PFAS da aka ɗora kumfa yana tafiya a ƙetaren St. Inigoes Creek daga Webster Field. Hotuna - Janairu 2021
By Pat Tsohon, World BEYOND War, Afrilu 15, 2021
Tashar Jirgin Sama Na Patuxent Naval (Pax River) da kuma Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command (NAVFAC) sun bayar da rahoton cewa ruwan karkashin kasa a Pax River's Webster Outlying Field a St. Inigoes, MD ya ƙunshi sassa 84,757 a cikin tiriliyan (ppt) na Perfluorooctanesulfonic acid, (PFOS) ). An gano gubobi a Ginin 8076 wanda aka fi sani da Tashar wuta 3. Matsayin yawan guba ya ninka sau 1,200 sau 70 na tsarin gwamnatin tarayya.
Ruwan karkashin kasa da ruwan saman daga ƙaramin shigar jirgin ruwa sun shiga cikin St Inigoes Creek, ɗan tazara zuwa Kogin Potomac da Chesapeake Bay.
Abubuwan sunadaran suna da alaƙa da tarin cututtukan daji, rashin daidaito na tayi, da cututtukan yara.
Sojojin Ruwa sun kuma ba da rahoton jimlar PFOS a babban asalin Pax River at 35,787.16 ppt. Gurbatar can tana kwarara zuwa Kogin Patuxent da Chesapeake Bay.
Za a gabatar da tattaunawa game da cutar a wuraren biyu ga jama'a yayin taron gaggawa na NAS Patuxent River Restoration Advisory Board (RAB) wanda aka shirya a watan Afrilu 28th, daga 6:00 pm zuwa 7:00 pm, Navy ya sanar a ranar 12 ga Afrilu . Rundunar sojan ruwa ba ta bayar da rahoto ba a kan matakan PFAS a cikin ruwa mai zurfin ruwa.
Rundunar sojojin ruwan na neman tambayoyi daga jama'a game da PFAS a Pax River da Webster Field ta hanyar imel a pax_rab@navy.mil Za a karɓa tambayoyin imel har zuwa Juma'a, 16 ga Afrilu. Dubi sanarwar da aka fitar ta Navy nan. Hakanan duba Navy's Binciken PFAS Site PDF. Takaddun ya ƙunshi sabon bayanan da aka saki daga shafukan yanar gizo. Taron wanda zai shafe sa’o’i daya zai hada da takaitaccen bayani kan sabbin sakamakon da kuma amsa tambayoyi tare da wakilai daga sojojin ruwa, da Hukumar Kare Muhalli ta Amurka, da kuma Ma'aikatar Muhalli ta Maryland.
Jama'a na iya shiga cikin taron kama-da-wane ta danna nan.
Filin yanar gizon yana mil mil 12 kudu maso yamma na Pax River a cikin St. Mary's County, MD, kimanin mil 75 kudu da Washington.
Cutar PFAS a filin Webster
Webster Field yana zaune a cikin teku tsakanin St. Inigoes Creek da kuma St Mary's River, mai kula da Potomac. The Webster Outlying Field annex gida ne ga Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division, tare da Coast Guard Station St. Inigoes, da kuma wani ɓangare na Maryland Army National Guard.
Gina 8076 yana kusa da filin da aka kirkira kumfa (AFFF) Yankin Kula da Motoci na Crash inda aka gwada manyan motocin da ke amfani da kumfa dauke da PFAS a kai a kai. Shafin ba kasa da ƙafa 200 daga St. Inigoes Creek. An dakatar da aikin, a cewar rundunar Sojan ruwa, a cikin shekarun 1990, kodayake har yanzu cutar na ci gaba. Babban matakan PFAS da aka ba da rahoton kwanan nan shaida ce ga dorewar ƙarfin abin da ake kira "sunadarai na har abada."
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Gidan Wuta 3 Webster
Karatu Mafi Girma
PFOS 84,756.77
PFOA 2,816.04
PFBS 4,804.83
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Alamar shuɗi tana nuna wurin gwajin ruwa da na gudanar a watan Fabrairu, 2020. Jan digon yana nuna wurin da ake zubar da AFFF.
A watan Fabrairu, 2020 na gwada ruwan a rairayin bakin teku na akan St. Inigoes Creek a cikin garin St. Mary na PFAS. Sakamakon da na buga gigice al'umma. Ruwan ya nuna yana dauke da jimlar 1,894.3 ppt na PFAS tare da 1,544.4 ppt na PFOS. Mutane 275 sun cika cikin Laburaren Lexington Park a farkon Maris, 2020, kai tsaye kafin annoba, don jin sojojin ruwa suna kare amfani da PFAS.
Da yawa sun fi damuwa da ingancin ruwan da ke rafin da koguna da Chesapeake Bay fiye da ruwan sha. Suna da tambayoyin da ba a amsa ba ga sojojin ruwa. Sun kasance cikin damuwa game da gurɓataccen abincin teku.
Wadannan sakamakon sun samo asali ne daga Jami'ar Laboratory Biological ta Jami'ar Michigan ta amfani da hanyar EPA 537.1.
