Everything Congresswoman Bordallo is saying is true, but it will not matter to the anti-US leftist protesters spreading the misinformation in South Korea that the THAAD radar causes cancer, miscarriages and ruins crops:
In this photo, taken in Guam on July 19, 2016, U.S. Congresswoman Madeleine Bordallo talks with South Korean reporters about the THAAD system on the island. (Yonhap)
The Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system will pose no environmental problems whatsoever if it is set up away from heavily-populated areas as in Guam, a U.S. Congresswoman representing the Pacific island territory told South Korean media.
Congresswoman Madeleine Z. Bordallo (D-Guam) made the remarks in a meeting with South Korea’s Defense Ministry Joint Press Corps on Tuesday following their tour of an operational THAAD battery a day earlier.
The reporters were on the island to check how an actual THAAD battery is run and if it poses a health risk to people nearby and the environment.
She said there has never been a complaint raised about noise related to the THAAD system since it was brought onto the island in 2013. She said that as long as the battery is placed in an “isolated” area and not in the middle of a town there should be no problems.
The lawmaker also made clear that since the battery’s deployment, there has been no signs that it has impacted the environment around it, and that the presence of THAAD has not hurt the island’s tourism trade. [Yonhap]
