Hele ka huʻa piha PFAS ma St. Inigoes Creek mai Webster Field. Kiʻi - Ianuali 2021
Na Pat Elder, World BEYOND War,ʻApelila 15, 2021
Ua hōʻike ka Patuxent River Naval Air Station (Pax River) a me ka Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command (NAVFAC) i ka wai o ka wai ma Pax River's Webster Outlying Field ma St. Inigoes, MD he 84,757 ʻāpana no ka triliona (ppt) o Perfluorooctanesulfonic acid, (PFOS ). Ua ʻike ʻia nā toxins ma ka Hale 8076 i ʻike ʻia ma ke Kānā ahi. ʻO ke kiʻekiʻe o ka hoʻowahāwahā ʻia he 3 manawa ke alakaʻi alakaʻi pekelala 1,200 ppt.
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ʻO ka wai o ka wai a me ka wai o luna mai ka hoʻouka kaua moana liʻiliʻi i loko o St. Inigoes Creek, kahi mamao aku i ka muliwai ʻo Potomac a me ke kai kūʻono ʻo Chesapeake.
Pili nā kemika i ka nui o nā maʻi ʻaʻai, nā fetal abnormalities, a me nā maʻi ʻōpio.
Ua hōʻike pū ka Navy i nā huina PFOS ma ke kumu nui ʻo Pax River ma 35,787.16 ppt. Kahe aku ka haumia ma laila i ka muliwai Patuxent a me ke kai kūʻono ʻo Chesapeake.
E hōʻike ʻia kahi kūkā kamaʻilio e pili ana i ka haumia ma nā wahi ʻelua i ka lehulehu i ka manawa o kahi hālāwai kūkā kūkā koke a NAS Patuxent River Restoration Advisory Board (RAB) i hoʻonohonoho ʻia no ʻApelila 28th, mai 6:00 pm a 7:00 pm, ua hoʻolaha ka Navy ma ʻApelila 12th . ʻAʻole i hōʻike ka navy i nā pae PFAS i ka wai o luna.
Ke ʻimi nei ka navy i nā nīnau mai ka lehulehu e pili ana iā PFAS ma ka Pax River a me Webster Field ma o ka leka uila ma pax_rab@navy.mil E ʻae ʻia nā nīnau leka uila a hiki i ka Pōʻalima, ʻApelila 16. E ʻike i ka hoʻokuʻu paʻi a ka Navy ʻaneʻi. E ʻike pū i kā Navy PDF PDF Nānā Pūnaewele. Aia i loko o ka palapala nā ʻikepili hou i hoʻokuʻu ʻia mai nā pūnaewele ʻelua. E komo ka hālāwai o hoʻokahi hola i kahi pōkole e pili ana i nā hopena hou a me kahi hālāwai ninaninau me nā ʻelele mai ka navy, ka US Environmental Protection Agency, a me ka Department of Environment o Maryland.
Hiki i ka lehulehu ke hui pū i ka hālāwai virtual ma ke kaomi ʻana ʻaneʻi.
Aia ʻo Webster Field 12 mile ma ke komohana hema o ka Pax River ma St. Mary's County, MD, ma kahi o 75 mile ma ka hema o Wakinekona.
PFAS Contamination ma Webster Field
Noho ʻo Webster Field i kahi peni ma waena o St. Inigoes Creek a me ka muliwai ʻo St. Mary, kahi kahawai o ka Potomac. ʻO ka Webster Outlying Field annex kahi home o ka Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division, me Coast Guard Station St. Inigoes, a me kahi mea o ka Maryland Army National Guard.
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ʻO ka kūkulu ʻana ʻo 8076 e pili pū ana me ka foam-making foam (AFFF) Crash Truck Maintenance Area kahi e hoʻāʻo pinepine ai nā kalaka e hoʻohana ana i nā hua hua i piha i ka PFAS. Aia ka pūnaewele ma lalo o 200 kapuaʻi mai St. Inigoes Creek. ʻO ka hana, e like me ka ʻōlelo a ka Navy, ua hoʻopau ʻia i ka makahiki 1990, ʻoiai ke hoʻomau nei ka hoʻāhewa. ʻO nā pae kiʻekiʻe kiʻekiʻe o ka PFAS i hōʻike ʻia nei he hōʻike ia no ka mana hoʻomau o nā mea i kapa ʻia "kemikona mau loa."
