Sojojin Amurka suna Ciwo Okinawa

Ta Pat Pater, Nuwamba 12, 2019

A cikin 1945 gwamnatin Truman ta san cewa gwamnatin Japan tana ƙoƙarin sasantawa don mika wuya ta hanyar Moscow. Amurka gaba daya ta mamaye kasar Japan cikin karfin soja a watan Agusta na 1945 lokacin da ta lalata Hiroshima da Nagasaki tare da boma-bomai guda biyu, ta yadda hakan ya kawo karshen rayukan dubun dubatan fararen hula tare da lalata rayukan miliyoyin.  

Me yasa har kawo shi yanzu? Domin shekaru 74 bayan haka Jafananci suna ƙoƙarin mika wuya, yayin da gwamnatin Amurka ke ci gaba da yaƙi. 

Shekaru uku ke nan da muka ji labari daga Gwamnatin Okinawa ta Prepuural cewa kogunan da ruwan karkashin kasa na sansanin sojojin Kadena na Amurka sun gurbata da sinadaran PFAS masu kisa. Mun sani cewa wannan ruwan yana amfani da shi don cike gurbin rijiyoyin birni, kuma mun san cewa lafiyar ɗan adam tana cikin haɗari da yawa.

Amma duk da haka babu abin da ya canza. Mafi yawan mutane, har Okinawans, har yanzu basu san da gurbataccen ruwan ba kuma galibin wadanda suke ne sane, ko kuma suna cikin matsayi na hukuma, da alama basu yarda su miƙe ga mazaunan 450,000 Okinawan waɗanda lafiyarsu ke kan layi ba. 

Duk da sanin cewa masu mulkin mallaka na Amurka suna lalata tsibirin Okinawa guba tare da haɗin gwiwar jihar abokin ciniki da ke mamaye su, abin da ya faru a hukumance Okinawa ya ba da dama ga abin da ake so. Sun nuna murabus ne maimakon fushi. Shin wannan rashin sadaukar da kai ga haƙƙin Okinawans ba shine sakamakon kasancewa a ƙarƙashin karkiyar daular Amurka na shekaru 74 ba?

Cikakken taswira daga Bayanai na Jama'a-Jama'a a sama, yana nuna gurbatawar PFOS / PFOA a cikin ruwa ƙasa tare da Kogin Hija da ke kusa da Kadena Air Base yana kaiwa sassan 2,060 da tiriliyan (ppt), watau, PFOS 1900 da PFOA 160. Wancan yana kafin a kula da ruwan kuma an aika shi ta bututun zuwa masu amfani. Bayan jiyya, matsakaicin matakan PFOS / PFOA a cikin "tsabta" na ruwa na (a nan kusa) Tsarin tsabtace ruwa na Chatan ya kusan 30 ppt, a cewar hukumar ruwan tsibirin, Ofishin Kasuwancin Okinawa.

Hukumomin ruwa na Okinawan sun yi nuni ga EPA's Health Advisory Advisory na 70 ppt ga abubuwan kuma sun yanke hukuncin cewa ruwan ba shi da hadari. Masana kimiyya tare da Workingungiyar Ma'aikata na Yanayi, duk da haka, sun ce matakan cikin ruwa na sha bai kamata ya wuce 1 ppt ba, yayin da jihohi da yawa sun sanya iyaka wanda hakan wani yanki ne na matakan Okinawa. Abubuwan sunadarai na PFAS suna da mutuƙar mutu'a kuma suna tsayayye. Suna haifar da yawancin cututtukan daji, suna afkawa lafiyar mata, kuma suna lalata tayin da ke tasowa.

Toshiaki TAIRA, shugaban ofishin kasuwanci na Okinawa Prefectural Enterprise, in ji shi yana zaton cewa tare da irin wannan tattarawar PFAS a cikin koguna a kusa da Kadena Airbase, babban wanda ake zargi shine Kadena Air Base. 

A halin yanzu, Ryūkyū Shimpō, daya daga cikin ingantattun jaridu da suka bayar da rahoto game da Okinawa, sun kawo wani bincike da masana kimiya biyu na kasar Japan suka yi wanda ya bayyana tashar Kadena Air Base da Futenma Air Station a matsayin tushen gurbatawar.

Tambaye ta Washington Post manema labarai game da tuhumar da aka samu na gurbata PFAS,

Sojojin Sama Kanal John Hutcheson, kakakin rundunar sojojin Amurka ta Amurka, maimaita maki uku na magana wanda aka yi amfani da su a cikin fiye da ɗari ɗari maganganun na gurbatawar PFAS a duniya:

• A sunadarai anyi amfani dashi don gwabtar da gobarar mai da farko a tashar jiragen saman soja da na farar hula.
• Shigowar sojojin Amurka a Japan sune canzawa zuwa wani madadin dabarar samar da kumburi mai cike da ruwa wacce ke da PFOS kyauta, wanda kawai ya qunshi PFOA da yawa kuma zai iya biyan dalla-dalla game da aikin soja.
• Hutcheson ya ki yin tsokaci game da gurɓataccen sakamako mai guba a wajen ginin. Ya ce, "Mun ga rahotannin manema labarai amma ba su da damar yin bita Hutcheson ya ce, ba zai dace a yi magana a kan binciken nasa ba, ”in ji Hutcheson.

