The U.S. Army admitted today it buried toxic chemicals on a U.S. military base in South Korea more than 30 years ago, but that those chemicals were later dug up and removed, according to the Stars and Stripes. At issue is whether or not Agent Orange was one of those buried chemicals. Recently three veterans told Phoenix television station KPHO that they buried the potentially cancer-causing herbicide at Camp Carroll in South Korea back in 1978. (Click here to watch KPHO's feature.) The Army responded to this allegation with an investigation, and released the findings today:
The study didn't say whether Agent Orange was among the chemicals, but the three veterans who spoke to KPHO they buried Agent Orange.
The Wall Street Journal explains why this is such a big deal:
Almost 4,000 people work on the Camp Carroll base, according to the Stars and Stripes. The base has roughly 900 residents.
