Maryasar Amurka ta Maryland ta Amince da “Contatuwa mai lahani” da Sojojin Amurka suka yi a Chesapeake Beach

by  Pat dattijo, Guba ta Soja, Mayu 18, 2021

Mark Mank, mai magana da yawun Ma'aikatar Muhalli na Maryland (MDE) ya yarda da "mummunar gurbatawa" sakamakon amfani da sojoji na PFAS a Labarin Binciken Naval - Chesapeake Bay Detachment a Chesapeake Beach, Maryland yayin taron RAB na Navy a ranar 18 ga Mayu, 2021.

Mank ya amsa tambayar da aka yi masa idan akwai ko'ina a duniya da ke da matakai sama da kashi 7,950,000 na kowane tiriliyan (ppt) na PFOS da aka samo a cikin ƙasa a Chesapeake Beach. Mank bai ba da takamaiman bayani game da tambayar ba amma ya amsa ta hanyar cewa matakan da ke bakin teku na Chesapeake suna da “daukaka sosai.” Ya ce mazauna suna da dalilai da za su damu. “Za mu ci gaba da danna rundunar sojan ruwa. Kasance tare damu, karin zai biyo baya, ”inji shi.

PFAS abubuwa ne na-da poly fluoroalkyl. Ana amfani da su a cikin kumfa na yaƙin wuta a cikin atisayen horo na wuta na yau da kullun akan tushe kuma ana amfani dasu akan makaman tun 1968, fiye da ko'ina a duniya. Sinadarai sun gurɓata ƙasa, da ruwan ƙasa, da kuma ruwan da ke saman yankin. PFAS a cikin mafi ƙanƙancin adadin yana da alaƙa da larurar tayi, cututtukan yara, da kuma yawan ciwukan daji.

An bayar da rahoton matakan akan 3 kawai daga cikin sunadarai 18 da Sojojin Ruwa suka gwada. Labarun masu zaman kansu galibi suna gwada nau'ikan nau'ikan mayuka 36. Akwai da yawa da har yanzu ba mu sani ba.

Amincewar da jihar ta yi yana da alamar alƙawarin, kodayake maganganun ba su dace da rikodin ƙazanta na MDE ba. Har zuwa yanzu, MDE da Ma'aikatar Lafiya ta Maryland sun kasance manyan rundunonin sojan ruwa ta hanyar ƙin yarda da barazanar da lafiyar lafiyar jama'a ke fuskanta ta hanyar rarrabuwar kawuna da ci gaba da amfani da waɗannan sinadarai a kan tushenta a cikin jihar. Ci gaba a cikin Maryland ya yi kama da yadda ake buga wannan batun a cikin jihohi a duk faɗin ƙasar inda yawan damuwa da jama'a ya sa hukumomin jihar kai tsaye ga fushin jama'a game da DOD.

Rundunar Sojan ruwa ta bayyana manufofin muhalli a cikin Maryland.

A farkon taron, Ryan Mayer, babban mai magana da yawun rundunar sojan ruwa da Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command (NAVFAC) a Washington, ya nuna  nunin faifai nunin faifai. wanda ya gano matakan PFAS a cikin ƙasa, ruwan karkashin ƙasa, da kuma ruwa na ƙasa. Ya ratse lambobin na ƙananan bayanan PFAS ƙididdigar ta kawai faɗin lambar, amma ba maida hankali ba. Nunin faren farko na ruwa ya nuna matakan a sassan kashi tiriliyan saboda haka abu ne mai sauƙi ga jama'a su rikice.

Ya ce an sami kasar da ke karkashin kasa “a 7,950,” duk da cewa ya yi biris da ambaton cewa noman kasar na cikin sassan biliyan daya, maimakon sassan da tiriliyan. Jama'a ba su san da gaske yake nufi sassa 7,950,000 na tiriliyan don PF baOS - nau'in PF guda ɗaya kawaiAS a cikin sashin ƙasa. Mayer bai gano ppb ko ppt ba har sai da David Harris, wanda ke da gurɓataccen gonar kadada 72 kudu da tushe, ya tambaya cikin dakin tattaunawa don bayani.

Wadannan gurbatattun abubuwa suna kama da wani katon soso mai dauke da cutar kansa a karkashin kasa wanda yake share koda yaushe da gurbata yanayi ga kasa, ruwan karkashin kasa, da kuma ruwan dake saman. Kogin Chesapeake na iya samun mafi girman soso mai cutar daji a cikin duniya. Zai iya ci gaba da sanya wa mutane guba har tsawon shekara dubu.

