Ọ bụrụ na otu ìgwè nke ndị America bụ ndị Iraqis na-alụso mmetụta ahụ ike nke uranium ahụ dara ụda, ụyọkọ bọmbụ, ụcha phosphorous, na ihe dịgasị iche iche nke agha nwere ike ịkọ, ọ nwere ike ịbụ ndị ogbenye na ndị ogbenye kachasị dị na Gibsland, n'ebe ugwu Louisiana.
Nke a bụ ka otu op na New York Times otu onye bi na-akọwa ọnọdụ ha:
"Ruo ọtụtụ afọ, otu n'ime ndị na-ewe mmadụ n'ọrụ na mpaghara ahụ bụ ụlọ ọrụ agha ndị agha Louisiana, ihe dị ka kilomita anọ site na Minden. Ụlọ ọrụ na-ahụ maka gburugburu ebe obibi mechara depụta ụlọ ọrụ ahụ dị ka ebe Superfund n'ihi na ihe karịrị afọ 40 'a na-anakọta mmiri mkpofu na-enweghị ihe mgbawa sitere na ụlọ ọrụ mmepụta ihe n'otu n'ime ebe dị iche iche nke ibu dị iche iche,' wee tụfuo ya n'ime '16 one-acre ọdọ mmiri pink."
Ma ugbu a (site na Truthout.org):
"Mgbe ọnwa nke esemokwu ọchịchị n'etiti ndị agha na steeti na ụlọ ọrụ gọọmenti etiti, Ụlọ Ọrụ Nchebe gburugburu ebe obibi (EPA) kwupụtara n'oge na-adịbeghị anya atụmatụ mberede iji gbaa 15 nde pound M6 ọkụ - ruo 80,000 pound kwa ụbọchị n'ime otu afọ - na-emeghe. 'Ọkụ na-agba ọkụ' na Camp Minden, usoro mkpofu nke ndị na-akwado gburugburu ebe obibi na-ekwu na ọ bụ ihe ochie na amachibidoro ya na mba ndị ọzọ. Ọrụ a ga-abụ otu n'ime ngwa agha mepere emepe kachasị na akụkọ ntolite US. "
Otu oge n'otu oge - na gburugburu Vieques ma ọ bụ Jeju Island ma ọ bụ Pagan Island - òtù gburugburu ebe obibi na-ahụ onwe ha na-eche ihu n'otu obere akụkụ. ihe kacha nbibi gburugburu ebe obibi. Ọ bụ ezie na nnukwu otu gburugburu ebe obibi yiri ka ha agaghị ebuso agha n'onwe ya ọgụ ruo oge akaha, anyị kwesịrị iji ohere ndị a gbaa ha ume. N'ihi na ha bụ na-aga n'ihu ndị agha n'elu ọkụ a. Enwere ọtụtụ ndị bụbu ndị agha US nwere ike ịgwa ha gbasara ahụike ọkụ ọkụ na mba ofesi, nke ndị agha agha na-ezo aka dị ka "ọhụrụ Agent Orange" Ndị EPA nwere ike imeju ndị na-eme ihe ike na onye na-emepụta ọdachi kachasị na gburugburu ebe obibi na United States. Ndụmọdụ: Ọ na-amalite na mil na ukwe na otu onye.
Isi ihe na-akpali agha ụfọdụ bụ ọchịchọ ịchịkwa ihe ndị na-emebi ụwa, karịsịa mmanụ na gas. Ndị anyị na-eche banyere ọdịnihu ụwa kwesịrị icheta eziokwu ahụ, bụ́ ndị na-eyikarị uwe. Agha ndị a abụghị iji chebe anyị kama tinye anyị n'ihe egwu, site n'ọgbọ nke ibu iro na site na mbibi nke ụwa anyị. Mmepụta nke agha kachasị ukwuu n'ụwa, ndị agha na-emebi emebi abụghị ihe nchekwa ma ọ bụrụ na agha dị mma na-abịa, mana kpọmkwem ihe Eisenhower dọrọ aka ná ntị na ọ ga-abụ, onye na-emepụta agha. $1 trillion United States na-atụba n'ime igwe agha kwa afọ dị mkpa maka nchekwa gburugburu ebe obibi ngwa ngwa. Na mmefu nkwadebe agha adịghị eme ka anyị baa ọgaranya; ya na-emenye anyị ụjọ ka ị na-etinye akụ na ụba n'ebe dị ka Gibsland. Nke ahụ bụ ọtụtụ ọdịda maka ụlọ ọrụ nke isi ọrụ ya bụ gburu ọtụtụ ndị aka ha dị ọcha ka anyị na-ewepụ anyị nnwere onwe obodo.
