ʻO kaʻu moʻopuna, he pūʻali koa koa i hoʻohana i ka hapa nui o kāna mau makahiki he 20 a me ka ʻoihana koa ma ke ʻano he luna ma South Korea, i kēia manawa he ʻoihana koa kīwila e noho ana ma kahi kahua ma Afghanistan. ʻO kā mākou kamaʻilio wale ʻana e pili ana i ka pollution pūʻali koa US ma South Korea he mea ʻole ia.
ʻO kēia mau ʻāina ʻelua o ʻAsia, ʻokoʻa loa i ka hoʻomohala ʻana, ka hoʻokele waiwai a me ke kūpaʻa, loaʻa kahi mea like - hoʻohaumia nui ʻia nā kahua kaua US, kahi i lawe liʻiliʻi ai ko mākou ʻāina i ke kuleana kālā. Uku ka mea hoohaumia (aka "haʻi ʻoe, hoʻoponopono ʻoe") ʻaʻole pili i ka pūʻali koa ʻAmelika ma waho. ʻAʻole loaʻa i nā limahana kīwila a me ka hapa nui o nā koa US i hoʻonoho ʻia ma kēia mau kahua i loaʻa ka manawa e lanakila ai i ka uku olakino no ko lākou maʻi e pili ana i ka pollution pūʻali koa.
E noʻonoʻo i nā lua kuni pūʻali koa barbaric. I kona wikiwiki ʻana i ke kaua, ʻaʻole i mālama ʻo DOD i kāna mau hoʻoponopono kūlohelohe a ʻae ʻia i nā lua ahi ākea - "nā ahi ʻawaʻawa nui" - ma nā haneli he nui o US ma Afghanistan, Iraq a me ka Middle East. Noho ʻia lākou ma waena o nā hale kumu, nā hana a me nā keʻena ʻaina, me ka ʻole o ka pollution controls. Toni o ka ʻōpala - he awelika o 10 paona i kēlā me kēia lā no kēlā me kēia koa - puhi ʻia i loko o ia mau mea i kēlā me kēia lā, i ka lā āpau a me ka pō a pau, e komo pū ana me nā ʻōpala kemika a me nā lāʻau lapaʻau, ka aila, nā plastics, nā pesticides a me nā kino make. ʻO ka lehu i hoʻopiha ʻia me nā haneli haneli a me nā carcinogens i ʻeleʻele i ka lewa a me nā lole i uhi ʻia, nā moena, nā pākaukau a me nā keʻena ʻaina, e like me ka hoʻokolokolo ʻana o ke Keʻena ʻOihana Hoʻopukapuka Aupuni. Hoʻomaopopo ka memo o ka pūʻali koa i ka makahiki 2011 e hiki i nā pilikia olakino mai nā lua kuni ke hōʻemi i ka hana o ka māmā a hoʻonui i nā maʻi ʻāʻī a me ka puʻuwai, ma waena o lākou COPD, hānō, atherosclerosis a i ʻole nā maʻi cardiopulmonary ʻē aʻe.
ʻO ka mea i manaʻo ʻia, ua pani nā luna hoʻomalu iā lākou no ka manawa pōkole i ka wā i hele mai ai nā poʻe kālai'āina a me nā pūkaua kūlana kiʻekiʻe e kipa.
He kakaikahi ka poe kahiko i ikeia i ka lua ahi ua loaa ka uku no ko lakou ma'i hanu mau. ʻAʻohe kamaʻāina ʻo Afghani a i ʻole Iraqi a i ʻole ka ʻaelike koa kūʻokoʻa. Hiki ke hoʻopau ʻia nā kaua, hiki ke pani ʻia nā kumu, akā ʻo kā mākou pūʻali koa ʻawaʻawa e hoʻomau nei ma ke ʻano he hoʻoilina ʻawaʻawa no nā hanauna e hiki mai ana.
