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Real Reality
Joined: 10 Jan 2003
Location: Seoul
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 Posted: Wed Dec 20, 2006 6:31 am Post subject: Poor Water Supplied: 1,400 Places |
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Poor Water Supplied in 1,400 Places
Substandard drinking water was supplied in 1,400 places nationwide, including schools and childcare centers, because water quality inspecting organizations fabricated data, prosecutors said.... Thirty-two National Institute of Environmental Research employees were indicted without detention on charges of receiving kickbacks from head of the environment technology institute.... According to the prosecution, 14 of the nation's 52 private and public water quality examination organizations have fabricated inspection data about underground water in 1,753 places, including drinking water in 1,410 places.
By Kim Rahn, Korea Times (December 20, 2006)
http://times.hankooki.com/lpage/nation/200612/kt2006122018073911960.htm |
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ChopChaeJoe
Joined: 05 Mar 2006
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Wed Dec 20, 2006 6:35 am Post subject: |
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| Not good news. i'm one of the very few people who drink the tap water here. |
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Real Reality
Joined: 10 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Wed Dec 20, 2006 6:46 am Post subject: |
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Bribed officials manipulate tests of polluted water
The water in 1,753 sites nationwide was wrongfully declared safe when some of them contained up to 17 times the maximum contaminant level for nitrate-nitrogen, state prosecutors said yesterday. Some of these sites have provided drinking water to over 1,400 orphanages and schools nationwide.
By Shin Hae-in, The Korea Herald (December 21, 2006)
http://www.koreaherald.co.kr/SITE/data/html_dir/2006/12/21/200612210006.asp |
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Pyongshin Sangja
Joined: 20 Apr 2003
Location: I love baby!
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| Posted: Wed Dec 20, 2006 2:22 pm Post subject: |
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| You are a racist! How many of you can honestly say that your countries don't have health inspectors who fabricate data? How many of you? |
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laogaiguk
Joined: 06 Dec 2005
Location: somewhere in Korea
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| Posted: Wed Dec 20, 2006 2:25 pm Post subject: |
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| Pyongshin Sangja wrote: |
| You are a racist! How many of you can honestly say that your countries don't have health inspectors who fabricate data? How many of you? |
I can't. Canada had atleast one incident of this about 5~8 years ago. |
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Pyongshin Sangja
Joined: 20 Apr 2003
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| Posted: Wed Dec 20, 2006 2:31 pm Post subject: |
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Police in Ontario will be laying criminal charges against two brothers involved in the tainted water scandal in Walkerton, Ont.
Stan and Frank Koebel, the brothers who ran Walkerton's water system, admitted during an inquiry that they had compromised the system's safety and then lied about it. |
You mean Walkerton?
Two people? That ain't the same as 14 of 52 inspection organizations. |
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laogaiguk
Joined: 06 Dec 2005
Location: somewhere in Korea
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| Posted: Wed Dec 20, 2006 2:32 pm Post subject: |
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| Pyongshin Sangja wrote: |
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Police in Ontario will be laying criminal charges against two brothers involved in the tainted water scandal in Walkerton, Ont.
Stan and Frank Koebel, the brothers who ran Walkerton's water system, admitted during an inquiry that they had compromised the system's safety and then lied about it. |
You mean Walkerton?
Two people? That ain't the same as 14 of 52 inspection organizations. |
My answer is appropriate for the question you asked. |
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hubba bubba
Joined: 24 Oct 2006
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| Posted: Wed Dec 20, 2006 3:04 pm Post subject: |
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Sooo.... Basicaly, 25% of the water in SK is unsafe to drink? Is this right?
Sure wish they'd tell us what places aren't safe. I drink the tap, but maybe I shouldn't. |
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mnhnhyouh
Joined: 21 Nov 2006
Location: The Middle Kingdom
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| Posted: Wed Dec 20, 2006 3:17 pm Post subject: |
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| Pyongshin Sangja wrote: |
| You are a racist! How many of you can honestly say that your countries don't have health inspectors who fabricate data? How many of you? |
Hmmm, long bow to draw... there was no claim that this problem was restricted to Korea, just some information. As most posters here live in Korea it would seem that this story would be of interest to them.
I think you are being overly sensitive.
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Captain Corea
Joined: 28 Feb 2005
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Wed Dec 20, 2006 3:34 pm Post subject: |
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I could have sworn we had a thread only a few weeks ago with people discussing whetehr it is safe or not.
I guess we got our answer.  |
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