Located in Philippines, Clark Air Base, a former U.S. military base, is now the subject of an environmental issue. Clark Air Base was an important staging area during the Vietnam War, but along with their great job that they have made during the war, they have also contaminated the area surrounding the military base. Petroleum lubricants, pesticides, oil, PCB and lead have been poured into the water during their aviation operations.

The Philippine government declares that the land and the water are still polluted, even if many years have passed since the military base has not worked on. The government declares that the area is polluted with heavy metals, fuel and asbestos. The base poured gallons of fuel and other chemicals into different areas, local fishing and swimming places which are now polluted with all those chemicals and people are exposed to health problems.

About 500 families refugee on the deserted military base, 76 people died and 63 more are suffering from diseases like mesothelioma cancer, asbestosis, lung cancer and other types of cancer caused by exposure to these dangerous chemicals founded at the deserted base.

The Philippine government and also the local resident have declared that the U.S military base is responsible of those people deaths and the suffering of others.

Private groups and environmentalists have tried to force a cleanup, but with no success. The area is still polluted with chemicals and asbestos and it almost impossible to clean it as new.

“An environmental clean up was scuttled by the two governments in the agreement that gave the Philippines billions of dollars in base infrastructure.” Sick locals are very unhappy about the situation and serious cases of mesothelioma and asbestosis are presented in reports, females and children with serious health issues.

Today, the land used in the past by the U.S. base is covered with hotels, parks, ranches and shops, but the area is still polluted and can threaten human health