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Polluted with PFOA

Part two of our series "Polluted with PFOA" begins with leaked documents...

Internal documents from Daikin Industries' Yodogawa Plant revealed the company used to discharge toxic PFOA into a local waterway.

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Only a fraction of Japan's forced sterilization victims have received remediation

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Polluted with PFOA

Daikin Chairman Inoue accepts, then refuses interview; Daikin management claim to have destroyed confidential documents (22)

Tansa went to Chairman Inoue’s home to request an interview, which he initially agreed to before passing it to other managers.

2022.07.05 18:12 　Nanami Nakagawa

Polluted with PFOA

Confidential documents confirm Daikin’s responsibility for PFOA pollution (21)

The documents were sent anonymously to a PFOA researcher in 2005.

2022.06.15 17:56 　Nanami Nakagawa

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