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Joined: 10 Jan 2003
Location: Seoul
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 Posted: Mon Sep 01, 2008 6:50 am Post subject: Water of Public Saunas, Hospitals Found Unsanitary |
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Water of Public Saunas, Hospitals Found Unsanitary
By Bae Ji-sook, Korea Times (September 1, 2008)
http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/nation/2008/09/117_30361.html
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According to the Research Institute of Public Health and Environment, roughly 11 percent of 708 water tanks at these facilities in downtown Seoul were contaminated with bacteria that can cause pneumonia. The research was conducted between June and July, a time when the bacteria are most abundant.
The hygiene level of the bathing places' was found to be unsatisfactory. About 21 percent of hot water tanks contained the organisms, among which 28 showed a density of 10,000-100,000 per liter. The figure means the water tank needs immediate sterilization and disinfecting, the institute suggested.
Concerns about the unhygienic conditions at such "public places" has long been raised by hygiene experts.... |
Here is an old article (link may not work)
39 people arrested for polluting Seoul's reservoir
by Joo Sang-min, Korea Herald (November 4, 2002)
http://www.koreaherald.co.kr/SITE/data/html_dir/2002/11/04/200211040039.asp
alternative link to Naver News
http://news.naver.com/main/read.nhn?mode=LSD&mid=sec&sid1=108&oid=044&aid=0000035561
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The prosecution said yesterday it indicted 39 restaurant owners for contaminating a huge reservoir near Seoul with untreated sewage and erecting buildings on its shore without permission from the government.
The Seoul District Public Prosecutors' Office also said it imposed fines of 3 million won to 10 million won on another 35 restaurant owners on the same charges.
The restaurant owners are accused of dumping untreated wastewater into the Paldang Reservoir 24 km east of Seoul and illegally building parking lots adjacent to their establishments. The man-made reservoir is the main source of tap water for the Seoul metropolitan area.
A 54-year-old restaurant owner, identified only as Lee, is suspected of dumping seven tons of untreated sewage into the reservoir, prosecutors said....
The arrested restaurant owners had been indicted on the same charges seven to 13 times before, but they purportedly turned a blind eye to the rules in an apparent abuse of the current light penalty system.... |
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