Los ntawm David Swanson thiab Pat Txwj Laug, World Beyond War
Lub Pentagon qhov cuam tshuam rau cov dej hauv nws lub tsev txhab nyiaj nws tsis yog qhov kev cuam tshuam los ntawm lub ntiaj teb sov thiab dej hiav txwv nce ntxiv los ntawm Asmeskas cov tub rog siv cov kev siv roj ntau. Tsoomfwv Meskas tseem cuam tshuam txog Potomac River hauv ntau txoj kev uas yuav luag txhua tus yuav xav.
Cia wb caij nkoj taug kev hauv Potomac los ntawm nws qhov chaw hauv toj siab ntawm West Virginia rau nws lub qhov ncauj ntawm Chesapeake Bay. Cov lus nyob rau hauv cov hav dej muaj zog no yog rau XNUMX lub chaw EPA Superfund tsim los ntawm lub Pentagon tsis ceevfaj rau qhov tsis zoo ntawm cov dej ntawm Potomac River hav dej.
Teb Chaws Asmeskas Navy's Allegany Ballistics Laboratory nyob rau hauv Rocket Center, West Virginia, 130 mais north of Washington, yog ib qhov chaw tseem ceeb ntawm kev kis kab nyob rau hauv Potomac River. Qhov chaw pov tseg ntawm pov tseg ntawm cov hlau nplaum thiab xeb hlais tau cov av thiab av nrog dej tshuaj muaj kev phom sij. Cov av thiab cov av ua dej ntws tuaj yeem tsim nrog cov khoom tawg, cov tshuaj lom dioxins, cov organic tsis sib haum, cov kua qaub, kev kuaj thiab cov chaw qias, qab sludge los ntawm hnyav rov qab, hlau plating pretreatment sludge, xim, thiab thinners. Lub voj voog kuj muaj ib qho chaw pov tseg hauv Beryllium. Qhov chaw kub hnyiab tseem siv tau rau cov pov tseg pov tseg, muab tshuaj lom hmoov av rau hauv dej. Nws tsis zoo.
Taug kev hla 90 mais ntxiv sab qab teb coj peb mus Fort Detrick nyob rau hauv Frederick, Maryland, cov tub rog qhov "ua pov thawj hauv av" rau lub teb chaws kev ua tsov rog kev kawm. Anthrax, Phosgene, thiab cov pa roj carbon monoxide, sulfur, thiab phosphorous yog faus ntawm no. Cov dej hauv qab yog licking nrog cov trichlorethylene, ib tug neeg carcinogen, thiab tetrachloroethene, xav tias yuav ua rau cov hlav hauv cov tsiaj kuaj. Cov tub rog tau ntsuam xyuas ghastly thiab heinous cov neeg ua haujlwm ntawm no, xws li Bacillus globiga, Serratia marcescens, thiab Escherichia coli. Txawm hais tias DOD hais tias nws ceased biological riam phom rau kev tshawb nrhiav rau lub hom phiaj ntawm 1971, daim ntawv foob yog zoo li cov tub rog qhov chaw kawm ntawm "defensive" missile systems nyob ze ib tus yeeb ncuab lub ciam teb.
Fort Detrick kuj muaj keeb kwm ntawm dumping theem siab ntawm phosphorus mus rau hauv nws qhov system cov dej uas thaum kawg ntxuav mus rau hauv cov dej Monocacy hauv qab, uas yog ib qho ntawm cov Potomac. Qhov tseeb, Maryland Department of Environment tau qhia txog Pawg Thawj Coj rau ntau tshaj li cov ntawv tso cai. Cov phosphorus ntau hauv cov dej ua rau algae kom loj dua sai dua lub Potomac ecosystem thiaj lis tau. Nws yog cov. Cov tub rog yog ib txoj kab kev nyob hauv thaj tsam Riverom River Potomac.
40 mais nqes ntawm tus dej ntawm Fort Detrick lus dag Washington Spring Valley lub zej zog thiab lub tsev kawm ntawv ntawm American University. Qhov chaw no tau siv los ntawm Pawg Thawj Coj thaum muaj kev Tsov Rog Thoob Ntiaj Teb Zaj los kuaj Lewisite, ua nkev ua los ntawm arsenic. Cov tub rog raug tua tsiaj txhu thiab tso tawm cov tshuaj lom neeg tej tawg hem kom pom cov tsiaj tuag sai npaum li cas. Qhov chaw ntawd tau txais kev pabcuam los ntawm cov neeg ua haujlwm thiab cov tub rog uas tau muab cov khoom tso tseg tom qab kuaj tas. Perchlorate thiab Arsenic muaj nyob hauv av hnub no. Cov tshuaj ua kom muaj tshuaj lom tau ntxim muaj cov av ua rau thaj av ze ntawm Dalecarlia Reservoir, tsuas yog tawm ntawm Potomac xwb.
