By Pat Elder, Mayu 29, 2019
Sen. John Barrasso (R-WY), Shugaban Majalisar Dattijai ta Majalisar Dattijai ta Amurka game da muhalli da Ayyuka, yana da iko mai yawa wajen tsara dokoki game da tsari na kwayoyin halitta da poly flouralkyl (PFAS). Barrasso ne Majalisar Dattijan ta mafi kyaun karbar kuɗi daga masana'antun sunadarai kuma suna da alƙawarin majalisa masu yawa da ke bunkasa bukatun masana'antu.
Barrasso Har ila yau, batun Pentagon ne mutum. Ya yi tsayayya da yin maganin dukkanin kamfanonin PFAS a matsayin aji. Yin haka zai iya hana sojoji na fasahar yaki-da-gidanka suna cewa yana da mahimmanci ga aikin su. PFAS ita ce mai aiki a cikin makamai masu linzami da sojojin ke amfani da shi a lokacin yakin basasa a sansanin soja. Ana iya barin kumfa na kwayar cutar ta shiga cikin ƙasa don guba da ruwa da kuma tsarin tsabar gari. Babu wani abu da zai iya fitar da wutar lantarki mai zafi kamar PFAS-laced foam.
Dokar hankali ta yi kira ga duk 5,000 + PFAS sunadarai don a daidaita su gaba ɗaya saboda dukansu sun kasance sun zama mai guba.
BarrassoMatsayin da yake kare martabar "riba akan mutane" na masana'antun masana'antu da kuma masu gwagwarmaya. Barrasso da kuma sabon nau'in masu tsattsauran ra'ayi tare da babba a Washington tambaya ko ya kamata 'yan majalisa su dauki irin wannan hanyar saboda kowane tsarin sinadarai yana gabatar da matakai daban-daban da nau'ikan haɗari ga lafiyar ɗan adam da mahalli. Sun ce ilimin kimiyya yana da matukar rikitarwa kuma yana buƙatar ƙarin karatun shekaru kafin a yi dokoki - idan an ga sun zama dole.
Barrasso ya kuma bayyana damuwa game da dokar da za ta iya “taka-tsan-tsan wajen aiwatar da tsarin mulki don tantance kasada” da ke tattare da sinadarai a ƙarƙashin dokokin muhalli da ake da su. “Majalisa ta kafa wadannan tsarin mulki ne shekaru da dama da suka gabata. Ya yi imanin hukumomin tarayya sun fi dacewa da matsayi don kimanta kimiyya a bayan tsarin sarrafa sinadarai, ”in ji shi. Fassara: Ilimin kimiyya abu ne mai ban tsoro kuma mun san wasu a cikin Majalisa suna so su busa ƙaho a kan ƙungiyarmu ta samun riba ta hanyar lafiyar lafiyar ɗan adam da mahalli, don haka ya fi kyau waɗanda aka nada ba Trump ba da kimiyya su yanke shawara ba tare da manyan kayan kimiyya ba .
Wasu daga cikin dokoki suna daukan kararraki mai tsanani da ka'idoji a kan masu jefa kuri'a, wani abin da ya tsoratar da hukuncin. Barrasso da kuma sojojin da ke cikin bangarori daban-daban na ƙwararru suna jaddada cewa, ƙididdigar manyan kaya za su kasance ba daidai ba ne saboda gwamnati da masana'antu sun yi amfani da wadannan sunadarai cikin bangaskiya mai kyau. Wannan tunanin tunani ne. Ko da yake ba su taba ambaton sojojin ba, ga hujja ce: "Jirgin jiragen sama na kasarmu, sassan kaya, da sauransu sunyi amfani da fuka-fitila mai dauke da wuta wanda ke dauke da PFAS don kare ma'aikatansu da jama'a baki daya." Barrasso yawanci yana amfani da kalmomin da suka gabata don bayyana fasalin da ke gudana.
Shugaban BarrassoMaganganun magana sun haɗa da ƙarin masu magana biyu. Ya ce "masu ƙaran ƙarfe" (fassarar: F-35's, da dai sauransu) suna amfani da PFAS “don rage hayakin da iska ke fitarwa da kuma bayyanar ma'aikata da karafa masu nauyi.” Kare aikin soja na gurbata al'ummomin makwabta, Barrasso ya ce, "Magungunan maganin kulawa da tsaftace ruwan sha da tsararraki sun kasance marasa sanin masu karɓar sunadarin sunadarai" don haka kada sababbin ka'idoji suyi nauyi. "
Barrasso, ba shakka, yana barin mummunan zubar da jini da kuma jini wanda aka shawo kan mutuwar da mutane ke ciki, ya ce, Colorado Springs kusa da Rundunar Air Force na Peterson wanda ke shan ruwan PFAS na 20 shekaru. Gaskiya ce mai ban sha'awa.
