Officials at Hill AFB, Utah, have decided the base must clean up six areas near base housing units that could contain polychlorinated biphenyls, according to the Associated Press news service. Reports of possible PCB contamination surfaced earlier this year when housing residents complained of unexplained medical problems.
The U.K. and the U.S. will continue to enjoy access to the ports, airfield, and workshops at Diego Garcia in the Indian Ocean for at least another century, under a deal inked between the U.K. and Mauritius May 22.