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Japan has waited a long time for the implementation of a cleanup system that will deal with “groundwater pollution”.
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Yoshida, F. (2002). The Current State of High-Tech Pollution. In: The Economics of Waste and Pollution Management in Japan. Springer, Tokyo. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-4-431-67032-2_6
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