Ya kamata Rundunar Sojan Ruwa ta buga duk gwajin da ta yi a nan, duka a ciki da wajen ginin, na duk sunadarai masu haɗari da haɗuwarsu. A wannan lokacin Navy ya fitar da sakamakon nau'ikan nau'ikan PFAS 3: PFOS, PFOA da PFBS.  36 nau'in PFAS ana iya gano shi ta amfani da hanyar gwajin EPA.

Amma Mayer, wanda yake ajiyar littafin wasan ruwa na Navy, ya ce Sojojin Ruwa ba za su gano takamaiman guba da ke cikin muhalli ba saboda “sunadarai sune bayanan mallakar mai kera su.” Don haka, ba wai Sojojin ruwa ne kawai ke yin ƙa'idodin muhalli a cikin jihar Maryland ba. Kamfanonin sunadarai ne ke yin kumfa.

Rundunar Sojan Ruwa tana amfani da kumfar Chemguard 3% a yawancin kayan aikinta, kamar su Jacksonville NAS wanda shima ya gurbace sosai. Takardar Bayanin Tsaron Kayan, wanda ke kunshe a cikin rahoton rundunar Sojan Ruwa game da gurbatarwar a can ya ce sinadaran da ke cikin kumfar sun hada da “kayan aikin hakar mai ke dauke da sinadarin hydrocarbon” da kuma “masu mallakar fluorosurfacants.”

Ana karar Chemguard a ciki Michigan, Florida,  New York, Da kuma New Hampshire, don sanya sunayen abubuwa hudun farko da suka bayyana a binciken google.

Me muka sani a Kudancin Maryland?

Mun san cewa sojojin ruwa sun zubar da adadi mai yawa na PFAS a filin Webster a cikin St. Mary's County kuma zamu iya musamman gano sinadarai 14 daga wadanda aka sake.

(Webster Field kwanan nan ya ba da rahoton 87,000 ppt na PFAS a cikin ruwan ƙasa idan aka kwatanta da 241,000 ppt a Chesapeake Beach.)

Waɗannan ire-iren PFAS an samo su a cikin rafin da ke kusa da gabar Webster Field annex na Patuxent River NAS:

PFOA PFOS PFBS
PFHxA PFHpA PFHxS
PFNA PFDA PFUnA
N-MeFOSAA N-EtFOSAA FFDoA
PFTrDA

Dukkansu na iya zama barazana ga lafiyar mutum.

Lokacin da sakamakon an sake shi a cikin Fabrairu, 2020, mai magana da yawun MDE ya ce idan PFAS suna nan a cikin rafin to da ta fito ne daga gidan wuta mai nisan mil biyar daga nesa, ko kuma matattarar shara mai nisan mil goma sha ɗaya, maimakon tushen da ke kusa. Babban jami'in tilasta yin aiki na jihar ya nuna shakku kan sakamakon kuma ya ce MDE ta fara aikin binciken gurbatarwar.

Wannan tsinannen tsari. Na gwada ruwana da abincin teku daga manyan masana kimiyyar kimiyyar amfani da ma'aunin gwal na EPA kuma duk abin yayi tsada, amma sai da aka kwashe makwanni kadan.

Magungunan PFAS na iya shafar mu da kuma waɗanda ba a haife mu ba ta hanyoyi da yawa. Yana da hadaddun. Wasu daga cikin waɗannan mahaɗan na iya shafar nauyin haihuwa, da lafiyar haihuwa. Wasu na iya shafar lafiyar numfashi da lafiyar zuciya. Wasu suna da tasiri kan lafiyar ciki kuma wasu suna da alaƙa da matsalolin koda da na cututtukan jini. Wasu na iya tasiri lafiyar ido, wasu, lafiyar kwalliya.

Dayawa suna da tasiri akan tsarin endocrine na jiki. Wasu, kamar PFBA, ana samunsu a cikin kaguwan Maryland, suna da alaƙa da mutanen da suka mutu da sauri daga COVID. Wasu suna motsawa cikin ruwa yayin da wasu basa motsi. Wasu (musamman PFOA) suna zama a cikin ƙasa kuma suna gurɓata abincin da muke ci. Wasu na iya yin tasiri ga ɗan tayi mai tasowa a matakin mafi ƙanƙanci, wasu kuma ba haka ba.

