Na Pat Elder, Okatoba 8, 2019
He noi kanaka noiʻi ʻAmelika wau a ua loaʻa iaʻu ka hanohano a me ka hauʻoli e kipa i kou ʻāina nani i ka hebedoma i hala aku nei. Ua komo wau i loko o kahi kūkā ma Limerick i hoʻonohonoho ʻia e World BEYOND War a me ka ʻĀina Halemai ʻĀina a me Neutrality Alliance. Ma mua o ka haʻi ʻana ʻana i ka politika o kēlā hanana, makemake wau e kahakaha i kou maka i kahi kūlana kūlohelohe koʻikoʻi.
Hana wau me Civilian Exposure, kahi hui i hoʻokumu ʻia ma ke kaiāulu ʻino o Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. Kuhi wau i nā hopena o Per- a me Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS), he mau mea kanu kulekino i ʻike ʻia i nā ʻā ʻana o nā puahi ahi a me nā palapala noiʻi. Ma ke ʻano mahalo o Ireland, makemake wau e haʻalele iā ʻoe me kahi ʻōlelo hoʻomau e pili ana nā ʻōlelo Irish e pili ana i ka hoʻomau. noho a me ka hoʻohana 'ana o kēia mau kemika ma hope o ka hapa nui o ka honua, a ua hemahema paha kēia hemahema o ke ola o nā kānaka Irish.
Hoʻohana ka ʻĀina ahi mākaʻikaʻi ahi ʻo Shannon Airport mā Petroseal C6 6%, kahi carcinogenic kaulana. Hāʻawi ka mea waiwai i ka wai o lalo a me ka wai i ka hope a loaʻa i nā ala e hele ai i ke ʻano o ke kanaka. Hoʻomaopopo ʻia lākou i ka hāʻawi ʻana i nā maʻi maʻi pōpilikia, kidney, a testicular. He pōʻino kā lākou i ka ulu ʻana i ka wā hāpai i nā wahine i inu ʻia i ka wai me ka nui loa o nā mea kemika.
ʻO nā wahi ʻōiwi ākea nui e like me Dubai, Dortmund, Stuttgart, London Heathrow, Manchester, Copenhagen, a me Auckland a ua hoʻololi aku i nā puhipeki holikaea maikaʻi a me ke kūlohelohe no ka hoʻokā ʻana i ke ahi.
Ua hoʻohālikelike ʻia kēia mau ʻōloke pōpilikia e hakakā i nā ahi kīwī wela wela a ʻaʻole pono e hoʻohana ʻia i nā ahi o nā hale. ʻAʻole hoʻohana pinepine ʻia nā ʻōleʻa o PFAS i loko o ka EU no ke ahi ahi ʻole, no laila ua pīhoihoi ia ʻike lākou i ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka lehulehu ma nā hōkele aʻu i kipa ai ma Limerick a me Shannon.
Hōʻike hou o Ireland o ka hui ʻo Stockholm i ka Persistent Organic Pollutants e ʻōlelo nei ka hoʻohana ʻana o nā pua "he nui loa ka nui o ke kūlohelohe o ka hoʻopulapula kūwaho a me nā ʻike ʻana o ke kanaka. ka meaʻai a me ke kaiāwi Irish "i hoʻokumu ʻia i ka ʻike ʻike ʻike ʻia," ʻoiai ua manaʻo lākou he palena liʻiliʻi o ka ʻike ʻike ʻia ma nā mea hoʻohaumia ma ka ʻĀina Irish a he "ʻike ʻole lākou e pili ana i ka nānā ʻana o PFOS (ʻo ka mea nui loa ka PFAS) ma ka lepo a aina i Irelani. "
Ua ʻike ʻia nā mea kanu me nā mea kūʻai a me nā iʻa, a ua ʻike ʻia ma ka pelekikena kūloko ma nā ʻāpana ʻāina ʻo Irish, he ala koʻikoʻi loa e ʻike ai i ka hoʻopoʻi ʻana i ka poʻe no ka mea ua pālahalaha ʻia kēia mau kumuwaiwai ma nā kīʻai a i ʻole lākou e puhi ʻia.
Ua kapa ʻia kēia mau mea hoʻomaʻemaʻe maʻi kūloko i nā "kemika mau loa" no ka mea ʻole ka wāwahi.
Ke kākau nei wau no ka mea hopohopo wau i kou olakino.
Me ke aloha nui no nā kānaka Kepani,
ʻO Pat Patā
