Yog hais tias muaj ib pawg neeg Asmeskas uas Iraqis tawm tsam nrog kev noj qab haus huv ntawm cov nroj tsuag uraneum, cov thooj av tawg, dawb phosphorous, thiab tag nrho cov tshuaj sib xyaw ua rau muaj kev sib raug zoo, nws yuav yog cov neeg dub thiab tsis tshua muaj neeg pluag ntawm Gibsland, nyob rau sab qaum teb Louisiana.
Ntawm no yog li cas ib op-ed nyob rau hauv lub New York Times los ntawm ib tus pej xeem piav txog lawv cov teeb meem:
"Tau ntau xyoo, ib qho ntawm cov chaw ua haujlwm loj tshaj plaws hauv thaj chaw ntawd yog Louisiana Army Ammunition Cog Khoom, nyob ntawm plaub mais ntawm Minden. Lub Chaw Tiv Thaiv Ib Puag Ncig thaum kawg tau sau npe rau tsob ntoo ua Superfund qhov chaw vim tias rau ntau tshaj 40 xyoo 'tsis kho qhov quav tawg-nrau pov tseg los ntawm kev ua haujlwm hauv chaw ua haujlwm tau sau rau hauv cov qhaub zaum ntawm txhua qhov ntawm ntau qhov chaw thauj khoom,' thiab nkag mus rau '16 ib-evkawj dej qab zib dej. '”
Thiab tam sim no (ntawm Truthout.org):
"Tom qab lub hli dhau los ntawm kev sib cav sib ceg ntawm cov tub rog thiab lub xeev thiab tsoomfwv cov koomhaum, lub Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) tsis ntev los no tau tshaj tawm txoj kev npaj khomob kub nyhiab 15 lab phaus ntawm M6 - txog 80,000 phaus ib hnub dhau ib xyoo - qhib 'hlawv cov tais hluav taws' ntawm Camp Minden, ib qho kev pov tseg rau cov neeg tawm tsam hais tias muaj hnub nyoog tshaj tawm thiab tau raug txiav tawm hauv lwm lub teb chaws. Lub lag luam yuav tsum yog ib qho ntawm qhov qhib tua qhov loj tshaj plaws hauv keeb kwm US. "
Txhua txhua ib zaug hauv ib pliag - ncig Vieques lossis Jeju Island lossis Pagan Island - cov koomhaum ib puag ncig pom lawv tus kheej ntsib ib lub ces kaum ntawm cov ib puag ncig lub neeg lim hiam tshaj plawsCov. Thaum lub sijhawm loj ib puag ncig pawg zoo li tsis zoo li muaj kev sib cav sib ceg ntawm kev ua tsov ua rog nws tus kheej txog thaum lig dhau lawm, peb yuav tsum siv cov cib fim no los txhawb lawv. Vim tias lawv yog noj rau cov tub rog tshaj qhov hlawv no. Muaj ntau ntawm cov tub rog qub ntawm Asmeskas cov tub rog uas tuaj yeem qhia lawv txog kev cuam tshuam kev noj qab haus huv ntawm kev kub hnyiab mus txawv teb chaws, uas cov qub tub rog tau hais txog "Agent Txiv Kab Ntxoo tshiab. ” EPA tuaj yeem sau cov neeg tawm tsam txog leej twg uas tsim kev puas tsuaj tshaj plaws nyob hauv Tebchaws Meskas. Hint: Nws pib nrog mil thiab lus sib dhos nrog tib leeg.