Akwai nau'ikan 8,000 na wadannan masu kisan mutane kuma akwai rikici a cikin Majalisa tare da wani ƙaramin rukuni da ke kira don tsara duk PFAS a matsayin aji, yayin da yawancin 'yan Majalisa suka gwammace su tsara su ɗaya bayan ɗaya, suna barin masu ba da tallafi na kamfanin su zo da PFAS maye gurbinsu a kumfa da samfuran su. (Idan ba mu gyara tsarinmu na tallafin kamfen na tarayya ba, ba za mu yi nasara ba wajen kawar da kayan a bakin Chesapeake Beach ko kuma ko'ina.)

Rundunar Sojan ruwa ba ta son iyalai su kai karar su ko kuma kamfanonin su ta hanyar da'awar a kotu cewa wani nau'in PFAS an same shi a manyan matakai a cikin jinin ƙaunataccen lokacin da suka mutu daga wata cuta. Kimiyyar tana bunkasa har zuwa gano cewa gano wasu matakan takamaiman nau'ikan PFAS a cikin jikin mara lafiya na iya zama gano ga PFAS wanda ya fito daga gurbacewar rundunar ruwa ta muhalli.

Rundunar Sojan Ruwa dole ne ta saki duk gwajin da suka yi a Chesapeake Beach, da wurare a duk duniya, daga San Diego zuwa Okinawa, kuma daga Diego Garcia zuwa Rota Naval Station, Spain.

Tattaunawar Aquifer

Yayin tattaunawa game da wurare masu zurfin kulawa, nunin faifai mai zuwa ya nuna karatun 17.9 ppt na PFOS da 10 ppt na PFOA akan ginshiƙin da aka tattara 200 '- 300' ƙasa da farfajiyar. Wannan shine matakin da mazauna kusa da tushe suke zana ruwan rijiyar su. Matakan da ke kan tushe sun wuce iyakokin ruwan ƙasa don PFAS a cikin jihohi da yawa.

Amma mafi mahimmanci, Sojojin Ruwa da MDE sun yi ta jayayya akai cewa rijiyoyin cikin gida “ana da imanin cewa za a duba su a cikin Piney Point Aquifer,” kuma cewa wannan yana ƙasa da wani yanki, “an yi imanin cewa yana ci gaba a kai a kai kuma yana tsare sosai.”

Babu shakka, ba haka bane!

Dole ne mu nemi amsoshi daga Sojojin Ruwa. A ina kuka gwada? Me kuka samo? Dole ne mu nemi DOD a bayyane kuma ya fara aiki a matsayin ƙaƙƙarfan ma'aikaci a cikin al'ummar dimokiradiyya.

David Harris ya ce fada ne don ganin sojojin ruwan sun gwada ruwan nasa saboda “Ku mutane sun ce cutar ta tafi arewa ne kawai.” Harris ya ce an sami PFAS a cikin rijiyar sa. Mayer ya amsa cewa kadarorin Harris "ba asalinsu bane a yankin samfurin."

Dukiyar Harris tana da ƙafa 2,500 kudu da tushe, yayin da aka yi imanin cewa PFAS ya yi tafiya  22 mil a cikin koramu  da koramu daga fitowar su a tashar jirgin ruwa ta Naval-Joint Reserve Base Willow Grove da kuma Naval Air Warfare Center, Warminster a Pennsylvania. Yana da wuya PFAS yayi tafiya zuwa can cikin Chesapeake Beach tare da ruwan da ke saman ruwa a cikin ruwan, amma ƙafafun 2,500 suna kusa.

Mafi yawa daga cikin masu kuri'a kusa da tushe basu cikin kowane yanki samfurin. Na yi magana da mutanen da ke zaune a Karen Drive daga Dalrymple Rd., Ƙafafun 1,200 ne kawai daga ramin ƙonawa a tushe kuma ba su san komai ba game da PFAS ko gwaji mai kyau. Yaya yadda Rundunar Sojan ruwa ke yin abubuwa. Suna so kawai ya tafi, amma ba zai tafi a cikin Chesapeake Beach ba saboda yawancin yan gari sun fahimce shi. Shin Chesapeake Beach zai iya zama PFAS Waterloo na Navy? Bari muyi fatan haka.