Ma, laghachi azụ na gburugburu ebe obibi downside. Na mmanụ. Enwere ike ịgbapụta ma ọ bụ gbaa mmanụ ọkụ, dị ka ọ dị na Agha Ọwara, ma a na-etinye ya n'ụzọ bụ isi n'ụdị igwe dị iche iche na-emerụ ikuku ụwa, na-etinye anyị niile n'ihe ize ndụ. Ụfọdụ na-ejikọta ịṅụ mmanụ na ebube e chere na ọ bụ dike agha, nke mere na a na-ele ume ọhụrụ nke na-adịghị etinye aka n'ọdachi zuru ụwa ọnụ dị ka ụzọ ụjọ na nke enweghị mmasị n'ịgbara igwe anyị. Mmekọrịta nke agha na mmanụ na-agabiga nke ahụ, Otú ọ dị. Agha ndị ahụ n'onwe ha, ma a lụghị mmanụ ma ọ bụ na a lụghị, na-eri ya nke ukwuu. N'ezie, otu n'ime ndị kacha eji mmanụ n'ụwa bụ ndị agha United States.
Ndị agha US na-ere ihe dị ka barel mmanụ 340,000 kwa ụbọchị. Ọ bụrụ na Pentagon bụ mba, ọ ga-akwado 38th n'ime 196 na oriri mmanụ. Enweghị ụlọ ọrụ ọzọ na-abịaru nso ndị agha nso na nke a ma ọ bụ ụdị mbibi gburugburu ebe obibi ndị ọzọ. (Ma gbalịa chọpụta eziokwu ahụ na njem mgbochi ọkpọkọ.)
Gburugburu ebe obibi dị ka anyị si mara na ọ gaghị adị ndụ n'agha nuklia. O nwekwara ike ọ gaghị adị ndụ n'agha "ọgbanarị", ghọtara na ọ pụtara ụdị agha a na-alụ ugbu a. E mebiworị nnukwu mmebi site na agha na site na nyocha, nnwale, na mmepụta e mere maka nkwadebe maka agha. Agha ndị a na-alụ n’afọ ndị na-adịbeghị anya emewo ka ebe buru ibu ghara ibibi ma mee ka ọtụtụ iri nde ndị gbara ọsọ ndụ pụta. Agha “na-emegide ọrịa na-efe efe dị ka ihe na-akpata ọrịa na-anwụ n’ụwa nile,” dị ka Jennifer Leaning nke Ụlọ Akwụkwọ Ọgwụ na Harvard si kwuo.
Ikekwe ngwá agha kasị egbu egbu nke agha hapụrụ bụ ogbunigwe ala na bọmbụ ụyọkọ. A na-eme atụmatụ na ọtụtụ iri nde n'ime ha tọgbọ n'ụwa, n'amaghị ọkwa ọ bụla na e kwusaala udo. Ihe ka ọtụtụ n'ime ha bụ ndị nkịtị, ọnụ ọgụgụ buru ibu n'ime ha bụ ụmụaka.
Ọ bụ ihe magburu onwe ya inwe otu ndị na-ama akụkụ ụfọdụ nke agha mbibi na-akpata ọgụ ugboro ugboro. N'okpuru bụ a leta ka udo na gburugburu ebe obibi na udo gburugburu ụwa ga-abanye na:
Cynthia Giles, onye enyemaka nchịkwa
Ọfịs nke mmanye na nnabata nke ụlọ ọrụ nchekwa gburugburu US
Ụlọ William Jefferson Clinton
1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Koodu nzipu ozi: 2201A
Washington, DC 20460 Giles-Aa.cynthia@Epa.gov
Ozi eletrọnịkị zitere
RE: Atụmatụ imeghe ọkụ nke M6 Propellants na Camp Minden, Louisiana
Ezigbo onye enyemaka onye nchịkwa Giles,
Anyị, ndị otu ndị edebanyere aha n'akwụkwọ, sonyere ndị bi na Louisiana, ndị ọrụ na ezinaụlọ na oku ha maka ụzọ dị mma maka imepe mkpofu dị ize ndụ na Camp Minden.