Rundunar Sojan Ruwa ta gwada kawai ga PFOS, PFOA, da PFBS. Ya kasa magance matakan wasu nau'ikan 11 na PFAS masu cutarwa da aka samo a cikin St. Inigoes Creek: PFHxA, PFHpA, PFHxS, PFNA, PFDA, PFUnA, PFDoA, PFTrDA, PFTA, N-MeFOSAA, NEtFOSAA. Madadin haka, Patrick Gordon, NAS Patuxent Jami’in Hulda da Jama’a na Kogin ya yi tambaya game da “gaskiya da daidaito” na sakamakon.
Wannan cikakken cikakken latsa kotu ne. Masu kula da muhalli ba sa tsayawa wata dama yayin ƙoƙarin faɗakar da jama'a game da haɗarin da waɗannan gubobi ke haifarwa. Sojojin Ruwa suna son a bar su su kadai. Ma'aikatar Muhalli ta Maryland ba ta ba da komai ba kuma ta yarda gurbata labarin rikodin. Ma'aikatar kiwon lafiya ta Maryland ta sake jinkirtawa ga Rundunar Sojan Ruwa. Kwamishinonin Yankin ba sa jagorantar cajin. Sanatocin Cardin da Van Hollen sun yi shiru baki daya, duk da cewa dan majalisar wakilai Steny Hoyer a kwanan nan ya nuna wasu alamun rai kan batun. Masu ruwa suna ganin wata matsala ga rayuwar su.
Dangane da binciken da aka yi a shekarar da ta gabata, Ira May, wacce ke kula da tsabtace wuraren tarayya ga Sashen Kula da Muhalli na Maryland, ya fada wa jaridar Bay Journal wannan cutar a cikin rafin, "idan akwai," na iya samun wani tushe. Sau da yawa ana samun sunadarai a cikin shara, ya lura, haka kuma a cikin biosolids da kuma a wuraren da sassan wuta na farar hula ke fesa kumfa. "Don haka, akwai hanyoyin samun dama da yawa," in ji May. "Muna kan fara kallon duk wadancan."
Shin babban mutumin jihar ya rufe sojoji? Tashoshin wuta a cikin kwarin Lee da Ridge suna da nisan mil mil biyar, yayin da mafi kwandon shara ya fi mil mil 11 nesa. Yankin rairayin bakin teku na yana da ƙafa 1,800 daga fitowar AFFF.
Yana da mahimmanci a zo ga fahimtar rabo da sufuri na PFAS. Kimiyyar ba ta daidaita ba. Na sami pp 1,544 na PFOS yayin da Gidan Ruwa na Webster Field a kan makaman yana da pam dubu 84,000 na PFOS. Yankin rairayin bakinmu yana zaune a gefen arewa maso gabas arewa maso gabas na tushe yayin da iska mai iska ke tashi daga kudu maso kudu maso yamma - ma'ana, daga tushe zuwa rairayin bakin teku. Kumfa suna taruwa tare da igiyar ruwa a cikin kwanaki da yawa. Wasu lokuta kumfa yana da tsayi ƙafa kuma yana zama iska. Idan raƙuman ruwa sun yi yawa kumfa ya watse.
A tsakanin kimanin awanni 1-2 na babban igiyar ruwa, kumfa suna narkewa cikin ruwa, kamar kumfar abun wanka da aka bari shi kadai a cikin wankin ruwa. Wasu lokuta zamu iya ganin layin kumfa fara farawa yayin da ya faɗo kan rafin rafin. (Kuna iya ganin bambance-bambance a cikin zurfin ruwa a cikin tauraron dan adam a sama.) Kimanin ƙafa 400 ruwan da ke gaban gidanmu yana da zurfin ƙafa 3-4 a ƙarancin ruwa. Bayan haka, ba zato ba tsammani ya sauka zuwa ƙafa 20-25. Nan ne kumfa suka fara ginawa suka matsa zuwa bakin teku.
Akwai wasu abubuwan da za a yi la'akari da su dangane da makoma da jigilar PFAS cikin ruwa. Don masu farawa, PFOS shine babban PFAS mai iyo kuma yana iya tafiya na miloli da yawa a cikin ruwan ƙasa da cikin ruwa. PFOA, a gefe guda, ya fi tsayi kuma yana son gurɓata ƙasa, amfanin gona, naman sa, da kaji. PFOS yana motsawa cikin ruwa, kamar yadda yake bayyane a cikin sakamakon binciken Jami'ar Michigan.
Bayan sakamakon ruwa na da jihar tayi watsi dashi Na gwada abincin teku daga rafin don PFAS. An gano kawa da take da 2,070 ppt; kadoji na da 6,650 ppt; kuma kifin kifi ya gurbata da 23,100 ppt na abubuwan.