E noʻonoʻo aʻe i ka 250 barela o Agent Orange herbicide a me nā haneli o nā kemika weliweli, i kanu ʻia ma ka Army's Camp Carroll, South Korea, e like me ka hōʻike a ʻekolu mau koa US kahiko ma Mei 2011. ” wahi a ka mea kahiko ʻo Steve House. ʻO nā hōʻike mua e pili ana i ka ʻeli ʻana o ʻAmelika i nā pahu decomposing a me ka lepo haumia mai ke kumu ʻaʻole hōʻike i ko lākou wahi. ʻO nā haʻawina kaiapuni i mālama ʻia e nā pūʻali koa US ma Camp Carroll i ka makahiki 1992 a me 2004 ua loaʻa i ka lepo a me ka wai lepo i haumia nui me ka dioxin, pesticides a me nā mea hoʻoheheʻe. ʻAʻole i ʻae ʻia kēia mau hopena i ke aupuni o South Korea a hiki i ka hōʻike ʻana o ka poʻe kahiko o ʻAmelika i ka nūhou i ka makahiki 2011.
Aia ʻo Camp Carroll ma kahi kokoke i ka muliwai ʻo Nakdong, ke kumu wai inu no ʻelua mau kūlanakauhale nui ma lalo. ʻOi aku ka kiʻekiʻe o ka maʻi maʻi maʻi a me ka make no nā maʻi ʻōnaehana nerve ma waena o nā Korea ma kahi a puni ka waihona US ma mua o ka awelika aupuni.
He mau hoaaloha koʻu ma nā ʻāina ʻĀsia me nā pilina koʻikoʻi me ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa mai ke Kaua Honua II, nā ʻāina e makaʻala nei iā Kina no kāna mau manaʻo hoʻokele waiwai. ʻOiai ʻo ka hapa nui o kēia mau hoaaloha e huhū nui nei i ka pūʻali koa US ma ko lākou mau ʻāina, ke hōʻike nei kekahi poʻe i ke ʻano o ka palekana me ka loaʻa ʻana o nā pūʻali koa US ma ke ʻano he kūlike me Kina. Eia nō naʻe, hoʻomanaʻo mai kēia iaʻu i nā keiki e hilinaʻi nei i ka poʻe hoʻoweliweli kula, ʻaʻole hiki i nā ʻāʻī a me nā ʻano hana ke holomua i ke oʻo ʻana o nā keiki ʻaʻole e haʻi i ke kūpaʻa kūloko ma Asia.
Kākoʻo kā mākou ʻauhau ma kahi o 800 mau kahua ʻē aʻe, me nā haneli haneli o nā koa a me nā ʻaelike koa ma mua o 70 mau ʻāina. ʻO ke koena o ka honua i hui pū ʻia he 30 mau kumu haole. E noʻonoʻo hoʻi, ʻo ʻAmelika ka mea kūʻai alakaʻi honua o nā mea kaua kaua, me ka $ 42 biliona o ke kūʻai aku a me ka piʻi ʻana i manaʻo ʻia ma 2018. ʻO kā mākou aupuni i manaʻo ʻia no ka makahiki 2018 e hoʻonui i ka hoʻolilo ʻana i ka pūʻali koa (ua ʻoi aku ma mua o nā hoʻolimalima home āpau no ka hoʻonaʻauao, hale. , ʻoihana kaʻa kaʻa, kaiapuni, ikehu, noiʻi, a me nā mea hou aʻe) ma ka hoʻopau ʻana i nā papahana home.
ʻAʻole wale mākou e haʻalele i nā wahi haumia a puni ka honua i kā mākou kuleana honua ma ke ʻano he poʻokela kiʻekiʻe aʻo kā mākou mea kūʻai aku i nā mea kaua e loaʻa mai ka hakakā a puni ka honua, akā ke hana nei mākou me ka mālama ʻole ʻana i ko mākou mau kamaʻāina.
ʻO kēlā me kēia pū i hana ʻia, kēlā me kēia moku kaua i hoʻokuʻu ʻia, ʻo kēlā me kēia pahu pōhaku i kī ʻia, ma ke ʻano hope, he ʻaihue ia mai ka poʻe pololi a hānai ʻole ʻia, ka poʻe anu a ʻaʻahu ʻole. ʻAʻole kēia honua i nā mea kaua e hoʻolilo kālā wale nō. Ke hoʻolilo nei i ka hou o kāna poʻe paʻahana, ke akamai o kāna poʻe ʻepekema, ka manaolana o kāna mau keiki. ~ Peresidena Eisenhower, 1953
Ua hana ʻo Pat Hynes ma ke ʻano he ʻenekinia Superfund no ka US EPA New England. He Polofesa i hoʻomaha ʻia no ka Health Environment, alakaʻi ʻo ia i ka Traprock Center for Peace and Justice ma ke komohana o Massachusetts.
