Cases / Law, regulation and treaties · Philippines · date not stated
Pollution at Subic and Clark linked to deaths; US says it has no clean-up duty
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Nature's voice · report
No measurement of the harm done to me here is on record.
Did nature suffer? Not measured.
The United States argues it has no clean-up obligation at the former Subic and Clark bases in the Philippines, where military pollution has been linked to deaths. The sources reviewed do not describe the contamination itself, so its extent is not established.
What?
US military pollution at the Subic and Clark bases linked to deaths; the US argues it has no clean-up obligation Stars and Stripes
Where?
Subic and Clark, Philippines Stars and Stripes
When?
Reported in February 2010; the period of the pollution is not stated in the sources reviewed Stars and Stripes
Who?
Gained
- United States government — Argues it has no clean-up obligation at Subic and Clark Stars and Stripes
Lost
None on recordHarmed
- People who died (not named in the source) — Deaths the report links to the pollution Stars and Stripes
Why?
Not stated in the sources reviewed.
How?
The mechanism of the pollution is not described in the sources reviewed.
6 of 6 questions answered from the record
What happened
The record, in order.
Stars and Stripes reported in February 2010 that the United States argues it has no clean-up obligation at Subic and Clark.
The same report links US military pollution in the Philippines to deaths.
In court and with insurers
Every proceeding and every insurer decision on record.
Lawsuits and rulings
No court case on record. No court has ruled on this case.
Insurers
No insurer decision on record.
What we don't know
Undisclosed, unproven, untried: recorded as data.
Nature
- Not measured Harm to nature: The record holds no measurement of harm to nature.
Record
- None on record The sources reviewed do not give the number of deaths linked to the pollution or name the pollutants.
- None on record No clean-up, compensation or payment is recorded in the sources reviewed.
Did the harm stop?
Not stated in the sources reviewed.
Who paid?
Not stated in the sources reviewed.
Sources
Voices on record: — Company or project— Government and regulators— Courts✓ Press and investigations— Communities and civil society— Researchers
Press and investigations
- Decades later, US military pollution in Philippines linked to deathsStars and Stripes · 2010-02
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