Ta Pat Elder, Oktoba 2, 2020
Kusan watanni bakwai da suka gabata - Maris 3, 2020 - ya zama daidai, mazauna ɗari uku da ke damuwa sun shiga cikin ɗakin karatu na Lexington Park don jin Sojojin Ruwa suna kare amfani da abubuwa masu haɗari-da-poly fluoroalkyl (PFAS) a tashar Jirgin Sama na Patuxent River Naval ( Kogin Pax) da kuma Filin Yanar Gizon Yanar Gizo.
Mutane sun damu saboda kawai na buga sakamakon gwaji da ke nuna matakan tauraron dan adam a cikin abubuwan dajin a cikin St. Inigoes Creek, a ƙasa a cikin St Mary's County, ƙafafun 2,400 kawai daga Filin yanar gizon Webster inda aka saba amfani da waɗannan abubuwa tsawon shekaru.
Nan da nan na raba sakamakon na tare da Ma'aikatar Muhalli ta Maryland (MDE), kuma na sami wannan amsa daga mai magana da yawun. “Ma’aikatar kula da muhalli ta Maryland a halin yanzu ba ta da wata shawara game da gurbacewar da ke cikin kawa. Iyakokin PFAS kawai da aka sani suna da alaƙa da ruwan sha, inda haɗarin kamuwa da cutar ya fi girma. ”
Amsar daga MDE tana nuna rashin aikin jihar kuma ya faɗi daidai cewa nunawa ga PFAS shine mafi girma a cikin ruwan sha. Mafi yawan PFAS a jikinmu shine ta hanyar cin abincin teku daga gurɓataccen ruwa. Duk sojojin ruwa da MDE sun fahimci wannan sosai. Yana da sauƙi ga jihar ta nemi wannan saboda ana iya kula da kayan sha na birni. Gyara yawan gurbacewar sojoji a hanyoyin ruwa na jihar wani labari ne. Waɗannan su ne "sunadarai na har abada" kuma suna tsayawa kusa na dogon lokaci, wani abu kamar rabin rayuwar kayan aikin rediyo.
Ba da daɗewa ba bayan taron a ɗakin karatu, wanda ya zama masifa ga al'amuran jama'a ga rundunar sojan ruwa da mai taimaka mata, MDE, jihar ta ƙaddamar da binciken matukin jirgi don nazarin matakin gurɓataccen PFAS a cikin ruwa da kewayen ruwa a cikin yankin Pax River. da Filin yanar gizo. MDE ta sanar da cewa sakamakon zai kasance a shirye zuwa tsakiyar watan Mayu.
Ina sakamakon, Maryland?
An sami Per fluoro octane sulfonic acid (PFOS) a bakin rairayin bakin teku na a sassan 1,544 da tiriliyan. .
Dangane da sakamakon dana samu da kuma sakamako daga ɗaruruwan kifaye da matakan PFOS masu alaƙa da hanyoyin ruwa a duk faɗin ƙasar, tabbas Maryland tana da kawa wanda ke ɗauke da dubban ɓangarori da tiriliyan na PFOS yayin da manyan jami'an kiwon lafiyar jama'a na ƙasar suka gargaɗe mu da kar mu cinye fiye da 1 ppt kowace rana daga waɗannan gubobi waɗanda ke da alaƙa da tarin cututtukan daji da mawuyacin yanayin tayi.
A cikin watan Maris, Ira May, wacce ke kula da tsabtace rukunin yanar gizo na MDE, tayi tambaya idan akwai wata cuta a cikin St. Inigoes Creek dangane da sakamakon da na samu. Idan sunadarai sun wanzu, ya ba da shawarar za su iya fitowa daga sashin kashe gobara na cikin gida. Tashoshin wuta a cikin kwarin Lee da Ridge suna da nisan mil mil biyar. Babban mutumin da ke jihar yana rufe sojoji.
Yayin da muke jiran sakamako. MDE ta fitar da bayanin mai zuwa game da cutar PFAS:
“Ya kamata masu saye su tuna cewa haɗarin kamuwa da shi daga cinye kifin da aka kama a cikin kasuwanci da kifin kifi galibi bai kai na kifayen da aka kama da nishaɗi ba. Wannan saboda masu sayan kifi da kifin kifi daga sahihiyar dillali ba sa samun kifin ko kifin daga wuri guda kowane mako ko wata. ”
Wannan manufofin jama'a ne abin zargi. Sanya ko rufe, Maryland. Ina sakamakon yake?