Anyị na-emegide atụmatụ nke US Environmental Protection Agency ga-emepe ọkụ nde pound iri na ise nke ndị na-ebugharị M15 gbahapụrụ agbahapụ na Camp Minden, Louisiana. Site na nkọwapụta, ọkụ na-emeghe enweghị njikwa ikuku ga-ebute ntọhapụ na-achịkwaghị achịkwa nke ikuku na-egbu egbu na ihe ndị na-ekuku ume na gburugburu ebe obibi. M6 nwere ihe dị ka pasent 6 dinitrotoluene (DNT) nke a na-ekewa dị ka carcinogen nke mmadụ nwere ike ime.10
Nchegbu maka ihe ize ndụ ahụ ike mmadụ nwere ike ime site na ọkụ ọkụ / ikpo ọkụ na-emeghe yana maka mmetụta gburugburu ebe obibi na ikuku, ala, na mmiri chọrọ ka ndị agha chọpụta na ịmepụta ụzọ ọzọ iji mepee ọgwụgwọ ọkụ / imeghe ọkụ.2 Ọzọkwa, dị ka Atụmatụ EPA na-enye maka njikwa nchekwa na ibuga na mpaghara ọkụ mepere emepe, enwere ike ibuga ihe mkpofu ndị a n'otu aka ahụ gaa na ebe ọgwụgwọ ọzọ ma ọ bụ usoro.
Ọ bụ ezie na anyị na-akwado atụmatụ EPA iji chọọ ndị agha US ka ha kpochaa na tufuo ihe mkpofu ihe mgbawa ndị a na-echekwa na-ekwesịghị ekwesị, anyị anaghị akwado ọkụ ọkụ ka ọ bụrụ ihe ngwọta nyere ihe ize ndụ dị n'ime na nke a ga-ezere na ahụike mmadụ na gburugburu ebe obibi.
1 U.S. Ụlọ ọrụ nchekwa gburugburu ebe obibi, akwụkwọ akụkọ eziokwu nka nka, Dinitrotoluene (DNT), Jenụarị 2014.
2 US Army Corps of Engineers Construction Engineering Research Laboratories USACERL Technical Report 98/104, Nhọrọ ndị ọzọ iji mepe ọkụ/Mpee ọkụ nke ihe ndị dị ike, nchịkọta nke teknụzụ dị ugbu a, August 1998.
Laura Olah, ụmụ amaala maka mmiri nchekwa gburugburu Badger, Wisconsin Dolores Blalock, ArkLaTex Clean Air Network, LLC, Louisiana
Marylee M. Orr, Onye isi nchịkwa, Louisiana Environmental Action Network/Lower Mississippi Riverkeeper, Louisiana
Devawn Palmer-Oberlender, Environmental Patriots nke New River Valley, Virginia Pamela Miller, Executive Director, Alaska Community Action on Toxics, Alaska
Craig Williams, Chemical Weapons Working Group, Kentucky
Erin Brockovich na Bob Bowcock, California
United Tribe nke Shawnee India, Onye isi nkuzi, Jim Oyler, Kansas
Tim Lopez, Onye isi oche, Board Advisory Cleanup, Colorado
Greg Wingard, onye isi nchịkwa, ihe omume mkpofu, Washington
Mable Mallard, Philadelphia Community Right to Know Committee, Pennsylvania Doris Bradshaw, Depot Depot Memphis Tennessee - Kọmitii Na-eche banyere ụmụ amaala Isis Bradshaw, Ndị ntorobịa na-akwụsị mmetọ, Tennessee
Kaye Kiker, Community Organizer, Citizens Task Force, Alabama
Wilbur Slockish, Ọzụzụ Osimiri Columbia na mmepe akụ na ụba, Oregon
Al Gedicks, Secretary Executive, Wisconsin Resources Protection Council, Wisconsin
Doris Bradshaw, Military Toxics Project, Tennessee
Peter Galvin, Center for Biological Diversity, California
LeVonne Stone, Fort Ord Environmental Justice Network, California
Marylia Kelley, Onye isi nchịkwa, Tri-Valley CAREs (Communities Against a Radioactive Environment), California
Josh Fast, Onye nkuzi, PermanentGardens.com, Louisiana
Ronnie Cummins, Organic Consumers Association, Minnesota
Paul Orr, Lower Mississippi Riverkeeper, Louisiana
Marcia Halligan, Kickapoo Peace Circle, Wisconsin
Kathy Sanchez, EJ RJ, Tewa Women United org., New Mexico
