Activists Nres Westlake Landfill

Xav kom ntxuav cov khoom siv hluav taws xob los ntawm Manhattan Project

Los ntawm: Casey Stinemetz, Veterans rau Kev Kaj Siab.

ST. LOUIS, MO - Txog rau hnub Friday yav sawv ntxov, cuaj tus neeg saib xyuas muaj tub nkag ntawm sab hnub poob Westlake / Bridgeton Landfill sab nraum St. Louis, MO. Siv cov thawv ntim khoom puv npo, txhua tus hnyav muaj ze li 500 lbs., Lawv tau thaiv ob lub qhov rooj nkag rau Westlake Landfill rau ntau tshaj yim teev. Qhov tsis yog kev ncaj ncees rau kev ncaj qha yog ib feem ntawm phiaj xwm txuas ntxiv, xav kom ntxuav cov khoom pov tseg khib nyhiab uas pov tseg tsis raug cai. Cov Kev Pabcuam Tseemfwv, tus neeg ua haujlwm ntawm lub khib nyiab, tsis kam tso cai rau kev tu lub chaw kom zoo.

Westlake Landfill yog lub tsev rau tons ntawm radioactive pov tseg los ntawm Manhattan Project, US tub rog txoj haujlwm tsim nyob rau xyoo 1942 los tsim cov foob pob atomic. Ob lub foob pob no, poob rau ntawm Hiroshima thiab Nagasaki, ua phem tua tsawg kawg 250,000 tus neeg Nyij Pooj hauv WWII, ntau tus neeg yog pej xeem. Nyob rau hauv 1973, 8,700 tons ntawm leached barium sulfate residue tau ua ke nrog topsoil thiab txhaum cai ntawm West Lake qhov chaw. Tau ntau tiam neeg, cov pov tseg tau raug tshuaj lom St. Louis tsev neeg. Xyoo 1990, US Environmental Protection Agency tau teev lub vev xaib nyob rau hauv daim ntawv teev npe tseem ceeb hauv tebchaws raws li lub vev xaib superfund; Txawm li cas los xij, kev ntxuav ntawm qhov chaw tseem yog lub hom phiaj nyob deb yam tsis muaj phiaj xwm nqis tes ua.

Tsis tas li ntawd, hluav taws kub hauv av, uas tau kub hnyiab tau ntau xyoo ntawm qhov chaw pov tseg, tab tom txav los ze rau cov khib nyiab. Thaum hluav taws ncav cuag cov khib nyiab, qee cov kws tshaj lij ntseeg tias nws yuav tsim hluav taws xob tawg loj heev. Hauv kev npaj, Lub Nroog St. Louis tau tshaj tawm ib cheeb tsam npaj kev tawm tsev nyob rau hauv "qhov xwm txheej ntawm kev puas tsuaj loj ntawm West Lake Landfill."

Cov tswvcuab hauv zej zog thiab cov neeg tawm tsam tau koom nrog kev sim tshuaj xyuas qhov chaw, thov kom US Army Corps of Engineers 'Formerly Utilized Sites Remedial Action Program [FUSRAP] los tuav lub xaib thiab ntxuav. Muaj ob daim nqi uas tau qhia, S2306 thiab HR4100, uas yuav xav kom Tus Tuav Ntaub Ntawv ntawm Tub Rog ua haujlwm kho kev saib xyuas ntawm qhov chaw pov tseg.

Ib pawg neeg hauv zos, Xwb Moms STL hais hauv lawv lub vev xaib tias "tsis yog them nyiaj rau cov neeg saib xyuas kom peb raug kaw, peb thov kom Republic Services ua ib feem ntawm kev daws teeb meem. Peb thov kom peb tsoom fwv muab nws qhov hnyav tag nrho tom qab peb cov zej zog - nws cov neeg sawv cev - thiab thov kom United Nations saib xyuas kev daws teeb meem zoo rau qhov teeb meem ntawm ib puag ncig thiab kev sib raug zoo. "

Raws li Trump thiab nws cov thawj coj hu kom nthuav dav cov peev nyiaj tub rog, ntau lub zej zog hauv zej zog thoob plaws lub tebchaws tseem raug kev txom nyem los ntawm qhov tshwm sim ntawm kev ua tsov rog yav dhau los. Qhov tseeb, ze 900 ntawm EPA kwv yees li 1,300 thaj chaw Superfund raug tso tseg tub rog, chaw ua haujlwm lossis chaw tsim khoom siv tub rog thiab chaw sim khoom. Peb yuav tsum lav ris kev lav ris thiab paub txog qhov ua txhaum dhau los. Peb yuav tsum lees paub qhov kev sib txuas ntawm kev rhuav tshem ib puag ncig, kev noj qab haus huv rau pej xeem, thiab kev ua tub rog. Kev siv nyiaj nyob hauv tub rog tsis yog cov lus teb.

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