Qhov kev txhawb siab tseem ceeb nyob rau qee qhov kev tsov kev rog yog qhov xav tau los tswj cov peev txheej uas lom lub ntiaj teb, tshwj xeeb yog roj thiab roj. Qhov tseeb ntawd, feem ntau ua rau muaj kev ntxhov siab, yuav tsum yog cov neeg peb txhawj txog lub ntiaj teb yav tom ntej. Tsov rog tsis yog los tiv thaiv peb tab sis rau phom sij rau peb, los ntawm tiam dhau los ntawm kev npau taws thiab los ntawm kev puas tsuaj ntawm peb lub ntiaj teb. Kev tsim khoom ntawm lub ntiaj teb loj tshaj, cov tub rog pov tseg feem ntau tsis yog kev ntsuas kev nyab xeeb yog tias muaj kev ua tsov rog zoo tuaj, tab sis raws nraim li Eisenhower ceeb toom nws yuav yog, lub tshuab hluav taws xob ntawm kev ua rog. Qhov $ 1 trillion Tebchaws Meskas ua pob rau hauv tshuab tub rog txhua xyoo yog xav tau rau kev tiv thaiv ib puag ncig ceev ceev. Thiab kev ua tsov ua rog rau kev siv nyiaj tsis txhawb peb; nws impoverishes peb thaum tsom ntsoov kev nplua nuj deb ntawm cov chaw zoo li Gibsland. Qhov ntawd yog ntau yam rau downsides rau ib qho chaw ua haujlwm nws lub luag haujlwm yog tua ntau cov neeg dawb huv thaum stripping tseg peb pej xeem kev ywj pheej.
Tab sis, rov qab mus rau qhov chaw downside. Thiab roj. Cov roj yuav raug leaked lossis kub hnyiab, xws li nyob hauv Gulf War, tab sis nws yog siv rau txhua hom cav tov ua rau lub ntiaj teb huab cua, tso rau peb txhua qhov teeb meem. Muaj qee tus neeg noj cov roj uas muaj lub hwjchim ci ntsa iab thiab kev ua phem ntawm kev ua tsov ua rog, yog li ntawd lub zog tshiab uas tsis muaj teebmeem rau kev lagluam raug saib raws li cov kev lagluam thiab cov neeg tsis muaj kev vam meej rau peb cov cav tov. Qhov kev sib tshuam ntawm kev ua tsov ua rog nrog cov roj mus dhau qhov ntawd, txawm li ntawd los. Qhov kev ua tsov ua rog rau lawv tus kheej, txawm yog tsis muaj kev tiv thaiv rau roj, los haus ntau qhov ntawm nws. Ib ntawm lub ntiaj teb sab saum toj neeg siv roj, qhov tseeb, yog cov tub rog Asmeskas.
Cov tub rog Asmeskas hlawv thoob plaws thaj tsam li 340,000 roj ntawm roj txhua hnub. Yog tias Pentagon yog lub tebchaws, nws yuav yog qhov chaw 38 ntawm 196 hauv kev noj roj. Tsuas yog tsis muaj lwm lub koomhaum twg uas xa deb ua rau cov tub rog nyob rau hauv no lossis lwm yam kev puas tsuaj ib puag ncig. (Tab sis sim nrhiav kom pom qhov tseeb ntawd thaum lub sijhawm tiv thaiv kav dej.)
Qhov chaw raws li peb paub nws yuav tsis ciaj sia nuclear tsov rog. Nws tseem yuav tsis ciaj sia nyob rau "kev ua tsov ua rog" ua tsov ua rog, txhais tau hais tias lub sijhawm ua tsov rog tam sim no. Kev mob siab tshaj plaws twb tau ua tiav los ntawm kev tsov kev rog thiab kev tshawb fawb, kev sim, thiab ua tiav hauv kev npaj rau kev tsov kev rog. Kev sib ntaus sib tua nyob rau hauv xyoo tas los muaj rendered loj cheeb tsam uninhabitable thiab generated kaum ntawm lab ntawm cov neeg tawg rog. Tsov rog "rivals kis kab mob raws li lub ntiaj teb ua rau mob morbidity thiab tuag," raws li Jennifer Leaning ntawm Harvard Cov Tsev Kawm Ntawv Kho Mob.
