Me A cikin Ruwanka, Pleasanton?

By Pat Elder, Janairu 23, 2020

An gabatar da labarin mai zuwa ga East Bay Express amma ba a sami amsa ba.

Ruwa mai kyau a Pleasanton, California yana gurbata sosai da PFAS. Daga ina yake fitowa? 

Labarin Brett Simpson na East Bay Express, Rikicin Ingancin Ruwa na Ruwa na Kasa, (Janairu 14) bai yi cikakken bincike game da yawan gurbatarwar PFAS a cikin ruwan Pleasanton ba kuma ya ɗauki shigowar sojoji a kusa da matsayin mai iya haifar da gurɓatar PFAS a cikin ruwan garin.  

Labarin ya ce an gano Pleasanton Well 8 ne yana dauke da sassan 108 a cikin tiriliyan (ppt) na PFAS. Ruwan ya ƙunshi pill 250.75 na carcinogens, a cewar Hukumar ruwa ta California. 

Zagayen farko na samfurin PFAS don Tsarin Ruwan Jama'a - Afrilu 1st zuwa Yuni 30th 2019

Sources: banasamak.com da kuma dansamari.net.

Kafofin watsa labarai da tsarin ruwa a duk fadin kasar galibi suna yin watsi da rahoton kasancewar da mahimmancin abubuwa na polyfluoroalkyl "wadanda ba PFOS + PFOA" ba kuma suna rikitar da jama'a game da bambancin da ke tsakanin waɗannan da sanannun sanannun PFOS da PFOA. Per Fluoro Octane Sulfonic Acid (PFOS) da Per Fluoro Octanoic Acid (PFOA) sune biyu daga fiye da 6,000 PFAS sunadarai da aka inganta, kuma dukkansu ana daukar su masu barazana ga lafiyar dan adam.  

Bari mu sake gwada hakan. PFOS da PFOA nau'ikan PFAS iri ne kuma dukansu ba su da kyau.

Jaridar Los Angeles Times ta ba da labari a cikin Oktoba na 2019, Daruruwan rijiyoyin suna gurbata ko'ina a cikin California. Labarin ya hada da m map wanda ba shi da rahoton gurɓataccen PFAS a duk faɗin jihar. Misali, danna dige akan taswira don Pleasanton kuma kawai zaku sami lambobin da suka dace da cutar PFOS da PFOA. Gaba ɗaya sun kai 123.75 ppt. Garin, duk da haka, yana da ppt 127 na "wasu PFAS" guda biyar a cikin ruwa, wanda ya haɗu da 250.75 ppt. Danna Burbank kuma zaku gano garin bashi da cutar PFOS / PFOA; duk da haka, Burbank yana da 108.4 ppt na sauran sunadarai masu cutarwa. 

PFBS, PFHpA, PFNA, PFHxA da PFHxS duk sun nuna fifiko a cikin ruwan Pleasanton wanda ya zarce 5.1 ppt na jihar. matakin sanarwa na PFOA. PFHxS ya nuna allip 77.5 ppt. Ana amfani da waɗannan sinadarai a cikin aikace-aikacen soja da masana'antu da yawa. 

Kada ka yi shakka suna da lahani.  

Duk sinadaran PFAS suna da haɗari kuma bai kamata mu sha su ba. Manyan jami'an kiwon lafiyar jama'a na kasar sun ce kashi 1 na PFAS na da matukar hadari ga lafiyar jama'a.  Yakamata a gargadi mace mai ciki a Pleasanton kada ta sha ruwa mai dauke da PFAS. 

Matakan PFAS a cikin ruwa (ruwan sha da ruwan ƙasa) yakamata a daidaita su sosai kuma akai akai ana gabatar da su ga jama'a ta hanyar gwamnatin tarayya, jihohi, da ƙananan hukumomi. Karatuttukan da aka gabatar ga Kwamitin Nazarin Gurɓatattun Gurɓatattun ganabi'ai na Babban Taron Stockholm ya ba da rahoton wannan binciken na PFHxS da aka samo a cikin manyan matakai a cikin ruwan Pleasanton: 

• An gano PFHxS a cikin jinin igiyar zazzabi kuma ana watsa ta zuwa tayi zuwa mafi girma fiye da abin da aka bayar da rahoton ga PFOS.
• Nazarin ya nuna wata ƙungiya tsakanin matakan ƙwayar cuta na PFHxS da matakan ƙwayar cholesterol, lipoproteins, triglycerides da kuma kitse mai mai kyauta.
• An nuna tasirin sakamako akan hanyar hanji na thyroid don PFHxS a cikin karatun epidemiological.
• Bayyanar cikin haihuwa ga PFHxS yana da alaƙa da aukuwa na cututtukan cututtuka (kamar ottis media, huhu, kwayar RS da varicella) a farkon rayuwa.

Amurka ta gaza amincewa da Yarjejeniyar Stockholm da aka ambata a sama. Amincewarsa za ta haifar da mummunar tasiri ga ƙwararrun masana masana'antar ba da izini a siyasance.

A lokaci guda, gwamnatin Amurka tana ba da cikakkiyar bayanai ga jama'a game da waɗannan sinadarai masu haɗari. 

