OSAKA -- High concentrations of organic chlorine compounds that can cause cancer were detected in groundwater at Matsushita group factory sites, it was announced Tuesday.
A concentration of tetrachloroethylene detected in water under a Matsushita Electronic Instrument Corp. factory in Takatsuki, Osaka Prefecture, was 9,400 times higher than the environmental standard set by the government, according to the Takatsuki Municipal Government.
At a Matsushita Electronic Components Co. factory in Kadoma and a Matsushita Battery Industrial Co. plant in Moriguchi, both in Osaka Prefecture, cys-1,2-dichloroethylene was detected in the groundwater.