Tej zaum qhov tseem ceeb tshaj plaws riam phom tseg tom qab los ntawm kev tsov kev rog yog av mines thiab pawg pob. Kaum lab tus ntawm lawv yog kwv yees tias yuav dag nyob rau hauv lub ntiaj teb, tsis muaj txoj kev tshaj tawm uas kev thaj yeeb tau tshaj tawm lawm. Feem ntau ntawm lawv cov neeg raug tsim txom yog cov neeg pej xeem, yog coob tus ntawm lawv cov menyuam.
Nws yog qhov zoo uas muaj cov koom haum tam sim no thiab dua teeb meem ntawm kev ua tsov ua rog puas tsuaj. Hauv qab no yog a Daim ntawv hais tias txhua tus kev thaj yeeb thiab kev thaj yeeb nyab xeeb thiab ib puag ncig hauv ntiaj teb yuav tsum kos npe rau:
Cynthia Giles, Tus Pab Cuam Haujlwm
Chaw Ua Haujlwm Saib Xyuas Kev Raug Cai thiab Kev Ua Raws Cai Ua Raws Cai US Environmental Protection Agency
William Jefferson Clinton Tsev
1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Xa Ntawv Code: 2201A
Washington, DC 20460 Giles-Aa.cynthia@Epa.gov
SENT NTAWM DAIM NTAWV QHIA
Re: Ua Npau Suav Tawm Hauv Dej Dawb
Nyob zoo tus pab khiav haujlwm Giles,
Peb, cov koom haum hauv qab no, koom nrog cov neeg nyob hauv Louisiana, cov neeg ua haujlwm thiab cov tsev neeg hauv lawv txoj kev hu kom muaj kev nyab xeeb ntxiv rau qhib hlawv cov khoom qias hauv Camp Minden.
Peb tawmtsam txoj kev npaj los ntawm US Environmental Protection Agency rau QHIB BURN 15 lab phaus ntawm M6 propellants ntawm Camp Minden, Louisiana. Ntawm qhov txhais, qhib hlawv tsis muaj emissions tswj thiab yuav ua rau lub uncontrolled tso tawm ntawm cov tshuaj lom neeg emissions thiab cov pa feem ua rau lub cheeb tsam. M6 muaj kwv yees li 10% dinitrotoluene (DNT) uas yog cais raws li ib tug tib neeg cov carcinogen. 1
Kev txhawj xeeb rau cov neeg muaj mob muaj peev xwm tsim los ntawm qhib hluav taws / qhib qhov taub thiab lwm yam huab cua, av, thiab dej tau hais kom tub rog los txheeb xyuas thiab tsim lwm txoj hau kev qhib hlawv kev qhib hlo. EPA lub hom phiaj npaj muaj kev nyab xeeb thiab thauj mus rau qhov chaw qhib qhov chaw, qhov chaw pov tseg no yuav raug hloov mus rau lwm lub chaw lossis lwm qhov chaw.
Thaum peb txhawb lub EPA txoj kev xav kom cov tub rog Asmeskas tuaj yeem ntxuav thiab pov tseg cov khoom siv tsis zoo no, peb tsis txhawb kev kub hnyiab vim tias muaj kev cuam tshuam rau cov neeg muaj mob thiab thaj chaw.
1U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Technical Fact Sheet, Dinitrotoluene (DNT), Lub Ib Hlis 2014.
2 US Army Corps ntawm Engineers Siv Engineering Engineering Laboratories USACERL Technical Report 98 / 104, Lwm Yam Kev Xaiv Los Qhib Hlawv / Qhib Txhav Txhim Kho Cov Khoom Siv Hluav Taws Xob, Qhia Txog Kev Txuas Yau, Lub Yim Hli XNIAB.
