental
standards value.


To be the same again,Organic chlorine compounds of the high concentration
were detected in the subterranean water of the factory of Matsushita
electric appliances group in Osaka Prefecture Takatsuki City and Nara
Prefecture Yamatokooriyama City ,and the factory of Toshiba Corp. group in
Nagoya City.

A well was dug to observe subterranean water in each factory from last July.
Then, the well's subterranean water was examined

As a result,di-chloromethane of 140 mmg which was equivalent to 7000 times
of the standard value in Nara factory in Yamatokooriyama City was detected.

In Yao factory,tri-chloroethylene of 93 mmg which was equivalent to 3100
times of the standard value was detected.

In Tenri factory,tri-chloroethylene of 0.24mmg which was equivalent to 8
times of the standard value was detected.

In Shinjo factory,tri-chloroethylene of 0.045mmg which was equivalent to 8
times of the standard value was detected.

It is the above.

These are the actual circumstances of the factory of the Japanese big
enterprises electric manufacturer.

How do you like them in everyone's country?

to the e-mail address shown below.

azuma@kcn.ne.jp