Ke hoʻonaʻauao nei ʻo Okinawans i nā kānaka e pili ana i ka PFAS Contamination a puni US Bases

ʻO ka pFAS polū mai nā pūʻali koa ka mea e hopohopo nui ai ma Okinawa

Na Joseph Essertier, Fepeluali 16, 2020

Ma ka Poaono, lā 6 o Malaki. nā poʻe mea hana ma Okinawa e haki i ka haʻawina e pili ana i nā waihona US e hōʻino ana i ka wai o Okinawa me PFAS. ʻO Okinawa kahi ʻāina i ka hema o ka mokupuni o Iapana, a me ke olakino o nā poʻe noho ma laila i ka hopena ma muli o ka pilikia olakino i hoʻokumu ʻia e ka PFAS. I ka Pōʻaono, ʻo ka lā 7 o Malaki i Kaleponi, e hoʻomaka ʻo Pat Elder i kāna huakaʻi 20-kūlanakauhale o Kaleponi e hōʻike ana i ka poʻe e pili ana i ka pilikia o ke olakino olakino e pili ana i ka hoʻohaumia ʻana o nā pūʻali koa o ka ʻenemi i ka US a me nā ʻāina ʻē aʻe he nui. E hele ʻo ka hana ʻoi no ka hoʻonaʻauao ʻana i nā mea pili i kēia pilikia ma Kaleponi i ka manawa like me ka neʻe ʻana i Okinawa.

Ua kuhikuhi ʻo Elder ka pilikia o ka pōʻino PFAS ma ka puni o nā waihona ma Okinawa. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia, "ʻAʻole kēia he pilikia no Okinawa wale nō, akā no nā poʻe a pau ma ka ʻāina o ka Pakipika." Ua makemake ʻo ia e hoʻolilo i ka poʻe i Okinawa prefecture i kēia kūlana, ʻo ia kahi pilikia kēia e pono ai.

ʻO ka mea kākau moʻolelo ʻo Jon Mitchell, nona kākau e pili ana iā PFAS a me nā mea e pili ana i nā waihona e pili ana i Okinawa i nā makahiki, ʻo SAKURAI Kunitoshi hoʻi, he mea kaukaʻi kaukauʻāina ʻo Okinawa University, e haʻi i ka haʻawina ma ka lā 6 o Malaki. I kēlā hanana like, ke mele KOJA Misako e hana. He lālā paʻa ʻo ia o ka hui mele mele Okinawa Nēnēs (haʻi (like ʻole "nays")).

An Haawina ua ʻike ʻia ma ka lā 11 o Pepeluali i ka nūpepa Okinawa Times e pili ana i ka hanana 6 Malaki. ^ E Ha yM. Ua hōʻike iā ia i nā mea heluhelu e pili ana i ka haʻawina a Jon Mitchell i hāʻawi ʻia ma ka lā 10 o Pepeluali ma mua o ka hanana 6 Malaki. Ua hoʻopuka ʻo Mitchell i kāna kūkākūkā ma kahi hale e noho ai nā keʻena no nā lālā Diet ma Tokyo (ʻo ia ka Sanʻin giin kaikan i ka Kepani: 参 院 議員 会館). Ua wehewehe ʻo ia ka hoʻonui ʻia ʻana o PFAS i ka hopena o ka maʻi maʻi a kūkākūkā i nā hopena ʻē aʻe i loaʻa iā ia i ke kino o ke kanaka. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia aia nā nihi koko i lawe ʻia mai nā kānaka kokoke i ka air air o Futenma e hōʻike ana ko lākou kiʻekiʻe o PFOS (ʻo kekahi o nā mea PFAS) ʻehā mau kiʻekiʻe aʻe ma mua o kēlā mau kānaka ma nā wahi ʻē aʻe.

He aupuni ʻo Okinawan Prefectural ʻikeʻia 15 nā muliwai a me nā hale mālama wai me nā pae weliweli o ka PFOS a me ka PFOA hoʻopōmaikaʻi ʻia, e oi aku ana o ka EPA hui pū o Lifetime Health Advisory (LHA) palena o 70 ppt. I Nowemapa 2018, nā luna aupuni o Okinawa Prefectural hoike ia Ua ʻike ʻia he 2,000 ppt o nā kemika ma ka wai puna wai Chunnagā (Wakimizu Chunnagā) ma Kiyuna, ke kūlanakauhale ʻo Ginowan. Ua hōʻino ka pūʻali koa US i ka poʻe o Okinawa me ka hoʻowahāwahā ʻole ʻana i ka pono o nā kamaʻāina. ʻAʻohe kuleana, a ʻo Okinawans a me Iapana i kahi kūlana kokoke ʻole. E like me nā ʻAmelika, pono mākou e kamaʻilio i kēia pilikia a noʻonoʻo e pili ana i ke kāohi ʻana iā Wakinekona mai ka hōʻino ʻana i nā kuleana o nā poʻe i hoʻokūkū ʻia e Tokyo, ko kākou "pili aloha" ma Northeast Asia.

E kau i kēlā helu 2,000 i ka pōʻaiapili, ma 6 Pepeluali 2020 ka Papa Hoʻomohala Mana Waiwai o Ke Aupuni Kaleponi laie i kāna "Level Responnt" i 10 mau ʻāpana no ka trillion (ppt) no PFOA a me 40 ppt no PFOS. Ma mua, ʻaʻole i koi ʻia nā luna e lawe i ka wai wai mai loko o ka lawelawe a hāʻawi aku i ka hoʻolaha ʻana i ka lehulehu a hiki i ka pae ʻana i 70 ppt. 

Eia mai, ʻo nā mea noiʻi ma ke kula ʻo Harvard TH Chan ma ke ola olakino a me ke Kulanui o Massachusetts ma Lowell aku nei au "Kuhi ʻia kahi mahele palekana o PFOA a me / a i ʻole PFOS i ka wai inu inu he 1 ppt." Ma ke ʻano o ka ʻike ʻana o nā kamaʻāina i ka pōʻino o kēia mau lāʻau, ua ʻoi aku ka ikaika o nā lula.

He hālāwai ʻo Mitchell i hālāwai ai e 80 mau kānaka a ua hoʻonohonoho ʻia e "Tokyo Society Against Ospreys" (Osprey Hantai Tokyo Renraku Kai). 

Ua hana pū ka hui ʻo All Okinawa i kahi ʻaha ma ka hale lole ma Henoko ma ke alanui mai ka Camp Schwab ma ka lā 1 o Pepeluali ma ko lākou haʻi ʻana aku i nā kānaka o ka hanana ma 6 Malaki ma Okinawa. E ʻike i ke kiʻi ma lalo nei:

SAKURAI Kunitoshi a me nā mea hana hou ma Okinawa

ʻO ke kanaka i ke kikowaena, ʻo ia hoʻi ʻoʻAmekena SAKURAI Kunitoshi, kahi mea nāna e hoʻonohonoho i ka hanana ma 6 Malaki.

 

He lālā papa ʻo Pat Elder no World BEYOND War. ^ E Ha yM. Pou ia ke hōʻike nei i ka hihia paʻi pFAS ma ka 20 māka huakaʻi o Kaleponi ma Malaki. ʻO Joseph Essertier ke poʻo o ka Poʻokela ma Iapana no ka World BEYOND War.

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