Ngati pali gulu la anthu aku America omwe aku Iraq omwe akuvutika ndi zovuta za uranium, mabomba ankhondo, phosphorous yoyera, ndi zikhalidwe zonse zankhondo zomwe zingafotokozane, atha kukhala anthu akuda kwambiri komanso ovutika kwambiri ku Gibsland, kumpoto Louisiana.
Umu ndi momwe a op-ed mu New York Times kuchokera kwa wokhala m'modzi akufotokoza momwe alili:
“Kwa zaka zambiri, mmodzi wa olemba ntchito aakulu kwambiri m’derali anali Malo Opangira Zida Zankhondo ku Louisiana, pafupifupi makilomita anayi kuchokera ku Minden. Bungwe la Environmental Protection Agency pamapeto pake linatchula malowa ngati malo a Superfund chifukwa kwa zaka zopitirira 40 'madzi otayidwa ndi mabomba osatulutsidwa kuchokera m'mafakitale ankasonkhanitsidwa muzitsulo za konkriti pamadera osiyanasiyana a mzere wonyamula katundu,' ndikutsanulira mu '16 ekala imodzi. madambwe apinki.’”
Ndipo tsopano (ku Pachangao.org):
"Pambuyo pa miyezi yambiri ya mikangano pakati pa Asilikali ndi mabungwe aboma ndi maboma, bungwe la Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) posachedwapa lidalengeza za dongosolo ladzidzidzi lowotcha mapaundi 15 miliyoni a M6 - mpaka mapaundi 80,000 patsiku pakatha chaka - poyera. 'Treyi zowotcha' ku Camp Minden, njira yochotsera zinthu zomwe olimbikitsa zachilengedwe amati ndi zachikale ndipo zaletsedwa m'maiko ena. Opaleshoniyo ikhala imodzi mwa zida zazikulu kwambiri zomwe zidawotchedwa m'mbiri ya US."
Nthawi ndi nthawi - kuzungulira Vieques kapena Jeju Island kapena Pagan Island - mabungwe azachilengedwe amadzipeza akukumana ndi ngodya ina yaying'ono. wowononga kwambiri chilengedwe. Ngakhale magulu akuluakulu azachilengedwe akuwoneka kuti sangathe kulimbana ndi kukhazikitsidwa kwankhondo mpaka nthawi itatha, tiyenera kutenga mwayiwu kuwalimbikitsa. Chifukwa iwo ali ndikupitiriza asilikali pa kuwotcha uku. Pali ambiri omwe kale anali asitikali aku US omwe angawawuze za momwe amawotcha kunja, omwe amawatchula kuti "watsopano Wothandizira Orange.” EPA imatha kudzaza omenyera ufulu omwe amapanga masoka achilengedwe kwambiri ku United States. Langizo: Zimayamba ndi mil ndi mawu oimba ndi mawu okha.
Cholinga chachikulu cha nkhondo zina ndicho kufunitsitsa kulamulira zinthu zomwe zimawononga dziko lapansi, makamaka mafuta ndi gasi. Mfundo imeneyi, yomwe nthawi zambiri imabisala, iyenera kukumana ndi ife amene timaganizira za tsogolo la dziko lapansi. Nkhondo sizotiteteza koma kutiteteza tiike pangozi, mwa kubadwa kwa udani ndi kuwonongedwa kwa dziko lathu lapansi. Kupanga gulu lankhondo lalikulu kwambiri padziko lonse lapansi, lowononga kwambiri sikuli chitetezo ngati nkhondo yabwino ingabwere, koma ndendende zomwe Eisenhower anachenjeza kuti zikanakhala, jenereta wa nkhondo. $ 1 thililiyoni United States imaponyera munkhondo chaka chilichonse ndilofunika pofuna kuteteza zachilengedwe mwachangu. Ndipo ndalama zokonzekera nkhondo sizikutilemeretsa; izo amatisauka ndikuika chuma kutali ndi malo ngati Gibsland. Izi ndizovuta kwambiri ku bungwe lomwe ntchito yake yayikulu ndikuchita kupha anthu ambiri osalakwa pamene akuvula zathu ufulu wadziko.
Koma, kubwerera ku kuipa kwa chilengedwe. Ndipo mafuta. Mafuta amatha kutayidwa kapena kutenthedwa, monga mu Nkhondo ya Gulf, koma makamaka amagwiritsidwa ntchito m'makina amitundu yonse omwe amawononga mpweya wa dziko lapansi, zomwe zimatiyika tonse pachiwopsezo. Ena amagwirizanitsa kumwa mafuta ndi kulemekezedwa komanso kulimba mtima kwankhondo, kotero kuti mphamvu zongowonjezedwanso zomwe sizingawononge dziko lonse lapansi zimawonedwa ngati njira zamantha komanso zosakonda dziko lathu zopangira makina athu. Kuyanjana kwa nkhondo ndi mafuta kumapitirira apo, komabe. Nkhondo zomwezo, kaya zinali zomenyera mafuta kapena ayi, zimawononga unyinji wake. Mmodzi mwa anthu ogula kwambiri mafuta padziko lonse lapansi, kwenikweni, ndi asilikali a ku United States.
