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.

 

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