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ʻO Firehouse 3 Webster Field
Nā Heluhelu Kiʻekiʻena
PFOS 84,756.77
PFOA 2,816.04
PFBS 4,804.83
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Hōʻike ka kiko polū i kahi o ka hoʻāʻo wai aʻu i alakaʻi ai i Pepeluali, 2020. Hōʻike ka kiko ʻulaʻula i kahi o ka hoʻolei ʻana o AFFF.
I Pepeluali, 2020 ua hoʻāʻo wau i ka wai ma kahakai ma St. Inigoes Creek ma St. Mary's City no PFAS. Nā hopena aʻu i paʻi ai hoʻopūʻiwa i ke kaiāulu. Ua hōʻike ʻia ka wai i kahi nui o 1,894.3 ppt o PFAS me 1,544.4 ppt o PFOS. 275 poʻe i hoʻokomo ʻia i loko o ka Lexington Park Library ma ka mua o Malaki, 2020, ma mua koke o ka maʻi ahulau, e hoʻolohe i ka neʻe ʻana o ka navy i kāna hoʻohana ʻana iā PFAS.
ʻOi aku ka hopohopo o ka poʻe he nui i ka maikaʻi o nā wai i nā kahawai a me nā kahawai a me Chesapeake Bay ma mua o ka wai inu. He nui kā lākou mau nīnau no ka navy i pane ʻole ʻia. Ua hopohopo lākou i ka iʻa iʻa i hoʻohaumia ʻia.
Ua hoʻokumu ʻia kēia mau hopena e ka University of Michigan's Biological Laboratory e hoʻohana ana i ka hana EPA 537.1.
Ua hoʻāʻo wale ka Navy no PFOS, PFOA, a me PFBS. ʻAʻole hiki ke kamaʻilio i nā pae o 11 mau ʻano like ʻole o PFAS ʻino i loaʻa ma St. Inigoes Creek: PFHxA, PFHpA, PFHxS, PFNA, PFDA, PFUnA, PFDoA, PFTrDA, PFTA, N-MeFOSAA, NEtFOSAA. Ma ka hakahaka, ua nīnau ʻo Patrick Gordon, NAS Patuxent River Public Officer Officer i ka "ʻoiaʻiʻo a me ka pololei" o nā hopena.
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ʻO kēia kahi nūhou piha piha. ʻAʻole kū ka poʻe kaiapuni āpau i kahi manawa ke hoʻāʻo nei e aʻoaʻo i ka lehulehu i nā pōʻino i kau ʻia e kēia mau mea make. Makemake ka Navy e waiho wale ʻia. ʻAʻole hāʻawi ka ʻĀina o ke Kaiāulu ʻo Maryland i kahi hōʻino a makemake ʻia e hoʻopunipuni i ka moʻolelo o ka hoʻohaumia. Ua haʻalele ka ʻoihana olakino ʻo Maryland i ka Navy. ʻAʻole alakaʻi nā komisina kalana i kēia kuleana. Ua noho hāmau ʻo Senators Cardin lāua ʻo Van Hollen, ʻoiai ua hōʻike mai nei ʻo Rep. Steny Hoyer i kekahi mau hōʻailona o ke ola ma kēia pilikia. ʻIke ka poʻe wai i ka hoʻoweliweli i kā lākou ola.
I ka pane ʻana i nā hopena i ka makahiki i hala, ʻo Ira May, ka mea nāna e kiaʻi i nā hoʻomaʻemaʻe pūnaewele pekelala no ke Keʻena Kālā ʻo Maryland. haʻi ʻia i ka Bay Journal ʻo kēlā haumia i ke kahawai, "inā aia," hiki ke loaʻa kahi kumu ʻē aʻe. ʻIke pinepine ʻia nā kemika i nā landfills, ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia, a me nā biosolids a ma nā pūnaewele kahi i pīpī ai nā keʻena ahi kīwila. "No laila, nui nā kumuwaiwai hiki," wahi a Mei. "Ma ka maka mua wale nō mākou o ka nānā ʻana i kēlā mau mea āpau."
Ke uhi nei ke kanaka poʻokela o ka mokuʻāina no ka pūʻali koa? ʻO nā keʻena ahi ma Valley Lee a me Ridge ma kahi o ʻelima mau mile ka mamao, ʻoiai ka landfill kokoke loa he 11 mile ka mamao. ʻO 1,800 kapuaʻi koʻu kahakai mai ka hoʻokuʻu o AFFF.
