Silent killer-Contaminatated site

Subic naval base, formerly known as one of the largest American naval bases outside the US, was strategically located near international shipping lanes in the South China Sea and 120 kilometers north of Manila. Subic Bay comprises a large protected natural harbor surrounded by hills, forest and white sandy beaches. Since 1990, NGOs from the Philippines and the U.S. have claimed that the past and on-going military activities around Subic Bay produced toxic waste that was seldom appropriately treated. Their activities to urge cleanup widespread in the U.S., the Philippines and other areas through a toxic waste coalition.

At the same time, the former naval base has undergone an extensive redevelopment since the Seventh Fleet moved out in 1992, and now provides a mix of high grade industrial, commercial and tourist facilities and housing. As such, Subic Bay is a centerpiece of the Philippines' drive towards newly industrialized economy status by the year 2000.

CONTAMINATED SITES

Subic Landfill

Osir Basin Old Landfill

Navy Exchange Taxi Compound

Defense Reutilization and Marketing Office (DRMO) Yard/Deltic Yard

PWC Vehicle Maintenance Yard

Cubi Hospital Incinerator

Fire Fighting Training Area

Former Demilitarization Facility/NAVMAG

SRF Causeway

Explosive Ordnance Disposal Area/NAVMAG

Sanitary Landfill

Subic Power Plant (Bldg. 1800)

Fleet Mooring/Sandblasting Yard

Foundry Shop, Building 30

Naval Supply Depot Tank Farm, area around UST structure No. 1758

Wood Preservation and Treatment Facility, Bldg. 2259/NAVMAG

Fuel Farm Area in Cubi Point Naval Air Station

Washrack Holding Tanks, Structure No. 8415 and 8416

Cubi Power Plant

there is a huge body of evidence of contamination at the former US military bases. Reports from the US General Accounting Office, US Department of Defense, the World Health Organization, and recent environment baseline surveys conducted by US firms at the former bases at the request of the Philippine government confirm serious contamination at over 30 sites at both Clark and Subic bases.