By Joseph Essertier, Fabrairu 16, 2020
Ranar Juma'a, 6 ga Maris, masu fafutuka a Okinawa za su gudanar da lacca game da sansanonin Amurka suna lalata ruwan Okinawa tare da PFAS. Okinawa yanki ne da ke kudu maso yammacin Japan, kuma lafiyar mazauna wurin akwai a hadarin saboda rikicin PFAS da ke haifar da rashin lafiyar mutum. A ranar Asabar, 7 ga Maris a Kalifoniya, Pat Elder zai fara rangadinsa na garuruwa 20 na California don sanar da mutane game da matsalar rashin lafiyar jama'a da ke haifar da gurbata muhalli a cikin Amurka da sauran kasashe da dama. Yaƙin neman ilimi da ilimantarwa game da wannan batun a California zai fara aiki a lokaci guda yayin kamfen a Okinawa.
Dattijon ya nuna cewa PFAS guba matsala ce a kusancin sansanonin a Okinawa. Ya ce, "Wannan ba matsala ce kawai ga Okinawa ba amma kuma ga kowa da kowa a yankin Pasifik." Ya yi niyya ya sa mutane a lardin Okinawa su kara sanin halin da suke ciki, cewa wannan matsala ce da za su fuskanta.
Dan jaridar Jon Mitchell, wanda ke da rubuce game da PFAS da sauran batutuwan da suka danganci tushe a Okinawa tsawon shekaru, haka kuma SAKURAI Kunitoshi, wanda farfesa ne na Jami'ar Okinawa, zai yi jawabi a ranar 6 ga Maris. A wannan taron, mawaƙi KOJA Misako zai yi. Tsohuwar mamba ce a kungiyar kade-kade ta mutanen Okinawa Babu (nayyi kama da "nay nay").
An Labari ya bayyana ne a ranar 11 ga Fabrairu a cikin jaridar Okinawa Times game da taron 6 Maris. Hakanan ya sanar da masu karatu game da lacca da Jon Mitchell ya bayar a ranar 10 ga Fabrairu kafin bikin 6 ga Maris. Mitchell ya gabatar da lacca ne a wani ginin da ya kunshi ofisoshin mambobin Abincin a Tokyo (wanda ake kira San'in giin kaikan a Jafananci: 参 院 議員 議員). Ya yi bayanin cewa PFAS ya kara hadarin kamuwa da cutar kansa kuma ya tattauna sauran tasirin da yake da shi ga jikin mutum. Ya ce samfuran jini da aka karɓa daga mazauna kusa da tashar jirgin saman Futenma sun nuna cewa matakan PFOS (ɗayan abubuwan PFAS) ya ninka na mutane sau huɗu.
Gwamnatin Okinawan Prefectural Government tana da gano Koguna 15 da wuraren kula da ruwa tare da matakan haɗari na gurɓataccen PFOS da PFOA, ya wuce iyakar EPA ta haɗuwa da Rai na Shawarwarin Rayuwa (LHA) na 70 ppt. A watan Nuwamba 2018, jami'an Gwamnatin Okinawa na Okinawa ruwaito cewa An gano 2,000 kwayoyin sunadarai a Wurin Ruwan Chunnagā (Wakimizu Chunnagā) a garin Kiyuna, Ginowan City. Sojojin Amurkan suna yin guba ga mutanen Okinawa sosai tare da ƙin haƙƙin mazaunan. Babu lissafi, kuma Okinawans da Jafananci suna cikin yanayin kusan taimako. A matsayin mu na Amurkawa, dole ne mu tattauna wannan batun kuma muyi tunani kan yadda za mu hana Washington tauye hakkin mutanen Tokyo, “abokanmu” a Arewa maso gabashin Asiya.
Don sanya wannan lambar 2,000 a cikin mahallin, a 6 Fabrairu 2020 Kwamitin Kula da Albarkatun Ruwa na Jihar California lgoge da "Amsar Level" zuwa sassan 10 a cikin tiriliyan (ppt) don PFOA da 40 ppt ga PFOS. A da, ba a bukatar jami'ai su cire maɓallin ruwan daga aiki ko bayar da sanarwar jama'a har matakin ya kai 70 ppt.
A halin yanzu, masu bincike a Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health da Jami'ar Massachusetts a Lowell ce "Kirga cewa kimanin hadarin kwayar cutar PFOA da / ko PFOS cikin ruwan sha 1 ppt ne." Yayinda 'yan ƙasa suka zama masu lura da hatsarorin haɗarin waɗannan ƙwayoyin, ka'idojin suna ƙara yin tsauri.
Mutane 80 ne suka halarta lafuzin na Mitchell kuma kungiyar "Tokyo Society Against Ospreys" (Osprey Hantai Tokyo Renraku Kai) suka shirya ta.
Kungiyar duka Okinawa sun kuma gudanar da wani taro a tantin a garin Henoko a gefen titi daga Camp Schwab a ranar 1 ga watan Fabrairu inda suka sanar da mutane game da bikin 6 ga Maris a Okinawa. Duba hoton a kasa:
Mutumin dake tsakiyar shine Farfesa SAKURAI Kunitoshi, wanda kuma mai shirya taron ne 6 ga Maris.
Pat Elder memba ne na kwamitin World BEYOND War. Zai kasance yana nuna batun gurbatawar PFAS lokacin a Yawon shakatawa 20-gari na California a watan Maris. Joseph Essertier Coordator ne na Japan don World BEYOND War.