Alal misali,  Toxnet,  wata hanya mai ban mamaki da ta bincika tasirin abubuwa kamar PFHxS, kwanan nan, cibiyar NIH ta lalata shi.  

Toxmap shima NIH ta dakatar dashi kwanan nan. Wancan sabis ɗin ya samar da taswira mai ma'amala don nemo wuraren sakin sinadarai a duk faɗin ƙasar. 

Dawakai suka mallaki gidan henhouse.

Tare da EPA zaune a gefe ta hanyar ƙin daidaita abubuwan sinadaran PFAS da kuma jihar California tana jan ƙafafunta don kafa matsakaicin matakan gurɓataccen aiki ga PFAS, yana da mahimmanci ga al'ummomin marasa galihu kamar Pleasanton su jagoranci kan kare lafiyar jama'a.

Abin takaici, wannan ya sha banban da maganganun da jami'an birni da na ruwa a duk fadin kasar wadanda ke neman mafita daga gwamnatin tarayya ko gwamnatin jiha. Misali, dan majalisar karamar hukumar Pleasanton Jerry Pentin ya ce, "Muna bukatar jihar ta jagoranci, gwamnatin tarayya ta jagoranci, kuma ta taimaka mana wajen nemo mafita don ruwanmu ya zama lafiyayye."

East Bay Express ya ruwaito, “Har yanzu garin bai san inda cutar take ba. Saboda sunadarai sun zama gama gari kuma sun dage a muhallin, babban matakin gano abubuwa koyaushe baya nuna wani gurbataccen gurbatacce, kamar masana'antar masana'antu, wurin shara, ko filin jirgin sama. ”

Daga cikin rijiyoyin 568 da aka gwada Hukumar Kula da Ruwa ta Jihar California don magungunan PFAS a cikin 2019, 308 (54.2%) an samo su dauke da ɗaya ko nau'ikan PFAS.

Hukumar Ruwa ta gwada filayen jirgin sama na farar hula, wuraren shara na gari, da hanyoyin samun ruwa a cikin radiyon mil 1 na rijiyoyin da tuni aka san suna dauke da PFAS. Tare da 'yan kaɗan kamar Pleasanton, gwajin bai kasance ba daga al'ummomin da ke kusa da kayan aikin soja. Jimlar 19,228 sassa a cikin tiriliyan (ppt) na nau'ikan 14 na PFAS da aka gwada an samu waɗannan rijiyoyin 308. 51% sun kasance PFOS ko PFOA yayin da ragowar 49% wasu nau'ikan PFAS ne.        

A halin yanzu, sansanonin soja biyar a jihar: Tashar Jirgin Ruwa Naval na Lake Lake, Port Hueneme Naval Base Ventura County, Mather Air Force Base, Tustin USMC Air Station, da Travis Air Force Base sun gurɓata ruwan ƙasa da 11,472,000 ppt, na PFOS + PFOA. Idan kusan 50-50 ya raba tsakanin PFOS / PFOA da sauran gurbatattun PFAS da aka samo a rijiyoyin 308 da aka gwada a duk faɗin jihar alama ce, waɗannan shigarwar biyar na da alhakin cutar PFAS a matakan sama da 20,000,000 ppt. Fiye da sansanonin soji 50 sanannu sunyi amfani da PFAS a cikin California. Sojoji sun watsar da dubunnan galan na kumfa na kumfa mai dauke da wadannan sinadarai masu guba a cikin ruwan California da na saman ruwa.

Kodayake Sojojin sun bayyana cewa ruwan gurbataccen gurbatacce ne da sinadarai PFAS a sansanin Park da ke kusa, amma bai bayyana sakamakon gwajin ruwan karkashin kasa ba.

Haka kuma, Lawrence Livermore dakin gwaje-gwaje na kasa bai gabatar da jama'a game da yawan cutar PFAS a cikin ruwan ƙasa ko ruwan sha ba, kodayake makaman yana daga cikin wuraren da aka gurɓata a cikin ƙasar. Yawancin gwaje-gwajen da aka gudanar a can sun haɗa da gwada abubuwan fashewa waɗanda za su buƙaci amfani da abubuwan kashe wuta. Organicananan mahaɗan mahaɗan (VOCs) kamar TCE, PCE, Depleted Uranium, tritium, PCBs da dioxins, perchlorate, nitrates da freon sune manyan gurɓatattun abubuwa da aka samu a wurin. 

An baza tarkace mai guba a cikin ginin, gami da ramuka na dabbobi masu aiki. Yara sun binne  kayan aikin dakin gwaje-gwaje, tarkacen shagunan kere kere da kuma sharar biomedical Livermore yana da lagoons masu zubar da guba da kuma yanki mai ƙone-ƙone. Wannan aikin ya gurɓata ƙasa, iska, da ruwa kusa da Pleasanton.

Jama'a a cikin Pleasanton ba su da tabbas daga inda PFAS ke zuwa. Ba abin da wuyar ganowa bane. Gwada ruwan karkashin kasa kusa da Livermore da Parks. 

Pat Dattijon yana kan World BEYOND War kwamitin gudanarwa, kuma ana iya samunsa a www.civilianexposure.org da kuma
www.militarypoisons.org.