By Pat Tsohon, Magungunan Soja, Nuwamba 11, 2022
Sojoji da masu kashe gobara na farar hula suna fuskantar sinadarai masu haifar da cutar daji a cikin kayan aikin fitowa, kumfa na kashe gobara, da ƙura a tashoshin kashe gobara. Gwajin jini shine matakin farko na rigakafin cututtuka.
Watanni hudu kenan da buga littafin Jagora akan Gwajin PFAS da Sakamakon Lafiya, wani binciken da National Academy of Sciences, Engineering, Medicine, (National Academies). Makarantun Ƙasa sune manyan cibiyoyi na Amurka waɗanda Shugaba Lincoln ya ƙirƙira a 1863 don bincika batutuwan kimiyya ga gwamnatin Amurka.
Cibiyar Nazarin Kasa ta ba da shawarar gwaje-gwajen jini da kulawar likita ga mutanen da wataƙila za su iya samun babban fallasa ga sinadarai masu guba da aka sani da abubuwan per-da poly fluoroalkyl, (PFAS). Makarantun Ƙasa sun yi magana musamman game da buƙatar gaggawa don isa ga waɗanda aka fallasa ta hanyoyin sana'a, musamman ma'aikatan kashe gobara.
Akwai mai kula?
PFAS bioaccumulate a cikin jikinmu, ma'ana ba sa rushewa kuma ba sa wucewa ko da yake mu, kamar sauran gubobi. Shine abin da ke raba PFAS da sauran ƙwayoyin cuta masu yawa a cikin muhallinmu.
Yawancin ma'aikatan kashe gobara, ciki har da mutanen da suka yi ritaya shekaru da suka gabata, wataƙila za su sami haɓaka matakan PFAS masu haɗari a cikin jininsu daga fallasa ga ƙwayoyin cuta daga kayan aikin kashe gobara, kumfa na kashe gobara, da iska da ƙura a tashoshin kashe gobara da rataye na filin jirgin sama.
An danganta bayyanar PFAS da cututtukan daji masu zuwa, yayin da ake ci gaba da yin nazari mai zurfi, (Duba hanyoyin da ke ƙasa)
Ciwon mafitsara y
Ciwon nono z
Ciwon daji y
Ciwon daji na Esophageal y
Ciwon Koda x
Hanta w
Mesothelioma y
Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma da Ciwon daji na Thyroid x
Ciwon daji na Ovarian da Endometrial x
Ciwon daji na Pancreatic v
Prostate cancer x
Ciwon daji na jini x
Ciwon daji na thyroid x
v PFAS Central.org
w Labaran Chemical da Injiniya
x National Cancer Institute
y Babban dakin karatun likitanci
z Abokan Rigakafin Ciwon Nono