Peggy Williams na MDE ya amsa tambayoyi biyu daga NRL-CBD RAB Dakin Tattaunawa.  “Ka ce kun sami rijiyoyi uku tare da PFAS. (1) Ta yaya zaku yi jayayya cewa PFAS ba zai iya isa ƙasan raƙuman ruwa ba? (2) Shin MDE bata ce lakar yumbu ba zata iya zama cikakke? Williams ya ce yana da wuya PFAS zai iya zamewa zuwa cikin akwatin ruwa, kodayake Sojojin Ruwa sun ba da rahoton rijiyoyi uku daga PFAS. David Harris ya ba da rahoton matakan girma, kuma Sojojin Ruwa sun kuma ba da rahoton matakan a cikin ƙaramar akwatin.

Mayer ya amsa tambayar game da motsi na PFAS tsakanin raƙuman ruwa. “Mun ɗan gano wasu abubuwa kuma suna ƙasa da LHA,” amsar shi ce. Mayer yana magana ne game da Shawarwarin Lafiya na Rayuwa na EPA don nau'ikan sunadarai biyu kawai: PFOS da PFOA. Shawarar ba da shawara ta tarayya ta ce kada mutane su sha ruwan da ke dauke da sama da kashi 70 na jimillar mahaɗan biyu a kowace rana. Yana da kyau tare da EPA idan kun sha ruwa mai ɗauke da kashi miliyan a cikin tiriliyan na PFHxS, PFHpA, da PFNA, sunadarai masu matsala guda uku jihohi da yawa suna tsarawa a ƙarƙashin 20 ppt.

Masu yada lafiyar jama'a suna gargadin kar mu cinye sama da kashi 1 na wadannan sanadarai a cikin ruwan sha yau da kullun.

Mutumin Navy ya ba da hankali ga nunin faifai wanda ya ba da taƙaitaccen tambayoyin da aka gudanar a cikin al'umma a lokacin rani na 2019. Navy ya yi hira da mutane tara kuma yarjejeniya ita ce ta kare Bay da magance rijiyoyin da ba su da zurfi. A bayyane, babu wanda ya damu da zurfin rijiyoyin da kusan duk wanda ke kusa da tushe ke da shi. Babu wanda ya damu da rayuwa mai guba a cikin ruwa. Waɗannan su ne hanyoyi biyu da ake ganin mutane na fuskantar waɗannan sunadarai. Tabbas, Rundunar Sojan Ruwa ta fahimci duk wannan.

Akwai mutanen kirki a cikin Sojojin ruwa da na kwangilar aikin injiniya na ruwa waɗanda suma suka fahimci wannan kuma suna damuwa ƙwarai. Akwai bege.

PFAS ba shine kawai matsalar gurɓata a cikin Chesapeake Beach ba. Sojojin Ruwa sun yi amfani da uranium, tsayayyen uranium (DU), da thorium kuma ya gudanar da saurin saurin tasirin tasirin DU a Ginin 218C da Ginin 227. Navy yana da rikodin rikodin rikodin mara kyau kuma ya faɗi cikin da rashin bin ƙa'idodin Hukumar Kula da Nukiliya. Rikodin yanzu yana da wahalar dawo da su. Gurbatattun Ruwa sun hada da Antimony, Lead, Copper, Arsenic, Zinc, 2,4-Dinitrotoluene, da 2,6-Dinitrotoluene.

Rundunar Sojan Ruwa ta ce ba a sake PFAS a cikin yanayin a cikin Chesapeake Beach.

An tambayi Mayer idan har yanzu ana sake PFAS a cikin yanayin yau kuma ya amsa, "A'a." Ya ce an riga an tsabtace sauran rukunin yanar gizon Sojan Ruwa domin suna kan gaba kan aikin. Mayer ya ce bayan an yi amfani da kumfa na PFAS a kan tushe ana “safarar su daga wani wuri don a samu zubar da su yadda ya kamata.

Ta yaya wannan ke aiki daidai, Mr. Mayer? Kimiyyar zamani ba ta samar da wata hanya ta zubar da PFAS ba. Ko Navy sun binne shi a cikin kwandon shara ko ƙone sinadarai, daga ƙarshe za su saka wa mutane guba. Kayan sun dauki kusan har abada don karyewa kuma basu kone ba. Konewa kawai yayyafa dafin akan ciyawa da gonaki. Abubuwan guba suna fitowa daga tushe kuma zasu ci gaba da yin hakan har abada.