J. Gilbert Sanchez, Onye isi ala, Tribal Environmental Watch Alliance, New Mexico
David Keith, ụmụ amaala Valley maka gburugburu nchekwa, Massachusetts
Forest Jahnke, Crawford Stewardship Project, Wisconsin
Maria Powell, Onye isi ala, Midwest Environmental Justice Organisation, Wisconsin
Evelyn Yates, Pine Bluff maka mkpofu nchekwa, Arkansas
Cheryl Slavant, Ouachita Riverkeeper, Louisiana
Jean E. Mannhaupt, Onye isi ala, Park Ridge @ Country Manors Home Owners Assoc., New York
Stephen Brittle, Onye isi ala, emela Arizona
Alison Jones Chaim, Onye isi nchịkwa, ndị dọkịta maka ọrụ ọha na eze Wisconsin
Jill Johnston, Southwest Workers Union, Texas
Robert Alvarado, kọmitii maka ikpe ziri ezi gburugburu ebe obibi, Texas
Phyllis Hasbrouck, Onye isi oche, Njikọ Nchekwa West Waubesa, Wisconsin
John LaForge, Nukewatch, Wisconsin
Guy Wolf, Onye isi oche, DownRiver Alliance, Wisconsin
Don Timmerman & Roberta Thurstin, Casa Maria Catholic Worker, Wisconsin
LT General Russel Honore (Ret), GreenARMY, Louisiana
John LaForge, The Progressive Foundation, Wisconsin
Paul F. Walker, Ph.D., onye isi, nchekwa gburugburu ebe obibi na nkwado, Green Cross International, Washington, DC
Cynthia Sarthou, Onye isi nchịkwa, Gulf Restoration Network, Louisiana
Lenny Siegel, Onye isi oche, Center for Public Environmental Oversight, California
John E. Peck, Onye isi nchịkwa, Family Farm Defenders, Wisconsin
Lois Marie Gibbs, Onye isi oche, Center for Health, Environment and Justice, Virginia
Willie Fontenot, Onye isi oche nchekwa, Delta Isi nke Sierra Club, Louisiana
Kimberlee Wright, Onye isi nchịkwa, Midwest Environmental Advocates, Inc., Wisconsin
Elizabeth O'Nan, onye isi, Chebe gburugburu ụmụaka niile, North Carolina
Frances Kelley, Louisiana Progress Action, Louisiana
Patrick Seymour, ụlọ ọrụ ISIS MilWaste Project, Massachusetts
Christina Walsh, Onye isi oche, cleanuprocketdyne.org, California
Glen Hooks, onye isi isi, Arkansas Sierra Club, Arkansas
Laura Ward, Onye isi ala, Wanda Washington, Onye isi oche, FOCUS, Inc (Family Oriented Community United Strong, Inc.), Florida
Ed Dlugosz, Onye isi ala, NJ Enyi nke Clearwater, New Jersey
Anne Rolfes, onye isi ntọala, LA Bucket Brigade, Louisiana
Monica Wilson, GAIA: Global Alliance for Ininerator Alternatives, California
Dean A. Wilson, Atchafalaya Basinkeeper, Louisiana
Robin Schneider, Texas Mgbasa Ozi maka gburugburu, Texas
Lara Norkus-Crampton, Onye nhazi, Ndị agbata obi Minneapolis maka Ikuku dị ọcha, Minnesota Haywood Martin, oche, Sierra Club Delta Chapter, Louisiana
Mitzi Shpak, Onye isi nchịkwa, Action Now, California
Jane Williams, Onye isi nchịkwa, California Communities Against Toxics, California Robina Suwol, Onye isi oche, Ụlọ Akwụkwọ Nchekwa California, California
Renee Nelson, Onye isi ala, Clean Water and Air Matter (CWAM), California
Lisa Riggiola, ụmụ amaala maka ọdọ mmiri Pompton dị ọcha, New Jersey
Stephanie Stuckey Benfield, Onye isi nchịkwa, GreenLaw
James Little, onye otu, Western Broome Environmental Stakeholder Coalition, New York Sparky Rodrigues, Malama Makua, Hawaii
Barry Kissin, Ụlọ Ọrụ Ndụmọdụ Mweghachi nke Fort Detrick, Maryland
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