He mea nui e ʻike i ka ka hopena a me ka lawe ʻana o PFAS. ʻAʻole paʻa ka ʻepekema. Ua loaʻa iaʻu 1,544 ppt o PFOS ʻoiai ka Webster Field groundwater ma kahi hana he 84,000 ppt o PFOS. Noho kā mākou kahakai ma kahi koloa ma ka ʻākau-akau hikina o ke kumu ʻoiai ka pā o ka makani mai ka hema-komohana hema - ʻo ia hoʻi, mai ke kumu a hiki i kā mākou kahakai. Akoakoa nā ʻōpelu me ke au i nā lā he nui. I kekahi manawa he kapuaʻi ke kiʻekiʻe o ka pahū a lilo i ea. Inā kiʻekiʻe loa nā nalu e hoʻopau ka foam.
Ma waena o 1-2 mau hola o ke au kiʻekiʻe, hoʻoheheʻe ʻia nā ʻōpala i loko o ka wai, e like me nā huʻa detergent ipu i waiho wale ʻia i ka poho. I kekahi manawa hiki iā mākou ke ʻike i ka laina o ka hua e hoʻomaka e hana i ka pā ʻana i ka papa o ke kahawai. (Hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻike i nā ʻokoʻa o ka hohonu o ka wai i ke kiʻi ukali ma luna.) No 400 paha kapuaʻi ka wai i mua o ko mākou hale ma kahi o 3-4 kapuaʻi ka hohonu i ke au haʻahaʻa. A laila, hāʻule koke i 20-25 kapuaʻi. Ma laila kahi e hoʻomaka ai nā hale e kūkulu a neʻe i ke kahakai.
Aia kekahi mau kumu ʻē aʻe e noʻonoʻo ai e pili ana i ka hopena a me ka lawe ʻana o PFAS i ka wai. No ka poʻe hoʻomaka, ʻo PFOS ka mea ʻauʻau PFAS nui loa a hiki ke holo no nā mile i ka wai lepo a i ka wai o luna. ʻO PFOA, ma ka ʻaoʻao ʻē aʻe, kū mau a mālama i ka hoʻohaumia i ka ʻāina, nā mea mahiʻai, nā pipi, a me nā moa. Neʻe ʻo PFOS i loko o ka wai, e like me ka mea i hōʻike ʻia ma nā hopena o ke Kulanui o Michigan.
Ma hope o ka hōʻino ʻia o kaʻu hopena hopena e ka mokuʻāina Ua hoʻāʻo wau i ka iʻa iʻa mai ke kahawai no PFAS. Ua loaʻa nā ʻōlapa i 2,070 ppt; he 6,650 ppt ko nā pāpaʻi; a ua hoʻohaumia ʻia kahi iʻa pōhaku me 23,100 ppt o nā mea.
He lāʻau make kēia mea. ʻO ka Hana Hana Hana 'ōlelo mākou e mālama i ka ʻai ʻana o kēia mau kemika ma lalo o 1 ppt i kēlā me kēia lā i kā mākou wai inu. ʻO ka mea nui loa, ua ʻōlelo ka European Security Safety Authority, 86% o ka PFAS i loko o ke kanaka no nā meaʻai a lākou e ʻai ai, keu hoʻi ka iʻa iʻa.
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ʻO ka mokuʻāina ʻo ʻInikekia ua hoʻāʻo ʻia he 2,841 iʻa no nā kemika PFAS like 'ole a ua loaʻa ka ʻawelike he 93,000 ppt ka iʻa iʻa. o PFOS wale nō. I kēia manawa, kaupalena ka mokuʻāina i ka wai inu i 16 ppt - ʻoiai noa ka poʻe e ʻai i ka iʻa me nā kaukani mau manawa o ka nui o nā toxins. He haʻahaʻa paha ka 23,100 ppt i loko o kā mākou iʻa i hoʻohālikelike ʻia me ka awelika ʻo Michigan, akā ʻo Webster Field ʻaʻole ia he kahua ea nui a ʻaʻole hiki ke lawelawe i nā mea kaua nui o ka Navy, e like me ka F-35. ʻO nā hoʻonohonoho ʻoi aku ka nui o nā kiʻekiʻe PFAS kiʻekiʻe.
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"He kūlana pīhoihoi ke kai, kahi i kū mua ai ke ola e hoʻoweliweli ʻia e nā hana o kekahi ʻano o kēlā ola. Akā, hoʻololi ke kai i kahi ʻano lawehala, e mau ana nō; ʻoi aku ka hoʻoweliweli i ke ola ponoʻī. ”
- ʻO Rachel Carson, Ke Kai a puni mākou
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ʻOiai ua ʻōlelo ka mokuali, "ʻAʻohe ala piha piha i kēia manawa i ka poʻe mai ka hoʻokuʻu ʻana o PFAS a i ʻole ma waho o nā receptor base," e noʻonoʻo wale nei lākou i nā kumu wai inu, a ʻo kēia hoʻopiʻi paha e hoʻopiʻi ʻia. ʻO nā hale he nui i ke kaiāulu ʻo ʻAmelika ʻAmelika ʻo Hermanville, kahi e kū ana i ke komohana a me nā ʻaoʻao hema o ke kumu ʻo Pax River, lawelawe ʻia e ka wai wai. Ua hōʻole ka navy e hoʻāʻo i kēia mau luawai, e ʻōlelo ana ʻo nā PFAS āpau mai ke kumu holo i ka Chesapeake Bay.