Ayyukan Taimako Navy - Bethesda, da Naval Academy, da Cibiyar Yakin Kan Indiya, da Pax River duk sun aika gurbatattun kafofin watsa labarai na PFAS don a kone su a Norlite Shuka a cikin Cohoes New York. Jami'an rundunar sojan ruwa a lokacin kogin Pax RAB a watan da ya gabata sun musanta aika abubuwan da gurbataccen PFAS don gurbatarsu.

Babu wani rikodin Ruwa da ya aika da guba PFAS don a kone shi daga bakin Chesapeake.

Cibiyar kula da ruwa ta Navy a kan Tudun bakin Chesapeake tana samar da kimanin tan 10 na ruwa / shekara na sludge wanda aka bushe a gadajen sludge na iska. An tura kayan zuwa Tashar karɓar Tsire-tsire mai Kula da Ruwa na Solomons. Daga can ne, aka binne dusar kankara a Appeal Landfill a yankin Calvert.

Ya kamata jihar ta gwada rijiyoyi a cikin Apaukaka andaukakawa da kuma sa ido sosai game da zubar da cutar.

An shigar da garin da aka warkar da bakin Chesapeake Beach a cikin Chesapeake Bay ta hanyar bututun mai inci 30 wanda ya faɗaɗa cikin Bay zuwa wani wuri kusan ƙafa 200 daga ruwan teku. Duk wuraren samar da ruwan sha suna samarwa da sakin guba na PFAS. Yakamata a gwada ruwan.

PFAS yana shigar da wuraren ruwa daga kasuwanci, soja, masana'antu, sharar gida, da kuma wuraren zama ba a cire shi daga malalar, yayin da duk tsire-tsire masu tsaftace ruwa suna motsa PFAS cikin sludge ko ruwa mai ƙazanta.

Bay tana karɓar baƙin ciki biyu na gurɓataccen PFAS a cikin bakin teku na Chesapeake. Kodayake an kwashe sauran ƙurar garin zuwa King George Landfill a cikin Virginia, ana tura dusar daga Patuxent River NAS zuwa wasu gonaki a cikin Calvert County. Ya kamata mu san sunayen waɗancan gonakin. Yakamata a binciki ƙasashensu da kayayyakin amfanin gonar su. Sojojin Ruwa, da MDE, da MDH ba za su yi hakan ba da daɗewa ba. Yi hankali da abin da kuke ci a cikin Calvert County, Maryland.

Babban mashawarcin Chesapeake Beach Council Larry Jaworski ya ce ya fahimci sakewa daga tushe sun tsaya kuma ya karfafa ƙarin gwaji. Yana da kyau a ji kira don gwaji, kodayake ba za mu iya amincewa da ƙungiyar Hogan / Grumbles su yi shi da kyau ba, la'akari da fiasco na matukin jirgi binciken kawa a cikin shekarar St. Mary. Mista Jaworski na iya jin sakin PFAS daga tushe ya tsaya, amma rikodin yana nuna akasin haka. Tare da sassan miliyan 8 da tiriliyan galibi na PFOS a cikin ƙasa mai zurfin ciki, mutanen da ke zaune tare da waɗannan gabar teku na iya ma'amala da waɗannan gubobi har tsawon shekara dubu.

Kifi / Kawa / Kaguji

Mayer ya ce binciken binciken kawa na MDE na kogin St. Mary ya nuna kawa sun kasa matakan nuna damuwa ga PFAS. Jihar ta yi amfani da hanyar gwaji wacce kawai ta ɗauki matakan sama da sassa sama da biliyan kuma kawai zaɓaɓɓun wasu ƙwayoyin sunadarai don yin rahoto. Sun kuma yi amfani da kamfanin da ba gaskiya ba. Gwajin kai tsaye ta amfani da daidaitaccen hanyar zinariya ta EPA ya nuna PFAS a cikin oysters da ke ƙunshe 2,070 ppt, ba mai kyau bane ga cin mutum.

A Amurka, ba kamar sauran ƙasashe da yawa ba, ya rage wa ɗayanmu ya tsara adadin PFAS da ke shiga jikinmu. Cin abincin teku da aka kama daga gurbataccen ruwa da shan ruwan rijiyoyin da ba a kula da su sune hanyoyin farko da muke amfani da guba.

