沖縄県、普天間に立ち入り調査　有毒剤漏れ、サンプル採取

　米軍普天間飛行場（沖縄県宜野湾市）で有毒物質「ＰＦＯＳ」を含む泡消火剤が格納庫から漏れ、施設区域外に流出した事故で、県と宜野湾市などは２１日、日米地位協定の環境補足協定に基づき基地内への立ち入り調査を行った。ＰＦＯＳの濃度を調べるため、消火剤が流出した排水路から水をサンプル採取した。
　調査は県庁の担当幹部と松川正則宜野湾市長のほか、防衛、外務、環境３省の職員ら計１０人で実施。県は土壌の採取も求めていたが、今回は行われず、引き続き調整することになった。松川市長は調査後、記者団に「今後も立ち入り調査ができるようにしたい」と述べた。（2020/04/21-22:02）

Local governments in Okinawa Prefecture have conducted an on-site investigation over a toxic material spillage at the U.S. Marine Corps' Futenma air base in Ginowan in the southernmost Japan prefecture.
   The probe, also involving central government officials, was conducted Tuesday based on the Japan-U.S. agreement on environmental stewardship supplementary to the bilateral status of forces pact, which governs the U.S. military presence in Japan.
   Participants collected water samples from a drainage in order to check the concentrations of perfluorooctanesulfonic acid, a toxic substance known as PFOS, that was contained in the 227,100 liters of fire-extinguishing foam spilled from a facility at the base April 10.
   Ten people participated in the probe, including a senior prefectural government official, Ginowan Mayor Masanori Matsugawa and officials of the defense, foreign and environment ministries.
   Soil samples were not collected despite the prefectural government's request.