Asitikali aku US amawotcha migolo pafupifupi 340,000 yamafuta tsiku lililonse. Pentagon ikanakhala dziko, ikadakhala 38 pa 196 pakugwiritsa ntchito mafuta. Palibe bungwe lina lomwe limayandikira pafupi ndi asitikali mu izi kapena mitundu ina yakuwononga chilengedwe. (Koma yesani kupeza mfundo imeneyi paulendo wotsutsana ndi mapaipi.)
Zachilengedwe monga tikudziwa sizidzapulumuka nkhondo ya nyukiliya. Sungapulumutsenso nkhondo yokhazikika. Kuwonongeka kwakukulu kwachitika kale ndi nkhondo komanso mwa kufufuza, kuyesa, ndi kupanga kale pokonzekera nkhondo. Nkhondo pazaka zaposachedwa zachititsa kuti madera ambiri asakhazikike komanso achititse anthu mamiliyoni ambiri othawa kwawo. Nkhondo "imayambitsa matenda opatsirana ngati chifukwa chodwalitsa komanso kufa kwa dziko lapansi," anatero a Jennifer Leaning a Harvard Medical School.
Mwina zida zowonongeka kwambiri zomwe nkhondo yatha ndi mabomba okwirira komanso mabomba a masango. Zikuoneka kuti makumi amamiliyoni a iwo akugona padziko lonse lapansi, osadziwa malengeza kuti mtendere walengezedwa. Ambiri mwa omwe amazunzidwa ndi anthu wamba, ambiri mwa iwo ndi ana.
Ndizosangalatsa kukhala ndi mabungwe omwe nthawi zambiri amatsutsa mbali zina za nkhondo yachiwonongeko. Pansi pali a kalata kuti bungwe lililonse lamtendere ndi chilengedwe komanso lamtendere padziko lonse lapansi liyenera kusaina:
Cynthia Giles, Wothandizira Wothandizira
Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance US Environmental Protection Agency
William Jefferson Clinton Building
1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Imelo kodi: 2201A
Washington, DC 20460 Giles-Aa.cynthia@Epa.gov
KUTUMIKIRWA NDI ELECTRONIC MAIL
RE: Akufuna Kuwotcha Motsegukira kwa M6 Propellants ku Camp Minden, Louisiana
Wokondedwa Mtsogoleri Wothandizira Giles,
Ife, mabungwe omwe adasaina, timalumikizana ndi anthu okhala ku Louisiana, ogwira ntchito ndi mabanja pakuyitanitsa kwawo njira yotetezeka yowotcha zinyalala zowopsa ku Camp Minden.
Tikutsutsa dongosolo la US Environmental Protection Agency loti OPEN BURN 15 miliyoni mapaundi a zida zosiyidwa za M6 ku Camp Minden, Louisiana. Mwa tanthawuzo, kuyatsa kotseguka kulibe zowongolera mpweya ndipo kumabweretsa kutulutsa kosalamulirika kwa mpweya wapoizoni ndi zinthu zopumira ku chilengedwe. M6 ili ndi pafupifupi 10 peresenti ya dinitrotoluene (DNT) yomwe imatchedwa kuti mwina khansa ya munthu.1
Kudetsa nkhawa za chiopsezo cha thanzi la anthu chomwe chimabwera chifukwa cha kuwotcha / kuphulika motseguka komanso kuwonongeka kwa chilengedwe pamlengalenga, nthaka, ndi madzi zafuna kuti asilikali adziwe ndi kupanga njira zina zothetsera kuwotcha / kutsegula motsegula. Dongosolo la EPA limapereka kasamalidwe kotetezeka ndi zonyamulira ku malo oyaka otseguka, zinyalala izi zitha kusamutsidwanso kumalo ena opangira chithandizo kapena dongosolo.
Ngakhale tikugwirizana ndi ntchito ya EPA yofuna kuti Asilikali a US ayeretse ndi kutaya zinyalala zomwe zasungidwa molakwika, sitigwirizana ndi kuwotcha poyera ngati njira yothanirana ndi ngozi zomwe zingapeweke ku thanzi la anthu komanso chilengedwe.
1U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Technical Fact Sheet, Dinitrotoluene (DNT), January 2014.
2 US Army Corps of Engineers Construction Engineering Research Laboratories USACERL Technical Report 98/104, Njira Zina Zotsegula Kuwotcha/Kutsegula Kuphulika kwa Zida Zamphamvu, Chidule cha Current Technologies, August 1998.
