COCOS ISLAND (GUAM)

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'Cocos Island' is an island one mile off the southern tip of Guam. A Coast Guard long-range navigation station operated on Cocos Island from 1944-1963.
There is currently a resort on the island, and ferries run to Merizo, Guam.
Military tests on soil from Cocos Island in late 2005 showed levels of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) contamination 4,900 times higher than the federally recommended level. Tests on 12 species of fish in the lagoon showed all but one of those species had high levels of PCBs. One had 265 times the acceptable level. The contamination most likely originated from transformers and other electrical equipment at the Coast Guard station, but was not tested for earlier.
Officials from the Guam Environmental Protection Agency, Department of Public Health and Social Services and the Coast Guard announced their findings on 20 February 2006 and warned people not to eat fish caught in the lagoon.

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★ Health effects of PCBs

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★ Pacific Daily News article