Los ntawm Cov pej xeem rau kev nyab xeeb dej puag ncig Badger, Lub Plaub Hlis 22, 2019
Hauv kev sib koom siab nrog cov pej xeem ntawm Puerto Rico, ntau dua 40 lub koom haum los ntawm thoob plaws lub tebchaws tau hu rau US EPA thiab US Congress kom xaus tam sim ntawd qhov qhib cua kub hnyiab thiab tawg ntawm cov khoom siv phom sij thiab sib xyaw ntawm cov kob hauv nroog Vieques, Puerto. Rico los ntawm Department of Defense.
"Rau rau xyoo caum, thaj av thiab dej ntawm Vieques tau ua yeeb yam rau kev ua tub rog thiab kev foob pob, suav nrog uranium depleted, uas tau ua rau muaj kev puas tsuaj rau ib puag ncig thiab nws cov neeg," said Myrna Vega Pagan, tus neeg nyob hauv thiab cov tswv cuab ntawm Vidas Viequenses. Valen. "Lub Navy tab tom nrhiav kev pom zoo kom rov siv qhib cua detonation los kho thaj tsam 4,800-acre ntuj uas muaj littered nrog cov foob pob tsis tau tawg."
Ntau cov kev tshawb fawb txog kev noj qab haus huv tib neeg tau sau tseg cov kab mob ntau dua hauv Vieques piv rau lwm qhov ntawm Puerto Rico thiab raug rau cov hlau lom thiab tshuaj lom neeg los ntawm cov foob pob thiab kev sim riam phom tau txuas mus rau kev nce ntau hauv mob qog noj ntshav, ntshav qab zib, kub siab, cirrhosis thiab kab mob ua pa. .
Laura Olah, Tus Thawj Coj ntawm Pej Xeem Kev Nyab Xeeb Dej Nyob Ib puag ncig Badger tau hais tias "Kev kho cov thev naus laus zis zoo dua qub uas tuaj yeem ntes thiab rhuav tshem cov pa phem tau raug xa mus rau lwm qhov chaw tub rog thoob plaws tebchaws Meskas thiab thoob ntiaj teb," said Laura Olah, Tus Thawj Coj ntawm Cov Neeg Xam Xaj rau Kev Nyab Xeeb Dej Nyob Ib puag ncig Badger - pab pawg uas tau teeb tsa lub tebchaws hu rau kev nqis tes ua. .
Thaum Lub Ib Hlis 2019, National Academies of Sciences Engineering, thiab Tshuaj tau tshaj tawm nws daim ntawv tshaj tawm zaum kawg uas tau xaus lus tias lwm yam thev naus laus zis los qhib kev kub hnyiab thiab qhib lub foob pob hluav taws uas tsim los rau kev pov tseg tau paub tab, suav nrog cov hluav taws kub hnyiab thiab muaj cov khoom tawg nrog cov khoom siv ua pa phem, thiab ntau tau tso cai los hloov qhib qhov cub thiab detonation ntawm pov tseg munitions.
Txawm li cas los xij, tsis muaj cov lus qhia meej thiab muaj peev xwm txaus thiab ruaj khov los ntawm Congress, nws yuav ua tsis tau rau cov tub rog los siv tag nrho cov kev xa tawm ntawm lwm cov thev naus laus zis los hloov OB / OD, National Academies xaus.
Olah tau hais tias "US EPA thiab US Congress muaj ob txoj cai thiab lub luag haujlwm los xaus kev qhib huab cua kub hnyiab thiab rhuav tshem cov khib nyiab pov tseg," Olah hais. "Peb muaj cov thev naus laus zis - peb tsuas yog xav tau kev xaiv nom tswv los thov lawv."
KOJ PUAS YOG:
Email koj cov lus tshaj tawm tawm tsam Navy txoj kev npaj siv qhib cua kub hnyiab / detonation los kho thaj tsam 4,800-acre ntuj hu ua UXO 12/14 ntawm Vieques, Puerto Rico, kom muaj kev nyab xeeb dua lwm txoj kev yees rau:
Jessica Mollin, Tus Thawj Saib Xyuas Kev Kho Mob, EPA Thaj Chaw 2 ib mollin.jessica@epa.gov
(Txhua tus neeg nyob hauv Asmeskas thiab nws thaj chaw tuaj yeem tawm tswv yim vim qhov no yog lo lus nug ntawm txoj cai hauv tebchaws.)
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