Laura Olah, Nzika za Madzi Otetezeka Kuzungulira Badger, Wisconsin Dolores Blalock, ArkLaTex Clean Air Network, LLC, Louisiana
Marylee M. Orr, Executive Director, Louisiana Environmental Action Network/Lower Mississippi Riverkeeper, Louisiana
Devawn Palmer-Oberlender, Environmental Patriots of the New River Valley, Virginia Pamela Miller, Executive Director, Alaska Community Action on Toxics, Alaska.
Craig Williams, Gulu la Chemical Weapons Working Group, Kentucky
Erin Brockovich ndi Bob Bowcock, California
United Tribe of Shawnee Indians, Chief Chief, Jim Oyler, Kansas
Tim Lopez, Director, Voluntary Cleanup Advisory Board, Colorado
Greg Wingard, Executive Director, Waste Action Project, Washington
Mable Mallard, Philadelphia Community Right To Know Committee, Pennsylvania Doris Bradshaw, Depot Depot Memphis Tennessee - Komiti Yokhudzidwa ndi Nzika za Isis Bradshaw, Youth Terminating Pollution, Tennessee
Kaye Kiker, Community Organiser, Citizens Task Force, Alabama
Wilbur Slockish, Columbia River Education and Economic Development, Oregon
Al Gedicks, Mlembi Wamkulu, Wisconsin Resources Protection Council, Wisconsin
Doris Bradshaw, Gulu Lankhondo la Toxics Project, Tennessee
Peter Galvin, Center for Biological Diversity, California
LeVonne Stone, Fort Ord Environmental Justice Network, California
Marylia Kelley, Executive Director, Tri-Valley CAREs (Communities Against a Radioactive Environment), California
Josh Fast, Educator, 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, CEO, Tribal Environmental Watch Alliance, New Mexico
David Keith, Valley Citizens for Safe Environment, Massachusetts
Forest Jahnke, Crawford Stewardship Project, Wisconsin
Maria Powell, Purezidenti, Midwest Environmental Justice Organisation, Wisconsin
Evelyn Yates, Pine Bluff for Safe Disposal, Arkansas
Cheryl Slavant, Ouachita Riverkeeper, Louisiana
Jean E. Mannhaupt, Purezidenti, Park Ridge @ Country Manors Eni Nyumba Assoc., New York
Stephen Brittle, Purezidenti, Osataya Arizona
Alison Jones Chaim, Executive Director, Physicians for Social Responsibility Wisconsin
Jill Johnston, Southwest Workers Union, Texas
Robert Alvarado, Komiti ya Environmental Justice Action, Texas
Phyllis Hasbrouck, Chair, West Waubesa Preservation Coalition, Wisconsin
John LaForge, Nukewatch, Wisconsin
Guy Wolf, Co-Director, 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., Mtsogoleri, Environmental Security and Sustainability, Green Cross International, Washington, DC
Cynthia Sarthou, Executive Director, Gulf Restoration Network, Louisiana
Lenny Siegel, Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight, California
John E. Peck, Mtsogoleri Wamkulu, Family Farm Defenders, Wisconsin
Lois Marie Gibbs, Executive Director, Center for Health, Environment and Justice, Virginia
Willie Fontenot, Conservation Chair, Delta Chapter ya Sierra Club, Louisiana
Kimberlee Wright, Executive Director, Midwest Environmental Advocates, Inc., Wisconsin
Elizabeth O'Nan, Mtsogoleri, Tetezani Malo Onse Ana, North Carolina
Frances Kelley, Louisiana Progress Action, Louisiana
Patrick Seymour, bungwe la ISIS la MilWaste Project, Massachusetts
Christina Walsh, Executive Director, cleanuprocketdyne.org, California
Glen Hooks, Chaputala Director, Arkansas Sierra Club, Arkansas
Laura Ward, Purezidenti, Wanda Washington, Wachiwiri kwa Purezidenti, FOCUS, Inc (Family Oriented Community United Strong, Inc.), Florida
Ed Dlugosz, Purezidenti, NJ Friends of Clearwater, New Jersey
Anne Rolfes, Woyambitsa Woyambitsa, LA Bucket Brigade, Louisiana
Monica Wilson, GAIA: Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives, California
Dean A. Wilson, Atchafalaya Basinkeeper, Louisiana
Robin Schneider, Texas Campaign for Environment, Texas
Lara Norkus-Crampton, Coordinator, Minneapolis Neighbors for Clean Air, Minnesota Haywood Martin, Chair, Sierra Club Delta Chapter, Louisiana
Mitzi Shpak, Executive Director, Action Now, California
Jane Williams, Executive Director, California Communities Against Toxics, California Robina Suwol, Executive Director, California Safe Schools, California
Renee Nelson, Purezidenti, Madzi Oyera ndi Air Matter (CWAM), California
Lisa Riggiola, Nzika Zoyera za Pompton Lakes, New Jersey
Stephanie Stuckey Benfield, Executive Director, GreenLaw
James Little, membala, Western Broome Environmental Stakeholder Coalition, New York Sparky Rodrigues, Malama Makua, Hawaii
Barry Kissin, Fort Detrick Restoration Advisory Board, Maryland
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