Laura Olah, Cov Pej Xeem rau Dej Khov Nyob Hauv Badger, Wisconsin Dolores Blalock, ArkLaTex Huab Cua Network, LLC, Louisiana
Marylee M. Orr, Tus Thawj Coj Tsav Xwm, Louisiana Environmental Action Network / Cov dej nuv ntses qis hauv Mississippi, Louisiana
Devawn Palmer-Oberlender, Ib puag ncig Patriots ntawm tus Tshiab River Valley, Virginia Pamela Miller, Tus Thawj Coj, Tus Neeg Alaska Lub Zej Zog ntawm Taws Xeeb, Alaska
Craig Williams, Tshuaj Riam Phom Ua Haujlwm, Kentucky
Erin Brockovich & Bob Bowcock, California
United Tribe ntawm Shawnee Isdias Asmesliskas, Tus Thawj Coj Tsev Kawm Ntawv, Jim Oyler, Kansas
Tim Lopez, Tus Thawj Coj, Kev Nyuaj Siab Tawm Tswv Yim Tswj, Colorado
Greg Wingard, Tus Thawj Coj Siab, Txoj Haujlwm Kev Khib Nyiab, Washington
Mable Mallard, Philadelphia Lub Zej Zog Muaj Cai Los Paub Pawg Neeg, Pennsylvania Doris Bradshaw, Kws Tiv Thaiv Kev Txhawb Nqa Memphis Tennessee - Kev Txhawj Xeeb Tsoom Fwv Pab Pawg Isis Bradshaw, Cov Hluas Tawm Tsam Kev Lom Zem, Tennessee
Kaye Kiker, Community Organizer, Citizens Task Force, Alabama
Wilbur Slockish, Columbia River Education thiab Economic Development, Oregon
Al Gedicks, Tus Thawj Coj Tus Thawj Coj, Wisconsin Resources Protection Council, Wisconsin
Doris Bradshaw, Qhov Chaw Ua Hauj Lwm Tub Rog, Tennessee
Peter Galvin, Center for Biological Diversity, California
LeVonne Stone, Fort Ord Environmental Justice Network, California
Marylia Kelley, Tus Thawj Coj Siab Kawg, Tri-Valley CAREs (Cov Zog Zej Zog Ntawm Ib Lub Zos Ib Zej Zog), California
Josh Ceev, Kev kawm, PermanentGardens.com, Louisiana
Ronnie Cummins, Cov Neeg Tiv Thaiv Cov Neeg Tiv Thaiv, Minnesota
Paul Orr, Tus Dej Phaj Siab Lower Mississippi, Louisiana
Marcia Halligan, Kickapoo kev sib haum xeeb ntawm lub vaj, Wisconsin
Kathy Sanchez, EJ RJ, Tewa poj niam United org., New Mexico
J. Gilbert Sanchez, Tus Thawj Coj, Pab Pawg Saib Xyuas Kev Nyab Xeeb Environmental Watch Alliance, New Mexico
David Keith, Valley Peev Xwm rau Ib Puag Ncig Zog, Massachusetts
Hav Zoov Jahnke, Crawford Stewardship Project, Wisconsin
Maria Powell, Thawj Tswj Hwm, Midwest Environmental Justice Organization, Wisconsin
Evelyn Yates, Pine Bluff rau Kev Xyuam Xim Nruab Nrab, Arkansas
Cheryl Slavant, Ouachita Riverkeeper, Louisiana
Jean E. Mannhaupt, Thawj Tswj Hwm, Park Ridge @ Lub Tebchaws Manors Lub Tsev Cov Tswv Yim Assoc., New York
Stephen Brittle, Thawj Tswj Hwm, Tsis txhob khib Arizona
Alison Jones Chaim, Tus Thawj Coj Siab, Cov Kws Kho Mob rau Cov Neeg Sawv Cev Wisconsin
Jill Johnston, Southwest Workers Union, Texas
Robert Alvarado, Pawg Saib Xyuas Kev Ncaj Ncees Ntawm Dej, Texas
Phyllis Hasbrouck, Lub rooj zaum, West Waubesa Preservation Coalition, Wisconsin
