The article mentions that "health activists" have been denied access to the bases, I don't think it's too much to imagine that Japanese authorities could also b

The article mentions that "health activists" have been denied access to the bases, I don't think it's too much to imagine that Japanese authorities could also be facing significant bureaucratic hurdles to gain access and actually determine the source of pollution. They give an example of both military and civilian firefighters doing training that involve using a lot of fire-suppressing foam. These foams contain carcinogenic compounds that can be washed into the groundwater by rain. In Denmark we have recently had just that happen to people living near firefighter training grounds [link] link (machine translated since I couldn't find anything in english): https://www-dr-dk.translate.goog/nyheder/indland/store-maengder-af-farligt-stof-er-maalt-i-korsoer-borgeres-blod-man-falder-ned-i-et?_x_tr_sl=da&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=wapp https://www-dr-dk.translate.goog/nyheder/indland/store-maeng...