A nan ne wata nasara a kan dokar da ake jiran a majalisar dattijai:
S. 638 zai buƙaci EPA ta tsara abubuwa masu haɗari- da polyfluoroalkyl a matsayin abubuwa masu haɗari a ƙarƙashin Dokar Amincewa da Muhalli, Kulawa, da Laifin Laifi na 1980. (CERCLA-Superfund). CERCLA ita ce ɗayan mafi kyawun doka a cikin ƙasa saboda tana ba da ƙarfi ga masarufi na kamfanoni da na soji bisa la'akari da ilimin muhalli da lafiyar ɗan adam.
S. 638 zai zama kyakkyawan ci gaba saboda zai haifar da matsanancin matakin gurɓata ga PFAS wanda zai keta a cikin matakan da suka dace, ciki har da lalataccen lalata ga wadanda ba su bi ka'ida ba. Ba wanda ke cikin wannan a halin yanzu! 3M, Chemours, da DuPont sunyi tsayayya da gaske saboda zai lalata tushen su.
Wannan lissafin zai iya ba da izini ga soja su yi iƙirarin, "kariya na sararin samaniya" da kuma ƙetare dukkan sababbin ka'idoji. Wannan tambaya ne mai dacewa ga farfesa a fannin tsarin mulki kamar Rep. Jamie Raskin, (D-MD-8), kodayake sojojin sunyi nasara tare da wannan layi har zuwa yanzu a cikin tsaro a cikin wasu jihohi.
S. 1507 - Kudirin doka don hada wasu kayan turare da polyfluoroalkyl a cikin Inventory Release Inventory, da kuma wasu dalilai.
Har yanzu babu wani rubutu don wannan lissafin, ko da yake zai ƙara kusan 200 PFAS zuwa Inventory Release Release, bisa ga A cikin EPA. Inventory Release Inventory (TRI) wata hanya ce don koyo game da sakin sinadarai masu guba da ayyukan rigakafin gurɓataccen yanayi wanda aka ruwaito ta hanyar masana'antun masana'antu da tarayya. Wannan mataki ne mai ma'ana ta hankali zuwa madaidaiciyar hanya kodayake ya kasa ƙara duk 5,000 + sunadarai na PFAS masu cutarwa zuwa cikin kayan. Idan an wuce, ya kamata ya haɗa da ma'auni don daidaita ƙarin wasu sinadarai na PFAS.
Masu karatu dole ne su fahimci cewa wani abu mai ban sha'awa yana faruwa a yayin da masana'antu suka gina sassan kaya masu karfi masu ƙarfin zuciya da ke kewaye da nau'o'in furotin da magunguna daban-daban. Kwayoyin sunadarai man shafawa da datti da wuta fiye da komai. Duk da cewa ba su taba karya cikin yanayi ba kuma suna guba kwayoyin halittu har abada, suna amfani da shirye-shiryen yaki.
S 1473 - Kudirin dokar da za ta gyara Dokar Ruwan Sha na Safe don bukatar Mai Gudanarwa na Hukumar Kare Muhalli ya sanya matsakaicin matakan gurɓata wasu sinadarai, da wasu dalilai.
Har yanzu babu wani rubutu don wannan lissafin, ko dai.
Wannan wani abu ne mai mahimmanci, ƙwarewar mahimmanci. Yana buƙatar EPA ta kafa kasa, ta samar da ruwan sha ga PFAS shekaru biyu bayan an kafa shi. A wannan lokaci, tare da EPA a kan sidelines, babu kula da tarayya ga wannan jinsin sinadarai.
Da dama jihohin, fahimtar matakin a fannin tarayya, sun kafa matakan gurɓataccen iyakar su. New Jersey, alal misali, ya saita MCL na 20 ppt. ga PFAS a cikin ruwa biyu da ruwan sha. Ana amfani da ruwa mai zurfi don shan ruwa a New Jersey da kuma fadin kasar.
Don fitar da asali game da annobar kasa na Littafi Mai Tsarki, Alexandria. Louisiana, a kusa da filin jirgin sama na Ingila (wadda ta rufe 28 shekaru da suka wuce) har yanzu tana da 10,900,000 na PFAS a cikin ruwan karkashin kasa kuma akwai masu goyon baya da ke kusa da wannan tushe tare da rijiyoyi.
