Na Pat Elder, Okatoba 2, 2020
Ma kahi kokoke i ʻehiku mau mahina i hala aku nei - Malaki 3, 2020 - pololei, ʻekolu haneli mau poʻe e hopohopo nei i piha i ka hale waihona puke ʻo Lexington Park e hoʻolohe i ka pale ʻana o ka Navy i ka hoʻohana ʻana o nā mea fluoralylyl per-and-poly (PFAS) ma ka Patuxent River Naval Air Station Pax River) a me ka Webster Outlying Field.
Ua hopohopo ka poʻe no ka mea ua hoʻopuka wau nā hopena hoʻāʻo e hōʻike ana i nā pae astronomical o nā toxins ma St. Inigoes Creek, ma aneʻi ma St. Mary's County, he 2,400 mau kapuaʻi mai Webster Field kahi i hoʻohana mau ʻia ai nā mea i loko o nā makahiki he nui.
Ua hāʻawi koke wau i kaʻu mau hopena me ka Keʻena ʻo Environment of Maryland (MDE), a ua loaʻa iaʻu kēia pane mai kahi haʻi ʻōlelo. "ʻAʻohe o kā ke Keʻena ʻo Environment o Maryland i mau ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo no nā mea hoʻohaumia i nā ʻio. ʻO nā paepae PFAS wale nō i ʻike ʻia e pili ana i ka wai inu, kahi e nui ai ka makaʻala o ka hōʻike. "
Hōʻike ka pane mai MDE i ka hana ʻole a ka mokuʻāina a haʻi pololei ʻole i ka hōʻike ʻana i ka PFAS ʻoi aku ka nui i ka wai inu. ʻO ka hapa nui o PFAS i loko o kā mākou kino ma o ka ʻai ʻana o nā iʻa iʻa mai nā wai i hoʻohaumia ʻia. Hoʻomaopopo maikaʻi ka Navy a me ka MDE i kēia. He maʻalahi no ka mokuʻāina e koi i kēia no ka mea hiki ke mālama ʻia i nā lako inu ʻona. ʻO ka hoʻoponopono hou ʻana i ka hoʻohaunaele lehulehu o ka pūʻali koa o nā kahawai wai palupalu kekahi moʻolelo ʻē aʻe. ʻO kēia nā "kemika mau loa" a paʻa lākou no ka manawa lōʻihi, kahi mea e like me ka hapalua o nā mea radioactive.
Ma hope koke iho o ka hālāwai ma ka hale waihona puke, i hōʻike ʻia he pōpilikia i ka lehulehu no ka Navy a me kāna mea hoʻohana, ka MDE, ua hoʻokumu ka mokuʻāina i kahi hoʻokolohua pailaka e nānā i ke kēkelē o ka PFAS i loko o ka wai kai a me nā ʻōpili ma kahi kokoke i ka muliwai ʻo Pax. a me Webster Kahua. Ua hoʻolaha ʻo MDE e mākaukau nā hopena ma ka waena o Mei.
Aia i hea nā hopena, Maryland?
Per fluoro octane sulfonic acid (PFOS) i loaʻa ma koʻu kahakai ma 1,544 ʻāpana no ka triona. (ppt.) ʻO ka PFOS ka make make loa o nā kemika PFAS āpau a he mea nui ia i hōʻiliʻili ʻia i loko o ka bio, ʻo ia hoʻi ke kūkulu ʻia nei - ʻaʻole wāwahi ʻia i nā pāpaʻi, nā ʻōtio, a me nā iʻa a nā Marylanders e ʻai mau ai.
Ma muli o kaʻu mau hopena a me nā hopena mai nā haneli iʻa a pili i nā pae PFOS e pili ana i nā kahawai holoʻokoʻa ma waena o ka ʻāina, aia he ʻoʻī ʻo Maryland i loaʻa he mau kaukani mau ʻāpana o ka trillion o PFOS ʻoiai ke aʻo nei nā luna olakino lehulehu o ka lāhui iā mākou e ʻai ʻole ma mua o 1 ppt i kēlā me kēia lā o kēia mau toxins i hoʻopili ʻia i kahi pūʻali o nā maʻi maʻi a me nā fetal abnormalities.
Ma hope o Malaki, Ira May, nāna e kiaʻi i nā hoʻomaʻemaʻe pūnaewele pekelala no MDE, i nīnau inā aia kekahi haumia ma St. Inigoes Creek e pili ana i nā hopena i loaʻa iaʻu. Inā loaʻa nā kemika, ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia hiki iā lākou ke hele mai kahi keʻena ahi ahi kūloko. ʻO nā wahi ahi ma Valley Lee a me Ridge ma kahi o ʻelima mau mile ka mamao. Ke uhi nei ke kāne poʻokela o ka mokuʻāina no ka pūʻali koa.
ʻOiai mākou e kali nei i nā hopena. ua hoʻokuʻu ka MDE i kēia ʻōlelo noʻeau e pili ana i ka maʻi PFAS:
"Pono e hoʻomanaʻo nā mea kūʻai aku i ka makaʻu ʻana mai ka ʻai ʻana i nā iʻa i hopu ʻia a me nā ʻāpana iʻa i ʻoi aku ka emi ma mua o ka iʻa i hopu ʻia a me nā iʻa. ʻO kēia no ka mea ʻaʻole kūʻai ka iʻa a me ka iʻa iʻa mai ka wahi like i kēlā me kēia pule a me kēia mahina. ”
He kulekele lehulehu kūpono ʻole kēia. Kau i luna a pani paha, Maryland. Aia i hea nā hopena?