A waje da ɗakunan DOD na wasu abubuwa na gaskiya, har yanzu ana amfani da magunguna masu haɗari a cikin wutar wuta tare da tasirin lafiyar. Wadanda ke haddasa cutar daji yanzu suna malala cikin ruwan karkashin kasa da ruwa mai zurfi har ma yayin da sojoji suka ce suna nazarin lamarin. EPA tana nazarin yanayin, kuma. Wannan shine yadda suke gudanar da ƙwanƙwashin sandar. Wannan hanya tana yin aiki da kyau tare da gwamnatin Japan mai saurin ra'ayi.

Junji SHIKIYA, manajan kamfanin samar da ruwa na Okinawan, ya ce ya na zargin cewa wasu sinadarai sunadarai masu guba iya anyi amfani dasu a tashar jirgin sama na Kadena.

Wannan shine duk wutar da zasu iya musun? Suna tsammanin an yi amfani da carcinogens a gindi, don haka…?

Yayin da gwamnatin Amurka ke gurbata ruwan su, masu biyan harajin Okinawa suna biyan kuɗaɗe akan matatun mai wanda ke da dole a kowane lokaci a sauya shi. A cikin 2016 ofishin Kamfanoni na Okinawa ya kamata ya kashe 170 miliyan yen ($ 1.5 miliyan) don maye gurbin matatun da suke amfani da su don magance ruwan. Masu tacewar suna amfani da "carbon mai aiki mai ƙarfi," waɗanda suke kamar ƙaramin ƙaramin dutse mai ɗaukar abin maye. Ko da tare da haɓakawa, har yanzu ana wadatar da ruwa ga jama'a tare da gubobi. Saboda ƙarin kuɗaɗen, Gwamnatin Precessural ta nemi gwamnatin tsakiya ta rama su.

Labarin yayi daidai da farashin da garin ke ɗauka Wittlich-Land, Jamus don shigar da ƙurar gurɓataccen gurbataccen gurbata da PFAS daga theasirin Spangdahlem na Amurka. Gwamnatin tarayyar Jamus ta umarce ta da cewa, kada ta yada abubuwanda ke gurbata a gonakin, tare da tilastawa al'umma shigar da kayayyakin. Wittlich-Land ta gano cewa ba a ba ta damar shigar da karar rundunar sojan Amurka don dawo da kudaden da aka kashe ba, saboda haka tana kai karar gwamnatin ta Jamus. Har yanzu dai ana jiran shari’ar. 

Gwamnatin Japan ko karamar hukuma a Okinawa ba za su iya tuhumar gwamnatin Amurka ba. Kuma halin da suke ciki yanzu da wuya ya haifar da karfin gwiwa ga jajircewarsu ga lafiyar Okinawans.

A Okinawa, hukumomi suna ganin suna gujewa duk wani ƙalubale ga umarnin na sarki. Toshinori TANAKA, shugaban Ofishin Tsaro na Okinawa, ya shimfida doka game da kin biyan diyya da barnar ta haifar. "Babu wata alakar alaqa tsakanin gano PFOS da kasancewar sojojin Amurka. Bugu da ƙari, ƙa'idar da za ta tsara matsakaicin matakin don PFOS ba a saita shi don ruwan famfo a Japan ba. Saboda haka, a cikin wannan halin, ba za mu iya yanke hukuncin cewa ya kamata a bayar da ramuwa ba. ” 

Addinai da biyayya suna riƙe daula tare yayin da yawancin mutane suke wahala. 

Don karramawar, Ofishin Okinawa na Ma'aikatar Kasuwancin Yankin Okinawa ya nemi a bincika wuraren daga rukunin, amma Ba-Amurkan ya hana su. 

I mana. Haka abin yake a ko'ina.

Farfesa a Jami’ar Okinawa na kasa da kasa Farfesa Hiromori MAEDOMARI yayi bayanin matsalar daga hangen ‘yan kasar Japan, ciki har da Okinawans, wadanda ke da hakkin sanin abin da ke faruwa. Wannan gurbataccen ƙasa yana faruwa ne a cikin yankin Japan, don haka ya kamata gwamnatin Japan ta iya yin amfani da ikonsu a matsayin ƙasa mai 'yanci, amma ya ce tattaunawa tsakanin gwamnatocin Amurka da Japan game da batun PFOS suna cikin duhu, kamar dai suna cikin wani “akwatin akwatin,” inda ba 'yan ƙasa suke hango ayyukan ciki. Yana mai jaddada bukatar 'yan kasa su kula sosai da wannan lamari. (Tattaunawarsa tana samuwa nan.)

Jihohin New Mexico da Michigan suna kai karar gwamnatin tarayya ta Amurka don gurbata PFAS, amma gwamnatin Trump tana ikirarin cewa sojoji na da damar samun kariya daga kokarin da jihohi suke yi na yin kara, don haka sojoji suna da 'yanci na ci gaba da guba mutane da muhalli.

A Japan yanayin ma ya fi muni. Wannan saboda 'yan ƙasa ba zasu iya samun ainihin ilimin ayyukan ciki na "akwatin baƙar fata" na tattaunawar Japan-Amurka don fayyace alhakin ba. Shin gwamnatin Jafanawa ba ta da sauƙin canza Okinawans? Wace irin matsin lamba ce Washington ke yiwa Tokyo don yin watsi da haƙƙin Okinawans? Amurkawa, Jafanawa, da Okinawans dole ne su tashi tsaye kuma suna buƙatar wasu mahimmancin lissafi daga gwamnatocinsu. Kuma dole ne mu nemi sojojin Amurka su tsaftace matattarar su tare da rama Okinawans kan lalacewar ruwan su.

Godiya ga Joseph Essertier, World BEYOND War Mai tsara babi na Japan, don shawarwari da kuma gyara.