Tsib mais ntxiv sab qab teb, tus Washington Navy Yard yog nyob rau ntawm Anacostia River, ze rau nws txoj kev nrog Potomac. Nws yog ib qho ntawm cov kab mob phem tshaj plaws ntawm thaj av hauv lub tebchaws. Lub Yav Navy yog ib qho qub txeeg qub teg rau kev siv ntawm cov cannons, shells, thiab kev txhaj tshuaj. Cov av nyob ib puag hauv dej muaj kab mob nrog tetrachloride, cyanide, perchlorethylene, carbon tetrachloride, dichloroethene, vinyl chloride, lead, thiab hnyav hlau, acids, tshuaj ntxuav, caustics, iridite thiab alkaline, lead, chromium, cadmium, antimony, polychlorinated biphenyls PCBs) thiab cov tshuaj lom dioxins.
Raws li ntawm ntug dej Maryland, 20 mais ntawm Navy Yard, peb tuaj txog Lub Tuam Thawj Tuam Tsam Hauv Khoos Kas Ntaus Nraum nyob rau hauv Charles County, nrog rau nws cov 100-xyoo keeb kwm ntawm dumping thiab hlawv cov khoom pov hwm khib nyiab. Lub chaw ua haujlwm dhau mus tawm cov chaw pov tseg hauv cov khib nyiab, qhib ditches thiab cov cua daj cua dub uas tau tso tawm ncaj qha rau hauv cov dej hauv cov dej uas khoob rau hauv Potomac. Cov dej ntws los ntawm qhov chaw muaj kab mob nyob nrog mercury ntau.
Cov dej hauv cov av tau sau ntawm Indian Lub taub hau muaj nyob thoob plaws hauv cov xim ntawm 1,600 thiab 436,000 thiab / L. Txhawm rau muab cov ntaub ntawv no tso rau hauv cov ntsiab lus, Maryland Department of the Environment tsim ib qhov dej haus tawm tswv yim txog 1 ug / L. Perchlorate tau txuas rau nws cov nyhuv tsis zoo ntawm lub thyroid caj pas.
Thaum kawg, peb tuaj txog Naval Surface Warfare Center - Dahlgren, nyob rau lwm lub 20 mais sab qab teb ntawm lub taub hau Indian, nrog tus dej Potomac hauv King George County, Virginia. Tsis muaj pov thawj ntawm cov neeg ua hauj lwm cov tshuaj muaj kab mob av, av, thiab cov thooj av. Txog hnub no, Dahlgren qhib hlawv cov khoom pov tseg, ua kom cov hmoov ntawm cov tshuaj lom Potomac, Northern Neck of Virginia, thiab sab qab teb Maryland. A txoj kev tshawb no ntawm lwm txoj kev rau kev kho khib nyiab ntawm Dahlgren teev cov nqi hluav taws xob qhib hlawv li "$ 0." Raws li EPA, "DOD cov tub ceev xwm tsis muaj kev txhawb zog rau kev hloov rau txoj kev uas lawv tau ua rau 70 xyoo. Qhib hlawv thiab qhov tsis zoo yog qhov pheej yig rau lawv. "
Tom Dahlgren, muab cov mercury tshem tawm nrog cov sediments hauv Gambo Creek, uas yog cia li ncaj qha mus rau hauv Potomac. Lub faus ntawm kev puas tsuaj uas muaj kab mob hnyav thiab cov roj co hluav taws xob polyaromatic (PAHs) tau lom lub ntiaj teb raws li Potomac hwjchim. PCBs, Trichloroethane, thiab ntau yam tshuaj tua kab sib tov nrog cov hlau lead ntawm cov hlab ntaws thiab cov faus ntawm cov av uas siv los ua ib hom kabmob ntaus ntses uas hu ua bunker buster.
Xyoo 1608 John Smith yog thawj European tau los tshawb txog dej ntawm Potomac los ntawm Chesapeake Bay mus rau Washington. Piav qhia txog cov dej thiab Chesapeake, Smith tau sau tias, "Saum ntuj ceeb tsheej thiab lub ntiaj teb yeej tsis pom zoo zoo dua kom ua chaw rau tib neeg qhov chaw nyob." Nws tseem zoo nkauj heev, tab sis 400 xyoo tom qab, cov dej thiab av tau lom. EPA Superfund cov chaw tau hais saum toj no yuav tau txais ntau yam tsawg dua li qhov lawv yuav tsum tau vim tias Thawj Tswj Hwm Trump cov kev npaj nyiaj txiag xyoo 2018 hu rau kev txiav Superfund kev tu tsev los ntawm ib feem peb lub hlis twg.
EPA tau qhia txog cov tshuaj lom no hauv cov dej ntawm Potomac hav dej, tag nrho cov ntawm cov dej num ua tub rog: Acetone, Alkaline, Arsenic, Anthrax, Antimony, Bacillus Globiga, Beryllium, Bis (2-ethylhexyl) Phthalate, Cadmium, Carbon Tetrachloride, Phosgene, Phosphorous, Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs), Polyaromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs), Tetrachloride, Chromium, Cyanide, Cyclonite, Depleted Uranium, Dichloroethylene, Dichloromethane, Dinitrotoluene, Dioxins, Escherichia Coli, Iridite, Txhuas, Mercury, ), Radioactive Carbon, Radioactive Fertilizer, Serratia Marcescens, Tetrachloride, Tetrachloroethane, Tetrachlorethylene, Toluene, Trans-Dichloroethylene, Trichloroethylene, Trinitrobenzene, Trinitrotoluene, Vinyl Chloride, Xlene, thiab Zinc.
