Daga David Swanson da Pat Dattijo, World Beyond War
Tasirin Pentagon a kan kogin wanda bankin yake zaune ba kawai tasirin yaduwar dumamar yanayi da hauhawar teku ne wanda yawancin sojan Amurka suka yi amfani da shi ba. Sojojin Amurka suma sun lalata Kogin Potomac kai tsaye ta hanyoyi da yawa fiye da yadda kowa zai yi tsammani.
Bari mu hau jirgin ruwa daga Potomac daga asalinsa a tsaunukan West Virginia zuwa bakinsa a Chesapeake Bay. Tafiya zuwa wannan babbar hanyar ruwa ta ba da cikakken bayani game da EPA Superfund shafuka shida da aka kirkiresu ta hanyar rashin kulawa da Pentagon game da yanayin gurɓataccen yanayi na Kogin Potomac.
Ƙasar Na Amurka Laboratory Ballistics na Allegany a Rocket Cibiyar, West Virginia, 130 kilomita a arewacin Washington, wani babban mahimmanci ne na gurbatawa a cikin Potomac River. Hanyoyin da ke tattare da masarufi da ƙwayoyin magungunan da ke cikin yanar gizo sun gurɓata ƙasa da ruwan kasa tare da magunguna masu haɗari. Rashin ruwa da ƙasa tare da kogi sun lage tare da fashewa, dioxins, kayan kwalliya maras nauyi, acid, dakin gwaje-gwaje da ƙananan masana'antu, sludge daga ƙasa daga sake dawowa daga magungunan, sludge na zane-zane, fure-faye, da kuma bakin ciki. Shafukan yana kuma da tarin beryllium. Ana amfani da yanki mai aiki mai amfani don zubar da sharar gida, yayyafa ƙurar turbaya a kan kogi. Ba kyau.
Yin tafiya a kan kogi 90 miles kusa da kudu ya kawo mu zuwa Fort Detrick a Frederick, Maryland, "Ƙararrakin Ƙarƙashin" Army don shirin shirin yaki da ilmin halitta. Anthrax, Phosgene, da carbon radioactive, sulfur, da phosphorous an binne a nan. An saka ruwan karkashin kasa tare da kwayar cututtukan cututtukan cututtuka, mutum carcinogen, da tetrachloroethene, wanda ake zargi da cutar da ciwon sukari a cikin masana'antun gwaje-gwaje. Sojoji sun gwada gwargwadon mummunan halayen da ke nan, kamar Bacillus globigii, Serratia marcescens, da Escherichia coli. Kodayake DOD ta ce ta daina nazarin halittun makaman gwaje-gwaje don dalilai masu banƙyama a 1971, da'awar tana kama da sanya kayan soja na "makamai masu linzami" kusa da iyakar abokan gaba.
Har ila yau, Fort Detrick na da tarihin tsallewar matakan phosphorus a cikin tsarin tsabtace shi wanda ya ƙare a cikin ƙananan Kogin Monocacy, wanda ke da alamun Potomac. A gaskiya ma, Ma'aikatar Muhalli ta Maryland ta bayyana sojojin a kan matakan da aka ba da izini. Yawancin phosphorus a cikin ruwa yana sa algae ya yi girma fiye da yadda tsarin ilimin halitta na Potomac zai iya magance. Yana da m. Sojojin sun kasance mai rikici ne na tashar ruwa ta Potomac.
Kamar 40 mai nisa daga kogin daga Fort Detrick shine Washington spring Valley unguwa da kuma sansanin Jami'ar Amirka. Wannan yankin ya yi amfani da wannan yankin lokacin yakin duniya na don gwada Lewisite, wani masarar da ke dauke da arsenic. Sojojin da suka haɗa dabbobin da suka haɗu da su kuma suka tashi daga bama-bamai don ganin yadda sauri dabbobi suka mutu. An lalata wannan yanki da magungunan rayayyun halittu kuma sojoji sun binne sauran kayan da aka yi a bayan da aka gwada su. Perchlorate da Arsenic sun kasance a cikin ruwan karkashin ruwa a yau. Rashin guba na sunadaran da aka binne sun gurbata ruwan da ke kusa da Dalecarlia Rijiyar, kusa da Potomac.