Wannan kayan guba ne. Da Rukunin Aikin Muhalli ya ce ya kamata mu ci gaba da amfani da waɗannan ƙwayoyin a ƙarƙashin 1 ppt kowace rana a cikin ruwan shanmu. Mafi mahimmanci, Hukumar Tsaron Abincin Turai ta ce 86% na PFAS a cikin mutane yana daga abincin da suke cinyewa, musamman abincin teku.
Jihar Michigan gwada kifi 2,841 don sunadarai daban-daban na PFAS kuma sun sami matsakaita kifi yana dauke da ppt 93,000. na PFOS kadai. A halin yanzu, jihar ta iyakance ruwan sha zuwa 16 ppt - yayin da mutane ke da 'yancin cin kifin tare da guba sau dubbai. 23,100 ppt da aka samo a cikin kifinmu na iya zama mara kyau idan aka kwatanta da matsakaicin Michigan, amma Webster Field ba shine babban tashar jirgin sama ba kuma ba zai iya yiwa manyan mayaƙan Navy aiki ba, kamar F-35. Manyan shigarwa yawanci suna da matakan PFAS mafi girma.
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- Rahila Carson, Tekun Da Ke kewaye da Mu
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Kodayake rundunar sojan ruwa ta ce, "Babu wata cikakkiyar hanyar fallasawa ga mutane daga fitowar PFAS zuwa ciki ko a kan masu karɓar tushe," kawai suna la'akari da tushen ruwan sha, har ma wannan da'awar na iya ƙalubalanci. Yawancin gidaje a cikin yawancin jama'ar Ba'amurke na Hermanville, wanda ya ratsa yamma da kudu na tushen Pax River, ana amfani da su da ruwa mai kyau. Rundunar sojan ruwa ta ƙi gwada waɗannan rijiyoyin, suna da'awar cewa duk PFAS daga tushe suna gudu zuwa Chesapeake Bay.
Rundunar sojan ruwa ta ce, “Hanyar yin ƙaura zuwa ga masu karɓa da aka samo kusa da kuma zuwa kan iyakar iyaka ta hanyar rijiyoyin samar da ruwa masu zaman kansu bai bayyana ba cikakke bisa ga ruwan saman da ruwan da ke gudana. Hanyar kwararar hanyoyin wadannan kafafen watsa labarai biyu suna nesa da al'ummomin masu zaman kansu wadanda ke yamma da kudu na tashar kuma hanyar kwarara ta nufa zuwa ga Patuxent River da Chesapeake Bay zuwa arewa da gabas. ”
Sojojin ruwan ba sa gwada rijiyoyin al'umma saboda sun ce dukkanin guba suna zubewa cikin teku. Ma'aikatar Kiwon Lafiya ta St Mary's County ta ce ta aminta da binciken da sojojin ruwan suka yi game da tarin guba mai guba.
Don Allah, yi ƙoƙari ka halarci taron RAB wanda aka shirya a watan Afrilu 28th, daga 6:00 pm zuwa 7:00 pm. Duba umarnin don shiga taron nan.
Rundunar sojojin ruwan na neman tambayoyi daga jama'a game da PFAS a Pax River da Webster Field ta hanyar imel a pax_rab@navy.mil Za a karɓa tambayoyin imel har zuwa Juma'a, 16 ga Afrilu.
Ga wasu 'yan samfurin tambayoyi:
- Shin yana da kyau a ci kifin kifin?
- Shin daidai ne a ci kadoji?
- Lafiya kuwa cin kawa?
- Shin sauran kifin kamar tabo da laushi suna da kyau su ci?
- Shin naman barewa yana da kyau a ci? (An dakatar da shi a kusa da Wurtsmuth AFB a cikin Michigan wanda ke da ƙananan matakan PFAS a cikin ruwan ƙasa fiye da St. Inigoes Creek.)
- Yaushe zaku gwada kifin da namun daji?
- Yaya kake bacci da dare?
- Shin ruwa mai kyau a cikin mil 5 na ko dai girkawa kwata-kwata bashi da PFAS yana zuwa daga tushe?
- Me yasa baku gwada kowane irin nau'ikan PFAS?
- Nawa PFAS nawa kuka adana a yanzu?
- Rubuta duk hanyoyin da ake amfani da PFAS akan tushe da kuma yadda kuke amfani dashi.
- Menene ya faru da gurbatattun kafofin watsa labarai akan tushe? An cika ƙasa? Shin ana kawo shi ne don ƙonawa? Ko kuwa an barshi a wurin?
- Nawa ne aka aika PFAS zuwa Gidan Rarraba Marlay-Taylor Wastewater don a tura shi cikin Big Pine Run wanda zai ɓoyi cikin bay?
- Ta yaya Hangar 2133 a Kogin Pax yana da ƙananan karatun PFOS a 135.83 ppt? An sami fitowar AFFF da yawa a cikin 2002, 2005, da 2010 daga tsarin danniya a cikin hangar. Aƙalla a cikin wata matsala guda ɗaya dukkan tsarin ba da gangan sun tafi ba. Ana iya ganin AFFF daga guguwar da take kaiwa zuwa ramin magudanar ruwa kuma zuwa bakin ruwa.