John LaForge, Nukewatch, Wisconsin
Guy hma, Co-Director, DownRiver Alliance, Wisconsin
Don Timmerman & Roberta Thurstin, Tus Poj Niam Casa Maria Catholic, Wisconsin
LT General Russel Honore (Ret), GreenARMY, Louisiana
John LaForge, The Progressive Foundation, Wisconsin
Paul F. Walker, Ph.D., Tus Thawj Coj, Kev Ruaj Ntseg Nyob Ruaj Ntseg thiab Kev Ncaj Ncees, Green Cross International, Washington, DC
Cynthia Sarthou, Tus Thawj Coj, Gulf Restoration Network, Louisiana
Lenny Siegel, Tus Thawj Coj Siab Kawg, Lub Tsev Haujlwm Saib Xyuas Kev Cuam Tshuam Environmental Oversight, California
John E. Peck, Tus Thawj Coj Siab, Cov Neeg Tawm Tswv Yim Hauv Tsev Neeg, Wisconsin
Lois Marie Gibbs, Tus Thawj Coj, Lub Chaw rau Kev Noj Qab Haus Huv, Ib Cheeb Tsam thiab Kev Ncaj Ncees, Virginia
Willie Fontenot, Kev txuag txoj cai, Delta Tshooj ntawm Sierra Club, Louisiana
Kimberlee Wright, Tus Thawj Coj Siab Kawg, Midwest Environmental Advocates, Inc., Wisconsin
Elizabeth O'Nan, Tus Thawj Coj, Tiv Thaiv Txhua Tus Me Nyuam Ib puag ncig, North Carolina
Frances Kelley, Louisiana Kev Tsav Tsheb, Louisiana
Patrick Seymour, ISIS koom MilWaste Project, Massachusetts
Christina Walsh, Tus Thawj Coj Siab Kawg, cleanuprocketdyne.org, California
Glen Hooks, Tshooj Thawj Coj, Arkansas Sierra Club, Arkansas
Laura Ward, Thawj Tswj Hwm, Wanda Washington, Lwm Thawj Tswj Hwm, FOCUS, Inc (Family Oriented Community United Strong, Inc.), Florida
Ed Dlugosz, Thawj Tswj Hwm, NJ Cov phooj ywg ntawm Clearwater, New Jersey
Anne Rolfes, Founding Director, LA Thoob Ntiaj Teb Brigade, Louisiana
Monica Wilson, GAIA: Kev Sib Koom Thoob Ntiaj Teb rau Kev Tuav Pov Hwm Incinerator, California
Dean A. Wilson, Atchafalaya Basinkeeper, Louisiana
Robin Schneider, Lub Koom Haum Tsav Kev Ua Dej Num rau Ib Cheeb Tsam, Texas
Lara Norkus-Crampton, Coordinator, Minneapolis Neighbors rau Huab Cua, Minnesota Haywood Martin, Tus Thawj Coj, Sierra Club Qub Delta Tshooj, Louisiana
Mitzi Shpak, Tus Thawj Coj Siab Kawg, Nqis Tam Sim No, California
Jane Williams, Tus Thawj Coj Ntawm Cov Thawj Coj, Lub Zej Zog Zej Zog Hauv California, Robina Suwol, Tus Thawj Coj Siab Kawg, California Safe Schools, California
Renee Nelson, Thawj Tswj Hwm, Dej Ntxuav thiab Huab Cua (CWAM), California
Lisa Riggiola, Cov Pej Xeem Rau Cov Pej Pob Zeb Pom Kev Pom Huv, Tshiab Tsho Tshiab
Stephanie Stuckey Benfield, Tus Thawj Coj, GreenLaw
James Me, tus tswv cuab, Western Broome Environmental Stakeholder Coalition, New York Sparky Rodrigues, Malama Makua, Hawaii
Barry Kissin, Fort Detrick Restoration Advisory Board, Maryland
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