Tambaya na Muhimmanci: Sojoji na Yarda da Kasawar Tekun Kasa

By Pat Elder, Janairu 20, 2019

An gano PFAS a cikin ruwan sha kusa da Rundunar Tsaro na Rukunin Battle Creek.

Amurka tana fuskantar daya daga cikin manyan matsalolin kiwon lafiyar jama'a a tarihinsa har zuwa 110 mutane miliyan  wanda ake iya fallasa shi da ruwan sha wanda aka gurɓata tare da Per da Poly Fluoroalkyl Substances, ko PFAS. Babban tushen magungunan sinadarai ya fito ne daga fom din fim din (AFFF) wanda ake amfani da shi a horo a kan sansanin soja. Sojoji sun ba da damar shiga cikin ruwa don shawo kan al'ummomin da ke kusa da su da suke amfani da ruwa a rijiyoyin su da tsarin ruwa na birni.  

Pentagon ba ta da alhaki kuma ta ƙi biya don tsabtace gurbatarwar da ta haifar. Kwamandan Sojoji Andrew Wiesen, Daraktan DOD na Magungunan rigakafi na Ofishin Harkokin Kiwan Lafiya ya ce gurbatar nauyin na EPA ne. "Ba ma yin bincike na farko a wannan yankin," in ji shi Marine Corps Times. "EPA ne ke da alhakin hakan," in ji shi. "DoD ba ta kallon mahallin da kansa ba kuma ba shi da" ƙarin bincike game da wannan, game da lafiyar PFOS / PFOA, akalla kamar yadda na san. "

A halin yanzu, Air Force ba zai sake biya ba Coloradoungiyoyin Colorado guda uku don kuɗin da aka kashe don amsa gurɓataccen ruwa sakamakon kumfa mai kama da wuta. An yi amfani da AFFF a Peterson Air Force Base, wanda zai iya barin garuruwan da tabo dala miliyan 11. Sojojin Sama sun yi ikirarin wasu kafofin na iya bayar da gudummawa ga gurbatar ruwan, kodayake ba a gano ko waye ba.

Fiye da 3,000 masu illa sunadarai PFAS sun ci gaba. Biyu daga cikin wadanda suka mutu sune Perfluoro Octane Sulfonate (PFOS) da Perfluoro Octanoic Acid (PFOA). Suna da amfani da gaske wajen kawar da wutar lantarki mai tsanani.

PFOS & PFOA an san su da "sinadarai na har abada" saboda ba su da ladabi a cikin yanayi. Rassan sojoji suna kan canza sheka zuwa wani kadan ƙananan mutuwa makamai masu linzami.

EPA ya ci gaba da ba da damar amfani da gurbin PFAS masu mutuwa a yayin da Masana kimiyyar Harvard sun ce kashi 1 da kashi ɗaya (trillion) zai iya cutar da lafiyar mutum.

Ƙwararren lafiya na Life (Advisory Consultative (LHA) na EPA na duka nau'ikan sunadaran 70 ne yayin da Hukumar ta Magunguna da Magungunan cututtuka (ATSDR) ta tsara yawan ruwan sha na 11 ppt na PFOA da 7 na PFOS.

Shafin hoto na gaba yana ƙoƙari ya haɗu da ayyukan AFFF na yau da kullum a kan asusun soja tare da matakan da aka haɓaka da ruwa mai guba a yankunan da ke kusa.  

Ana karɓar yawan POS / PFOA a cikin rijiyoyin ruwa na ruwa daga wannan DOD rahoton. Bayanan da DOD yayi a cikin rahoton sun hada da.

Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado

An gano 88,400 ppt (PFOS + PFOA) a cikin ruwan karkashin kasa.

DOD Comments: Masu mallakar rijiyoyi masu zaman kansu sun ba da raka'a osmosis (RO) a ƙarƙashin ɓoye (kicin). Ana samar da ruwan kwalba ga ma’aikatan wata cibiyar kasuwanci. Tsarin ƙananan ƙwayoyin carbon (GAC) masu ƙarancin ruwa wanda aka girka a (1) gidan shakatawa na wayoyi da gidan gona ɗaya (1). Churchaya coci na gari an haɗa shi da ruwan birni. Ana samar da ruwan kwalba zuwa raka'a 52 a wani wurin shakatawa na gida mai motsi.