Miliyan biyar a kudu, da Washington Navy Yard yana tsaye a kan Kogin Anacostia, kusa da haɗuwa da Potomac. Yana daya daga cikin alamun da aka gurɓata na dukiya a kasar. Yard Yard na da tsohuwar mafita domin yin cannons, bawo, da harbe. Kasashen da ke kusa da kogin suna gurbata tare da tetrachloride, cyanide, perchlorethylene, carbon tetrachloride, dichloroethene, vinyl chloride, gubar, da ƙananan ƙarfe, acid, tsabta, caustics, iridite da alkaline, gubar, chromium, cadmium, antimony, biphenyls polychlorinated ( PCBs) da kuma dioxins.
Tare da bakin teku na Maryland, 20 mil daga Nvy Yard, mun zo ga Ƙungiyar Warfare Centre ta Indiya a Charles County, tare da tarihin 100 na shekara ta dumping da kuma cinye kayan sharar gida. Shafukan yanar-gizon sun watsar da kayan sharar masana'antu a cikin tsarin sassan bakwai, bude bakin teku da kuma hadari masu guguwa wanda ya zubar da ruwa cikin jikin ruwaye da ke kewaye da shi cikin Potomac. Ruwan ruwa a cikin makaman ya gurɓata da matakan high mercury.
Samfurin ruwa na ruwa wanda aka tattara a Indiya yana dauke da ƙaddarawa a tsakanin 1,600 da 436,000 ug / L. Don sanya waɗannan bayanai a cikin mahallin, Ma'aikatar Muhalli ta Maryland ta kafa wani shawara na ruwa na 1 ug / L. An danganta perchlorate tare da tasirinsa akan glandar thyroid.
A ƙarshe, mun isa Cibiyar Yakin Jirgin Ruwa Na Naval - Dahlgren, akwai wani 20 mil a kudu masoyan Indiya, tare da Kogin Potomac a yankin George George, Virginia. Lalacewar kayan sinadarin sinadarai ta gurɓata ƙasa, ruwan ƙasa, da laka. Har wa yau, Dahlgren bude yana kone ƙananan lalacewa, yafa masa guba mai guba akan Potomac, Northern Neck of Virginia, da kuma Southern Maryland. A binciken na hanyoyin da za a yi amfani da su don maganin sharar gida a Dahlgren ya nuna kudaden kudade na bude wuta kamar "$ 0." A cewar EPA, "Jami'an DOD ba su da wani dalili na turawa don canji ga hanyar da suka yi don 70 shekaru. Bude ƙonawa da ƙaddamarwa shine mafi arha a gare su. "
A Dahlgren, zubar da mercury an haxa shi da kayan abinci a cikin Gambo Creek, wanda ke kai tsaye a cikin Potomac. Jana'izar kiɗa da aka gurbata tare da ƙananan karafa da kuma hydrocarbons polyaromatic (PAHs) sun shafe ƙasa tare da mai girma Potomac. PCBs, Trichloroethane, da kuma magungunan kashe qwari da dama sun hada tare da gubar gubar daga tashar jiragen ruwa da aka yi amfani da uranium da aka lalata don amfani da irin makamin nukiliya da aka sani da faster buser.
A cikin 1608 John Smith shine Bature na farko da ya fara binciken ruwan Potomac daga Chesapeake Bay zuwa Washington. Da yake bayani game da kogin da Chesapeake, Smith ya rubuta cewa, "Sama da Earthasa ba su taɓa yarda mafi kyau don tsara wuri don mazaunin mutum ba." Yana da kyau har yanzu, amma bayan shekaru 400, ruwaye da ƙasashe suna da guba. Shafukan yanar gizo na EPA Superfund da aka bayyana a sama ba da daɗewa ba za su sami kulawa fiye da yadda ya kamata saboda shirin kasafin kuɗi na Shugaba Trump na 2018 ya yi kira ga yanke shirin tsabtace Superfund da kusan kwata.