Rundunar Sojan Ruwa ta saki bayanan da ke nuna 5,464 ppt a cikin ruwa mai barin barin tushe. (PFOS - 4,960 ppt., PFOA - 453 ppt., PFBS - 51 ppt.). Wani kamun kifi da aka kama a kusa da Loring AFB ya ƙunshi fiye da miliyan miliyan a kowace tiriliyan na PFAS da aka kama daga ruwa tare da ƙananan haɗuwa fiye da matakan da ke zubowa daga tushe a Chesapeake Beach.

Jihar Wisconsin ta ce ana fuskantar barazanar lafiyar jama'a lokacin da PFAS ya ɗora 2 ppt a cikin ruwa mai zurfin ruwa saboda aiwatar da kwayar halitta.

Matakan ilimin taurari na PFAS a cikin ruwan saman Chesapeake Beach ana iya sa ran yin rajistar kifi ta umarni da yawa na girma, yayin da PFOS shine mafi matsala a wannan batun. Wasu kifayen da ke kusa da ramin gona na sansanonin soji sun ƙunshi ɓangarori miliyan 10 da tiriliyan dafin.

Mark Mank ya ce MDE na da masaniya game da kiyayyar halittu. Ya kara da cewa al'amuran hanyoyin game da gwajin kifin suna da rikitarwa. Ya ce, "Wannan abin bakin ciki ne ga wannan al'umma da mummunar gurbatawa." Jihar Michigan ta fitar da sakamakon gwajin PFAS na kifin 2,841 kuma matsakaicin kifi na dauke da ppt 93,000 na PFOS kadai, yayin da jihar ta takaita PFOS a cikin ruwan sha zuwa 16 ppt.

Jenny Herman tare da MDE ta ce ba ta da masaniya game da manyan karatun kifi a cikin Tekun Chesapeake. Abin dariya ne, saboda MDE za ta kasance sashen gwamnatin jihar da za ta yi kira da a yi irin wannan binciken. Ta ce jihar tana gwada naman kifi kuma wadannan sakamakon na iya kasancewa a shirye a watan Yuli. Mark Mank kuma ya ce MDE na kallon kifin. "Ba a gaban wannan wurin ba, amma sauran wurare." Daga baya a cikin shirin, Williams ta ce MDE za ta gwada kifi a Chesapeake Beach a damin shekarar 2021. Da fatan, MDE ba za ta kira Alpha Analytical su sake gwajin su ba. Alpha Analytical ya samar da binciken kawa matukin jirgin kawa. Sun kasance tarar $ 700,000 don lalata abubuwan gurɓatawa a Massachusetts.

David Harris ya tambaya game da gurɓataccen naman barewa kuma MDE's Jenny Herman ta amsa cewa MDE “har yanzu tana farkon aiki.” Michigan ta kasance a kanta tsawon shekaru. Wataƙila MDE na iya kiran su. Sojojin Sama sun yi gurbataccen naman barewa har zuwa inda aka hana cin sa a cikin yankuna. Mayer ya ce babu hanyar EPA kuma ɗakunan gwajin gwaji duk sun bambanta. Tabbatar sauti rikitarwa.

Peggy Williams tare da MDE sun kara da cewa PFAS galibi ana samun shi a cikin tsokar dawa, kamar da kadoji, ta bayyana, PFAS galibi a cikin mustard ne. Kodayake tana nuna cewa ba laifi a ci kadoji saboda guba an sanya shi a kan mustard, wannan hakika nasara ce saboda ta nuna a karon farko da wani jami'in MDE ya yarda da kasancewar PFAS a cikin kaguji. Na gwada kaguwa kuma na sami 6,650 ppt na PFAS a cikin bayafin. Hakan sau uku ne na PFAS a cikin kawa, amma kashi ɗaya bisa uku na matakan da ke cikin kifin da ke ƙasa a cikin St Mary's County.

Williams ta fada wa Patuxent River NAS RAB makonni biyu da suka gabata cewa gurɓatar dawa ba wata matsala ba ce a cikin St Mary's County saboda ruwan bazara a kan tushe yana da kyan gani kuma barewa ba sa shan ruwan zafin. Tabbas, suna yi.

Ben Grumbles, sakataren ma'aikatar muhalli na Maryland, wanda ake kira kawa - 2,070 ppt, kaguwa - 6,650 ppt, da kifin - 23,100 ppt na PFAS  "Damuwa." Za mu duba idan yana da matukar wahala jihar ta dauki matakan kare lafiyar jama'a.

Matan da ke da ciki ko na iya yin ciki bai kamata su ci abinci ko ruwa dauke da PFAS ba.