Wahi a ka navy, "ʻO ke ala e neʻe ai i nā mea loaʻa i loaʻa e pili ana a ma waho o ka palena kumu ma o nā punawai wai pilikino ʻaʻole i hoʻopau ʻia e pili ana i ka wai o ka wai a me ka wai kahe. ʻO ke ala kahe no kēia mau pāpāho ʻelua mai nā kaiāulu pilikino e kū nei ma ke komohana a me nā ʻaoʻao hema o ke Station a ke kuhikuhi kahe e pili ana i ka Patuxent River a me Chesapeake Bay i ka ʻākau a me ka hikina. "
ʻAʻole hoʻāʻo ka navy i nā luawai kaiāulu no ka mea ʻōlelo lākou e kahe ana nā mea ʻino i ke kai. Wahi a ka ʻOihana Ola Ola ʻo St. Mary ua hilinaʻi ia i nā mea i loaʻa i ka navy e pili ana i nā lāʻau ʻona o ka haumia.
E ʻoluʻolu, e hoʻāʻo e hele i ka hālāwai RAB i hoʻonohonoho ʻia no ʻApelila 28th, mai 6:00 pm a 7:00 pm. E ʻike i nā ʻōlelo aʻo no ke komo ʻana i ka hālāwai ʻaneʻi.
Ke ʻimi nei ka navy i nā nīnau mai ka lehulehu e pili ana iā PFAS ma ka Pax River a me Webster Field ma o ka leka uila ma pax_rab@navy.mil E ʻae ʻia nā nīnau leka uila a hiki i ka Pōʻalima, ʻApelila 16.
Eia kekahi mau nīnau laʻana:
- OKE ʻai i ka iʻa pōhaku?
- OKE ʻai i nā pāpaʻi?
- He maikaʻi anei ka ʻai ʻana i nā ʻōhiʻa?
- ʻAi paha nā iʻa ʻē aʻe e like me kahi a perch OK e ʻai?
- ʻAi maikaʻi ka ʻiʻo dia? (Ua pāpā ʻia ma kahi o Wurtsmuth AFB ma Michigan i loaʻa nā pae PFAS haʻahaʻa ma lalo o ka wai ma mua o St. Inigoes Creek.)
- Āhea ʻoe e hoʻāʻo ai i ka iʻa a me nā holoholona lōhiu?
- Pehea ʻoe e hiamoe ai i ka pō?
- Aia ka wai luawai ma waena o 5 mau mile o ke kau ʻole ʻana me ka ʻole o PFAS mai ka waihona mai?
- No ke aha ʻaʻole ʻoe e hoʻāʻo nei no nā ʻano like ʻole o PFAS?
- Ehia mau PFAS āu i mālama ai i kēia manawa ma ke kumu?
- E helu i nā ala a pau e hoʻohana ʻia ai ka PFAS ma ke kumu a me ka nui o kāu e hoʻohana ai.
- He aha ka hana i ka pāpāho haumia ma ke kumu? Ua hoʻopiha ʻāina? Hoʻouna ʻia e kuni ʻia? A i ʻole waiho ʻia ma kahi?
- Ehia mau PFAS i hoʻouna ʻia i ka Marlay-Taylor Wastewater Reclamation Facility e hoʻoulu ʻia i Big Pine Run e waiho ana i ke kai kūʻono?
- Pehea ʻo Hangar 2133 ma Pax River kahi haʻahaʻa haʻahaʻa o PFOS ma 135.83 ppt? Ua hoʻokuʻu ʻia nā hoʻokuʻu he nui o ka AFFF ma 2002, 2005, a me 2010 mai ka ʻōnaehana kaohi i ka hangar. I hoʻokahi o ka hanana i hele a kuapo ʻole ka ʻōnaehana holoʻokoʻa. Hiki ke ʻike ʻia ʻo AFFF ma lalo o ka ʻaoʻao o ka ʻino e alakaʻi ana i ka ʻauwai a hele i ke kahawai.