Aikin EPA ya gano wadannan abubuwan da ke cikin ruwan kogin Potomac, dukkanin su ne sakamakon aikin soja: Acetone, Alkaline, Arsenic, Anthrax, Antimony, Bacillus Globigii, Beryllium, Bis (2-ethylhexyl) Phthalate, Cadmium, Carbon Tetrachloride, Chromium, Cyanide, Cyclonite, Uranium, Dichloroethylene, Dichloromethane, Dinitrotoluene, Dioxins, Escherichia Coli, Iridite, Lead, Mercury, Nickel, Nitroglycerin, Perchlorate, Perchlorethylene, Phosgene, Phosphorous, Biphenyls Polychlorinated (PCBs), Hydrocarbons Polyaromatic (PAHs ), Carbon radiyo, Rawurwar radiyo, Serratia Marcescens, Tetrachloride, Tetrachloroethane, Tetrachlorethylene, Toluene, Trans-Dichloroethylene, Trichloroethene, Trichlororethylene, Trinitrobenzene, Trinitrotoluene, Vinyl Chloride, Xlene, da Zinc.
Potomac ba nisa ba. Kashi sittin da tara na Amurka Superfund wuraren shawo kan muhalli sune sakamakon shirye-shiryen yaki.
Shirye-shirye don yakin basasa a kan 10 sau ne kudin da yakin yaƙin ke yi, kuma ya sa akalla 10 saurin mutuwar. Amincewa da shirin yaki na soja na Amurka ya haifar da mutuwar ta hanyar karkatar da albarkatu daga bukatun bil'adama da kuma kai tsaye ta hanyar mummunan lalatawar muhalli a fadin duniya ciki harda Amurka, ciki har da Potomac.
Abin da ake kira yakin basasa a yakin basasa a duniya shine, bisa ga cikakken bayani karatu, 100 sau da yawa - ba inda akwai wahala, ba inda ake zalunci, ba inda akwai barazana ga duniya, amma inda kasar da ke yaki tana da babban man fetur na man fetur ko mai shiga tsakani yana da buƙatar man fetur.
Sojojin Amurka sune mafi kyawun man fetur a kusa da shi, suna cin wuta fiye da yawancin ƙasashe, kuma suna cin wuta da yawa a shirye-shirye na yau da kullum don karin yaƙe-yaƙe. Akwai jiragen saman soja wanda zai iya haifar da lalacewa da man fetur a cikin minti na 10 fiye da yadda zaka iya tare da man fetur ke motsa motarka har shekara guda.
Duk irin wannan lissafi yana kawar da lalata muhalli da makamai masu makamai suka yi da makamai. {Asar Amirka na da manyan makamai masu linzami ga sauran duniya.
Duk waɗannan ƙididdigar suma suna barin yawancin lalacewa da duk cikakkun bayanai na wahalar ɗan adam. Sojojin Amurka suna ƙona abubuwa masu guba a sarari, kusa da dakarunta a wurare kamar Iraki, kusa da gidajen mutanen da ke zaune a ƙasashen da ta mamaye, kuma a cikin Amurka a yawancin - galibi matalauta da tsiraru - al'ummomi kamar su Colfax, Louisiana, da Dahlgren a kan Potomac.
Yawancin lalacewa ya kasance na har abada, irin su guba na uranium da aka lalata, ana amfani dashi a wurare kamar Siriya da Iraq. Amma wannan gaskiya ne a wurare a kusa da Amurka. Kusa da St. Louis, Missouri, wani karkashin kasa wuta yana motsawa kusan kusa da tasirin ƙasa na ɓarkewar rediyo.
Kuma a can akwai Ruwa Potomac. Yana gudana kudu tsakanin Lincoln da Jefferson Memorials a Washington, DC a gabas, da kuma Arlington, Virginia, a yamma, inda Pentagon Lagoon ya kawo ruwa zuwa hedkwatar dakarun militar duniya.
Ba wai kawai gidan yin yaƙi yana zaune kusa da ruwa mai hauhawa ba - wanda ya tashi da farko saboda tasirin yin yaƙi, amma waɗancan ruwaye na musamman - ruwan Potomac da na Chesapeake Bay wanda yake gudana a ciki, da guguwa wanda ɗaga da saukar da ruwan Pentagon Lagoon kowace rana - ƙazantar da yaƙi ta shirye-shiryen yaƙi.
Wannan shine dalilin da yasa muna shirin da kuma kiran ku zuwa cikin kayactivist flotilla zuwa Pentagon a ranar Satumba 16th. Muna buƙatar kawo buƙatar No Ƙari ga Manyan Wars har zuwa ƙofar mai jagorancin mu na muhalli.