Daya yana damu da S 1473 shine za'a iya kafa MCL a matakin da ya dace don kare lafiyar ɗan adam. Bayan haka, masana kimiyya na kiwon lafiya na Harvard sun ce 1 na PFAS a ruwan sha yana da haɗari.
S 1251 - Sharuɗɗa don inganta da kuma daidaita haɗin gwiwar tarayya da kuma taimaka wa jihohi don amsa matsalolin kiwon lafiyar jama'a da suka haifar da gurɓatawa, da sauran dalilai.
Tattar da bayanai don magance masu gurbi suna jiran hukuncin da EPA Administrator ke yankewa shekaru masu yawa kuma samun bayanai akan wasu masu gurbatawa da suke jiran ka'idodin ka'idoji na iya ɗaukar tsara. Wannan gwargwadon ƙididdiga na yau da kullum zai taimaka wajen hada gwiwa da tarayyar tarayya da taimakawa jihohi wajen magance matsalolin lafiyar jama'a.
S. 950 - Don buƙatar Daraktan Cibiyar Nazarin Yanayin toasa ta Amurka don yin binciken ƙasa baki ɗaya game da mahaɗan mai ƙamshi, da kuma wasu dalilai.
Wannan kuma yana da ma'ana, ma. Ya gane cewa kasar tana fuskantar barazanar lafiya kamar ba a cikin tarihi ba.
S 1372 - Don ƙarfafa hukumomin tarayya su hanzarta shiga ko gyara yarjejeniyoyin haɗin gwiwa tare da jihohi don cirewa da ayyukan gyara don magance gurɓataccen PFAS a cikin sha, farfajiya, da ruwan ƙasa da ƙasa da ƙasa da ƙasa, da kuma wasu dalilai.
Kudirin Sen. Debbie Stabenow zai sanya Pentagon alhakin tsaftace cutar PFAS da suka haifar. A karkashin dokar, kalmar "ma'aikatar tarayya" tana nufin wani shafi a karkashin ikon Sakataren Tsaro.
Ga rubutun:
(1) A CIKIN GASKIYA.-Bayan da Gwamna ko Babban Jami'in Gwamnati ke buƙatar, wani ma'aikatar tarayya ko hukumar za ta yi aiki da sauri don kammala yarjejeniyar hadin gwiwa don, ko don gyara yarjejeniyar hadin gwiwa mai gudana don magance, gwajin, saka idanu, cirewa, da kuma magance maganin magance matsalar da ake ciki ko abin da ake zargi da damuwa da ruwan sha, ruwa mai zurfi, ko ruwan ƙasa ko ƙasa ko lafazin ƙasa daga wani fili wanda ya samo asali daga asusun Tarayya.
(2) GASKIYAR KUMA. - yarjejeniyar hadin gwiwa ta ƙare ko gyare-gyare a karkashin sakin layi (1) zai buƙaci yankin da ya dace da yarjejeniyar hadin gwiwa don saduwa ko ya wuce mafi tsayayyar waɗannan ka'idodin da ake bi don mahaɗin turare a cikin kowane kafofin watsa labarun:
(A) Tsarin Mulki, mai yiwuwa a cikin wannan Jihar, don shan ruwa, ruwa mai zurfi, ko ruwan ƙasa ko filin ƙasa ko sashin ƙasa, kamar yadda aka buƙata a karkashin sashe na 121 (d) na Dokar Muhalli, Mujallar, da Halayen Tsarin Mulki. 1980 (42 USC 9621 (d)).
(B) Shawarar kiwon lafiyar a karkashin sashi na 1412 (b) (1) (F) na Dokar Ruwa Mai Shan Abincin (42 USC 300G-1 (b) (1) (F)).
(C) Duk wani nau'i na doka na Tarayya, da ake bukata, ma'auni, ko iyakance, ciki har da daidaitattun, bukatu, ma'auni,
(i) Dokar Bayar da Maganganu masu guba (15 USC 2601 da sauransu).
(ii) Dokar Dokar Ruwan Maganar Abinci (42 USC 300f da seq.);
(iii) Dokar Tsabtace Tsabta (42 USC 7401 da Seq.);
(iv) Dokar Dokar Harkokin Wutar Ruwa ta Tarayya (33 USC 1251 da seq.);
(v) Ka'idodin Tsarin Kariya na Kasuwanci, Binciken, da Dokokin Tsabtace Dokokin 1972 (wanda aka fi sani da "Dokar Dumping Act") (33 USC 1401 da seq.); ko
(vi) Dokar tsaftacewa mara kyau (42 USC 6901 da sauransu).
