World Briefs: Toxic chemicals at new Tsukiji site

High levels of toxic chemicals were found in groundwater tests at a new facility scheduled to replace Tokyo's famous Tsukiji fish market. PHOTO: EPA

Toxic chemicals at new Tsukiji site

TOKYO • High levels of toxic chemicals were found in groundwater tests at a new facility scheduled to replace Tokyo's famous Tsukiji fish market, clouding the costly relocation plan, news reports said yesterday.

The city's new governor, Ms Yuriko Koike, had said she would postpone the relocation, originally set for November last year, until final groundwater test results at the new site - a former gas plant - were out. Final tests showed that levels of toxic materials, including benzene, were above nationally set limits, the Yomiuri Shimbun and Jiji Press said.


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AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE


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REUTERS

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A version of this article appeared in the print edition of The Sunday Times on January 15, 2017, with the headline World Briefs: Toxic chemicals at new Tsukiji site. Subscribe