#: locale=en ## Action ### URL LinkBehaviour_A2D51568_75F0_E4F2_41BF_B3278051DC0A.source = https://www.guernicamag.com/clean-water/?fbclid=IwY2xjawFPgcRleHRuA2FlbQIxMAABHQdGEzHrZ7SmOovpm7jPVxZvv4f7bzKpbgEgDEK033chD4mNj5CMomj-vw_aem_a2A-IgO_v2GRj0g-qr2iMA LinkBehaviour_383B5318_55F3_9C52_41CA_8E98E74119B8.source = https://www.guernicamag.com/clean-water/?fbclid=IwY2xjawFPgcRleHRuA2FlbQIxMAABHQdGEzHrZ7SmOovpm7jPVxZvv4f7bzKpbgEgDEK033chD4mNj5CMomj-vw_aem_a2A-IgO_v2GRj0g-qr2iMA ## Hotspot ### Text QuadHotspotPanoramaOverlayTextImage_A0BFE6A3_75D7_A476_41E0_31F6D21939E0.text = About this poem: \ I grew up on Kadena Air Base, Okinawa, Japan. The house below is 2928A North Terrace, where I lived from 1988 to 1990. \ \ My house isn't far from the flight line, where the aircraft are and where several major leaks of firefiighting foam have happened over the last decades. In 2019, perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS) and perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) from the foam were found at highly toxic levels in natural springs that feed the neighboring Hija River. \ \ \ \ \ \ \ QuadHotspotPanoramaOverlayTextImage_A06269C8_75B1_EC32_41E6_29F2F0A45A9D.text = How to read this poem: \ In 2D, click on or touch the text to reveal the next line of the poem. In VR, aim your headset's center dot at the text for a few seconds. To start over, reload the page. HotspotPanoramaOverlayTextImage_FFF3BA76_B7D0_ACDE_41D7_0A0C6CCFED15.text = Kadena City, Okinawa. Photo: Google Street View, 2018. QuadHotspotPanoramaOverlayTextImage_0F705A7E_55F0_ACCE_41CA_1B92A3DB58ED.text = Learn more here. QuadHotspotPanoramaOverlayTextImage_F394365A_B7B7_A4D6_41A0_CB3B3203F275.text = Runoff flows from my old house QuadHotspotPanoramaOverlayTextImage_8AE0803E_8266_0CEE_41CA_E40813F3C352.text = To learn more, click here. QuadHotspotPanoramaOverlayTextImage_A6A9F866_75F7_6CFE_41D5_B0A9454DF1B0.text = To learn more, start with Yoko Uema's essay "Clean Water," translated by Lisa Hofmann-Kuroda, at Guernica. QuadHotspotPanoramaOverlayTextImage_0B9696A1_55F0_A472_41D0_733110AEA29D.text = Water goes where I cannot \ but carries all I give it. QuadHotspotPanoramaOverlayTextImage_F349CDDE_B7B0_A7CE_41DC_79D2EDDA405E.text = Water goes where I cannot \ but carries all I give it. QuadHotspotPanoramaOverlayTextImage_F35E165F_B7B1_E4CE_41D2_40C470859B8E.text = across the street under another base QuadHotspotPanoramaOverlayTextImage_0E1D1C40_55D0_E432_41A6_C52E56BA3C26.text = across the street under another base QuadHotspotPanoramaOverlayTextImage_38EB86BC_55EF_A452_41BC_CFB8217EF0E6.text = and into the Hija River, \ whose springs are carcinogenic. QuadHotspotPanoramaOverlayTextImage_F3616284_B7B0_9C32_41AC_1FB803F3303E.text = and into the Hija River, \ whose springs are carcinogenic. QuadHotspotPanoramaOverlayTextImage_F3F23C06_B7B7_643E_41B5_9485F551D394.text = downhill through the drainage holes QuadHotspotPanoramaOverlayTextImage_F3FFE788_B7B0_E432_41B9_0B3469EA6D38.text = into the grate outside the base, ## Media ### Image imlevel_F348E3F1_B7B1_A3D2_41E1_A3136146C327.url = media/panorama_F27EF090_B7B0_9C52_41D2_C64C52A97049_HS_37vurjvc_en.png imlevel_F3432AE1_B7B1_ADF2_41E0_33225B0301DA.url = media/panorama_F27EF090_B7B0_9C52_41D2_C64C52A97049_HS_3c1d1e5u_en.png imlevel_83451940_826E_1C92_41C4_A19282605F88.url = media/panorama_F27EF090_B7B0_9C52_41D2_C64C52A97049_HS_466yc0uj_en.png imlevel_BEA9365C_54D0_A4D2_41EA_524297B33E45.url = media/panorama_F27EF090_B7B0_9C52_41D2_C64C52A97049_HS_7c30xaed_en.png imlevel_3D5D0BC6_55F1_EC3E_41D0_3B571D4D3C29.url = media/panorama_F27EF090_B7B0_9C52_41D2_C64C52A97049_HS_8b03bdzl_en.png imlevel_F13A75A8_B7B1_A472_41A0_47550953982B.url = media/panorama_F27EF090_B7B0_9C52_41D2_C64C52A97049_HS_b67ii2pq_en.png imlevel_3B59343F_55F1_A44E_41D5_18633632FB0E.url = media/panorama_F27EF090_B7B0_9C52_41D2_C64C52A97049_HS_d4kblj5w_en.png imlevel_F13EFF6B_B7B1_A4F6_41D5_FBA7B932A4B6.url = media/panorama_F27EF090_B7B0_9C52_41D2_C64C52A97049_HS_d793j0i3_en.png imlevel_A883C099_77F0_9C52_41E9_015BA4473B66.url = media/panorama_F27EF090_B7B0_9C52_41D2_C64C52A97049_HS_erystvvg_en.png imlevel_3C9A1F90_5570_E452_41A6_34D3F1083742.url = media/panorama_F27EF090_B7B0_9C52_41D2_C64C52A97049_HS_h7l7mn78_en.png imlevel_8774685C_826E_3CB2_41BE_227EED22747D.url = media/panorama_F27EF090_B7B0_9C52_41D2_C64C52A97049_HS_mzr7xkd9_en.png imlevel_3CC18659_55F1_A4D2_41D3_4E1704EC3E3E.url = media/panorama_F27EF090_B7B0_9C52_41D2_C64C52A97049_HS_qmv2ajcj_en.png imlevel_F344373B_B7B1_A456_41D7_55733C0E082A.url = media/panorama_F27EF090_B7B0_9C52_41D2_C64C52A97049_HS_vt44wvtc_en.png imlevel_3CDA106E_55F1_9CCE_41C1_69F665CE5F0B.url = media/panorama_F27EF090_B7B0_9C52_41D2_C64C52A97049_HS_whmuv1j9_en.png imlevel_A10AB2FE_75D0_9DCE_41BB_BF2A02B80384.url = media/panorama_F27EF090_B7B0_9C52_41D2_C64C52A97049_HS_z5f9wcld_en.png ### Title panorama_F27EF090_B7B0_9C52_41D2_C64C52A97049.label = Groundwater ## Popup ### Body htmlText_861D6D81_8266_7792_41E1_BB0DA28E7A77.html =
I grew up on Kadena Air Base, Okinawa, Japan. The house across the fence behind you is 2928A North Terrace, where I lived from 1988 to 1990.
My house isn't far from the flight line, where the aircraft are and where several major leaks of firefiighting foam have happened over the last decades. In 2019, perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS) and perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) from the foam were found at highly toxic levels in natural springs that feed the neighboring Hija River.
Yoko Uema’s 2023 essay in Guernica, translated by Lisa Hofmann-Kuroda, is a good source to learn more.
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