Yanzu, wannan yana da yawa da za a ɗauka - amma yana riƙe ƙafafun Pentagon zuwa kumfa mai kama da wuta. Yana nufin, a tsakanin sauran abubuwa, cewa DOD dole ne ta bi dokar New Mexico ko ta Michigan, maimakon walƙiya da yatsan “sarki” na tsakiya. Dokar da aka gabatar na iya buƙatar dubun dubban biliyoyin kuɗin tarayya - kuma wataƙila ƙari. Lokaci ya yi da za a karu. Dole ne mu kare lafiyar mutane.
Aminci, tabbatar da zamantakewar jama'a, kiwon lafiya, da masu kare muhalli ya kamata su lura. S 1372 yana daga cikin manyan abubuwan da ke cikin muhalli a tarihin kasar. Daruruwan sansanin sojoji a Amurka da kuma a duniya suna ci gaba da gurɓata ma'aikatan soji da sauran al'ummomi.
Ko da yake Biyan kuɗi guda goma sha uku na PFAS an gabatar da su a cikin gidan kwanan nan, shi ne Majalisar Dattijan da ke riƙe da katunan, da kuma Yahaya Barrasso shi ne mai tsaron ƙofa.
Kwamitin ya yi la'akari da wasu ka'idoji masu yawa, ciki har da hana dakatar da sunadaran, wanda shine, har ya zuwa yanzu, ba a haɗa su cikin takardun da Sanata ya dauka ba. Duk da yanayin lafiyar lafiyar, Sojoji sun ci gaba da rage ƙwayoyi saboda ita ce hanyar da ta fi dacewa da mafi tsada don saka PFAS. Hukumomin ruwa sun ji an tilasta su ƙone sludge mai shinge na PFAS saboda yana shan magungunan ƙasa, ruwa mai zurfi, da ruwa mai zurfi inda aka yada shi a gonakin gona.
Ɗaya daga cikin takardun gidan zai samar da kudaden tarayya don tsabtace tsarin ruwa na ruwa wanda ba zai iya kare lafiyar mutum daga mummunar mummunan rauni ba. Wani kuma zai sanya kuɗi a kan masana'antun PFAS don biyan kuɗin da farashin da ake fuskanta a cikin fadin kasar. Duk da haka, wata lissafin za ta kafa tsarin son rai wanda ake kira "cookie" mai suna "PFAS-safe." A bayyane yake, lissafin ba ya isa sosai. Dole ne majalisa ta dakatar da kullun!
Wani lamari mai muhimmanci zai rage girman amfani da murhuwar wutsiya ta hanyar masu kashe gobara ta gari. Ciwon daji a cikin wannan rukunin cikin al'umma yana cikin mafi girma a cikin al'umma.
To, me ya sa ba EPA ke aiki ba?
Amsar ita ce, fox yana kula da henhouse. Dubi wanene manyan 'yan wasan na EPA:
- Andrew Wheeler mai gudanarwa ya kasance mai kula da wutar lantarki saboda yawancin aikinsa.
- Erik Baptist wani jami'in kare lafiyar ne wanda ya fito ne daga Cibiyar Harkokin Kasuwancin Amirka.
- Peter Wright, lauyan lauya na Dow Chemical, yanzu yana gudanar da shirin tsaftacewa na Superfund
- David Dunlap, Mataimakin Shugaban Hukumar EPA, wani jami'in Koch Industries ne.
- Steven Cook, shugaban kungiyar Superfund ta EPA, shine babban mashawarcin kamfanonin kwalliya da na Goliath Lyondell Basell Industries.
Wanda aka zaba ya yi aiki da Ofishin Tsaron Kariya da Rigakafin Gurbatarwa, Michael Dourson, ya janye daga yin la’akari bayan an tabbatar da cewa ya kwashe mafi yawan aikinsa yana kare masu laifin da suka ba mu guba, yayin da suke kokarin ruguza EPA. Dourson ya gudanar da asusun bincike wanda DuPont, Monsanto da kuma American Chemistry Council suka dauki nauyin gudanarwa. Ya sayar da kimiyyar sa-hannun sa ga babban dan kasuwa. Barrasso wanda ake magana akan Dourson a matsayin "ƙwararren masani, ƙwarewa, kuma mai kwazo da aikin gwamnati." BarrassoKwamitin ya amince da nadin Dourson a gaban wani mummunar wuta na rikici ya ƙare yarjejeniyar Dourson.
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