A COMPARISON OF SUCCESSES AND FAILURES RELATED TO ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION LAW IN JAPAN, KOREA, AND THE UNITED STATES
Environmental protection successes and failures in Japan, Korea, and the United States are considered in this chapter. Country specific information is followed by country comparisons.
A major environmental pollution problem existed (and the potential continues to exist) with respect to sewerage. Land related constraints in Japan severely curtail the country's capacity to deal effectively with sewer waste. In the late 1980s and early 1990s, however, Japanese scientists developed a sewer sludge melting process that is rapidly solving the problem in Tokyo, Yokohama, Kyoto, Osaka, and the Osaka region (Tebbutt, 1991, pp. 628 632). This process represents a major environmental protection success for Japan.
A recent environmental failure in Japan involved the detection of organic compounds in Dokai Bay (Terashi, 1993, pp. 348 355). Dokai Bay experiences only slight water exchange with the sea, and the body of water is nearly surrounded by industrial facilities that manufacture chemical, steel, and iron products. Compounds found to be present in Dokai Bay included "50 PAHs, 16 azaarenes, 10 alphatic hydrocarbons, and four chlorobenzenes" (Terashi, 1993, pp. 348 355).
A more long term Japanese success with respect to environmental protection involves forestry. The relatively warm
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