HARI SREENIVASAN, PBS NEWSHOUR WEEKEND ANCHOR: Wani sabon tsarin bincike daga “ProPublica” da ake kira “Boma-bomai a Cikin Baya” ya kalli yadda ake zubar da sharar sojoji da kuma yadda yake shafar al’ummomin da ke kusa da Amurka. a jiya, na yi magana da marubucin jerin, Abrahm Lustgarten, daga sitoyon labarai na NewsHour da ke Washington, DC
Ba mu wani taƙaitaccen bayani game da mahimmancinsa game da zubar da sojoji a Amurka.
ABRAHM LUSTGARTEN, PRUBLICA: Da kyau, Ina nufin, farawa, ka sani, Yaƙin Duniya na ɗaya, ka sani, kowane bam, kowane harsasai, kowane makami da muka inganta don dalilan tsaro, an tsara, tsarawa da kuma ƙera abubuwa ta hanyar masana'antu sannan kuma a gwada sannan a ƙarshe a yawancin lokuta sukan watse yayin da suke tsufa kuma suke karewa akan kasar Amurka.
SREENIVASAN: Shin ba a riga akwai ƙa'idodin muhalli daga EPA ko wasu wuraren da zasu kare ruwa ko ƙarancin iska ba? Ina nufin, sojoji suna da keɓewa daga waɗancan?
LUSTGARTEN: Ee. Ina nufin, akwai tsauraran ƙa'idodin Hukumar Kare Muhalli. Wasu daga cikinsu sun shafi Pentagon wasu kuma basa amfani dasu. Dangane da buɗaɗɗen ƙonewa, Pentagon yana ƙone ainihin abin da aka bayyana a matsayin ɓarnataccen haɗari kuma EPA ta tsara kona ɓarnatattun abubuwa a cikin 1980s. Don haka, 30 ko shekaru da suka wuce. Abubuwan fashewar sun kasance da wahalar ma'amala da su.
Don haka, a lokacin, sun ƙirƙiri wata yar karamar madafa. Ya ce Pentagon da sauran kamfanoni na musamman da ke hulda da abubuwan fashewa kawai na iya ci gaba da kona wancan idan hakan ce kawai hanyar da za su iya kawar da ita, amma har sai ingantacciyar fasahar ta gano wata hanyar da ta fi dacewa ta magance ta. nuna cewa ka'idoji zasu buƙaci su matsa zuwa waɗancan hanyoyin.
Wadancan yanzu suna nan. Sun daɗe na tsawon lokaci, amma har yanzu Ma'aikatar Tsaro tana da ƙarfi sosai a kan ƙonewa yayin da suke aiwatarwa.
SREENIVASAN: Ee. Yaya yaduwar wannan a cikin ƙasar? Ina nufin, kuna da taswira a ɗayan labaranku. Shafuka daban-daban nawa ne suke yin wannan wanda zai iya zama damuwa ga unguwar da suke ciki?
LUSTGARTEN: Don haka, mun sami jerin waɗanda aka tattara a cikin EPA kuma an lissafa kusan shafuka 200, shafuka 197 a duk faɗin ƙasar inda aka rubuta konewa, ba duk waɗannan ke aiki a yanzu ba. Akwai kimanin shafuka 60 da ke aiki har yanzu, kusan 51 daga cikinsu ana gudanar da su kai tsaye ta Ma'aikatar Tsaro ko 'yan kwangilarsa, sabanin NASA da wasu kamfanoni masu zaman kansu.
Wadancan rukunin yanar gizon har yanzu suna ƙona ko ina daga fam miliyan ɗari na abubuwan fashewa a shekara guda, har zuwa fam miliyan 15 na fashewa a shekara.
SREENIVASAN: Don haka, ɗayan wuraren da kuka ayyana a zahiri yana da makarantar firamare ba ta da nisa sosai kuma akwai mutanen da ke cikin gonakin da ke kusa da su. Menene irin sakamakon kiwon lafiyar da suke samu?
LUSTGARTEN: Yana da matukar wahala a san menene sakamakon kai tsaye na ƙonewar. Abin da muka sani shi ne cewa a wurin da na duba, Radford, Virginia, Colfax, Louisiana, wani gari ne kuma a wasu wurare, akwai mutanen da suke da alamun rashin lafiya mai ɗorewa. Suna damuwa game da abin da ke haifar da cututtukan. Suna zargin cewa ana iya danganta shi da gurbatarwar.
Kuma a gefe guda, an yi rubuce rubuce kuma an bayyana cewa akwai gurɓataccen yanayi, cewa gurɓatar tana haifar da barazanar lafiya. Amma wani ɓangare na abin da muke mai da hankali kan labarin a wannan makon shine rashin ƙoƙari don ƙoƙarin haɗa wannan tambayar da amsar. Da gaske ba a cika lura da hankali ba don ƙoƙarin tantance ko mutane suna rashin lafiya daga waɗannan ayyukan.
SREENIVASAN: Shi ke nan. Abrahm Lustgarten daga "ProPublica", tare da mu daga San Francisco a yau - na gode sosai da lokacinku.
LUSTGARTEN: Na gode.
