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Polluted with PFOA
PFOA, a toxic chemical formerly used in products like non-stick pans, is carcinogenic and harmful to unborn children. Although banned in Japan from October 2021, high concentrations of PFOA have been found in Settsu City, Osaka, near a Daikin plant that used to manufacture the chemical. For years, residents were not told of the pollution.
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Daikin dismissed scientific findings, local fears over PFOA pollution in meeting with Settsu City Council members (12)
2022.02.28 11:27 Nanami Nakagawa
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Daikin denied PFOA’s health effects, despite 69,000-person study proving its toxicity (11)
2022.02.17 15:49 Nanami Nakagawa
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Daikin claimed PFOA emission levels are confidential, Osaka Prefecture dropped issue(10)
2022.02.10 17:06 Nanami Nakagawa
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Daikin chairman head of former Osaka governor supporters’ organization (9)
2022.02.02 14:07 Nanami Nakagawa
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World’s highest known level of PFOA found in Yodogawa tributary in 2004 (8)
2022.02.02 13:45 Nanami Nakagawa
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Daikin aware of PFOA’s dangers since at least 2002 (7)
2022.01.27 18:19 Nanami Nakagawa
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How Settsu City, at Daikin’s request, kept PFOA pollution secret from citizens (6)
2022.01.27 17:45 Nanami Nakagawa
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School 45 meters from Daikin plant sent home students with rice, vegetables despite contamination risk (5)
2022.01.27 17:05 Nanami Nakagawa
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Environment ministry: “PFOA in soil probably not immediate health risk” (4)
2022.01.07 8:24 Nanami Nakagawa
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The polluter at the heart of the community (3)
2022.01.05 7:15 Nanami Nakagawa
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Food Safety Commission of Japan calls PFOA a “serious public health hazard”
2021.12.22 7:31 Nanami Nakagawa
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“That water’s dangerous”: Locals near Daikin plant wary of pollution since 1960s (2)
2021.12.14 14:05 Nanami Nakagawa