Lub Potomac yog deb ntawm qhov txawv. Rau caum-cuaj feem pua ntawm Teb Chaws Asmeskas Superfund tej chaw muaj kev puas tsuaj yog qhov tshwm sim ntawm kev ua tsov ua rog.
Npaj rau kev ua tsov ua rog nqi tshaj 10 lub sij hawm cov nyiaj uas sij hawm ua tsov ua rog ua, thiab ua rau tsawg kawg ntawm 10 lub sijhawm tuag. Kev Ua Phem Teb Chaws Asmeskas cov tub rog ua tsov rog ua rau tuag los ntawm kev siv cov kev pab cuam los ntawm tib neeg cov kev xav tau thiab ncaj qha los ntawm kev puas tsuaj loj heev thoob plaws ntiaj teb xws li hauv Tebchaws Asmeskas, thiab suav nrog hauv Potomac.
Thiaj li hu txawv teb chaws kev cuam tshuam hauv civil tsov rog thoob ntiaj teb yog, raws li kev qhia kev tshawb fawb, 100 lub sij hawm ntau dua - tsis yog qhov muaj kev txom nyem, tsis yog qhov muaj kev phem, tsis yog qhov muaj kev hem thawj rau lub ntiaj teb, tab sis nyob qhov twg hauv lub teb chaws ntawm kev sib ntaus sib tua muaj ntau reserves ntawm cov roj los yog tus neeg ua haujlwm muaj qhov siab xav tau cov roj.
Cov tub rog Asmeskas yog cov neeg siv roj ntsha ncig, hlawv ntau tshaj li ntau lub teb chaws, thiab hlawv ntau ntau rau hauv kev npaj dav dav rau kev ua tsov ua rog ntxiv. Muaj cov tub rog dav hlau uas ua rau muaj hluav taws xob ntau dua rau hauv 10 ntau dua li koj tuaj yeem nrog roj tsheb tsav tsheb rau koj lub tsheb rau ib xyoos.
Tag nrho cov lus teb no tawm ntawm qhov kev puas tsuaj ntawm ua kev puas tsuaj ua cov ntiag tug ua tsov rog thiab los ntawm lawv cov riam phom. Tebchaws Asmeskas yog tus ua lag luam ntawm kev ua tsov rog rau tag nrho lub ntiaj teb.
Tag nrho cov kev suav suav tseem tshem tawm ntau ntawm kev puas tsuaj thiab txhua yam ntsiab lus ntawm tib neeg kev txom nyem. Cov tub rog Asmeskas hlawv cov pa phem nyob rau hauv qhov chaw qhib, ze rau nws tus kheej cov tub rog nyob hauv thaj chaw xws li Iraq, ze rau cov tsev ntawm cov neeg nyob hauv cov tebchaws uas nws tau txeeb, thiab nyob hauv Tebchaws Meskas hauv ntau - feem ntau tsis zoo thiab haiv neeg tsawg - cov zej zog xws li Colfax, Louisiana, thiab tom Dahlgren ntawm Potomac.
Feem ntau ntawm kev puas tsuaj yog qhov tseem ceeb, xws li tshuaj lom ntawm depleted uranium, siv nyob rau hauv qhov chaw xws li Syria thiab Iraq. Tab sis qhov no muaj tseeb nyob rau hauv cov chaw txhua lub teb chaws Asmeskas thiab. Nyob ze St. Louis, Missouri, ib qho underground hluav taws kub yog txav mus ze rau ib qho chaw pov tseg hauv cov pa phem.
Thiab tom qab ntawd ces muaj dej Hav dej Potomac. Nws mus rau sab qab teb ntawm Lincoln thiab Jefferson Memorials hauv Washington, DC sab hnub tuaj, thiab Arlington, Virginia, nyob sab hnub poob, qhov twg Pentagon Lag Dej coj dej tuaj mus rau hauv lub hauv paus ntawm lub ntiaj teb kev ua tub rog.
Tsis yog lub tsev ntawm kev ua rog ua zaum ze ze ntawm cov dej nce siab - nce thawj thiab tseem ceeb vim tias muaj kev cuam tshuam los ntawm kev ua tsov ua rog, tab sis cov dej no tshwj xeeb - cov dej ntawm Potomac thiab ntawm Chesapeake Bay uas nws ntws, thiab dej ntas ntawm qhov twg nce thiab qis dua cov dej ntawm Pentagon Lagoon txhua hnub - muaj kuab hnyav heev los ntawm kev npaj ua rog.
Qhov no yog vim li cas peb npaj thiab caw koj tuaj koom rau hauv ib lub npe ntawm kayactivist flotilla rau Pentagon rau lub Cuaj hli 16th. Peb yuav tsum tau nqa qhov kev thov ntawm Tsis Muaj Ntau Roj rau Rog kom lub qhov rooj ntawm peb ua kev puas tsuaj ntawm ib puag ncig.