A watan Oktoba, 2016 fiye da 150,000 galan  na sassan sunadarai na wuta sun saki cikin tsarin tsarin tsafta na Colorado Springs.

Eglin Air Force Base, Florida

An gano 280,000 ppt (PFOS + PFOA) a cikin ruwan karkashin kasa.

DOD Comments: An theaddamar da Preididdigar Farko mai tushe kuma an sami daidaitattun ka'idoji kan binciken. Initiaddamar da Binciken Yanar Gizo mai faɗi don PFOS da PFOA.

Shafin Farko Langley-Eustis Virginia  

An gano PFOS + PFOA na 2,200,000 a cikin ruwan karkashin kasa.

DOD Comments:  An theaddamar da Preididdigar Farko mai tushe kuma an sami daidaitattun ka'idoji kan binciken. Initiaddamar da Binciken Yanar Gizo mai faɗi don PFOS da PFOA.

Ellsworth Air Force Base, South Dakota

An gano PFOS + PFOA na 551,000 a cikin ruwan karkashin kasa.

DOD Comments:   Kammalallen Preididdigar Farko / Binciken Yanar Gizo don PFOS da PFOA sun sami daidaitattun ka'idoji kan binciken. An ƙaddamar da Bincike na Gyara a tsohuwar yankin horar da wuta kuma an kammala kashi na farko na aikin a cikin bazara 2017. An ƙaddamar da tushen Faɗakarwar Yanar Gizo mai tushe.

Fairchild Air Force Base, Washington

An gano 5,700 ppt (PFOS + PFOA) a cikin ruwan karkashin kasa.

DOD Comments:  43 cikin rijiyoyin shan ruwa masu zaman kansu guda 104, kuma 1 na 2 tsarin ruwa na jama'a ya wuce LHA a Fairchild. Yi shawarwari da MOU tare da ƙaramar hukuma; da yiwuwar shigar da GAC ​​akan tsarin ruwan DW na jama'a; ECD -a ƙaddara. Sanya tsarin tace gidan gaba daya a gidajen zama tare da rijiyoyin Shan ruwa masu zaman kansu.

Travis Air Force Base, California

An gano 40,000 ppt (PFOS + PFOA) a cikin ruwan karkashin kasa.

DOD Comments: An theaddamar da Preididdigar Farko mai tushe kuma an sami daidaitattun ka'idoji kan binciken. Initiaddamar da Binciken Yanar Gizo mai faɗi don PFOS da PFOA.

Jacksonville Naval Air Station, Florida

An gano 1,397,120 ppt (PFOS + PFOA) a cikin ruwan karkashin kasa.

DOD: Babu Comments.

Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska

An gano 2,000,000 ppt (PFOS + PFOA) a cikin ruwan karkashin kasa.

DOD Comments:  Ƙaddamar da Bincike na farko da aka ƙaddamar da shi kuma ya karbi ka'idodin daidaitawa akan binciken. An fara samo asali na Wurin Kwafi na PFOS da PFOA.

Ƙungiyar Tsaro ta Duniya na Channel Islands, California

1,080,000 Ppt (PFOS + PFOA) da aka gano a cikin ruwa.

DOD: Babu Comments.

Beale Air Force Base, California

An gano 200,000 ppt (PFOS + PFOA) a cikin ruwan karkashin kasa.

DOD Comments:   An theaddamar da Preididdigar Farko mai tushe kuma an sami daidaitattun ka'idoji kan binciken. Initiaddamar da Binciken Yanar Gizo mai faɗi don PFOS da PFOA.

Ƙungiyar gidan ƙasa na AF, Idaho

Gwajin gwagwarmaya ta yau da kullum a Mountain Home AFB.

105 ppt na PFOS + PFOA an gano su a cikin ruwan sha.

DOD Comments:   An sha ruwa da samfurin bincike da kuma bincike. An saya ruwa mai kwalliya a matsayin ma'auni na tsawon lokaci lokacin da aka kimanta rijiyoyin da aka gurbata, kuma an tsara wani shirin.