Ndi Joseph Essertier, February 16, 2020
Lachisanu, pa 6 Marichi, omenyera ufulu ku Okinawa achititsa msonkhano za mabasi aku US akupha poyizoni madzi aku Okinawa ndi PFAS. Okinawa ndi dera lomwe lili kumwera kwa zilumba za Japan, ndipo thanzi la okhalamo lilipo pachiwopsezo chifukwa cha PFAS yovutitsidwa ndi anthu. Loweruka, 7 pa Marichi ku California, Pat Mkulu ayamba ulendo wawo wamizinda 20 ku California kudziwitsa anthu zavutoli lomwe lidachitika chifukwa cha kuipitsa kwa asitikali chilengedwe ku US ndi mayiko ena ambiri. Ntchito yophunzitsa ndi kudziwitsa za ku California idzayamba nthawi yomweyo ndi kampeni ku Okinawa.
Akuluakulu adanenanso kuti poyizoni wa PFAS ndivuto pafupi ndi mabes ku Okinawa. Anati, "Ili si vuto kwa Okinawa kokha koma kwa aliyense waku Pacific." Adafunitsitsa kuti anthu a m'boma la Okinawa adziwe momwe alili, kuti ndivuto lomwe ayenera kuthana nalo.
Mtolankhani Jon Mitchell, amene lolemba za PFAS ndi zina zambiri zokhudzana ndi maziko ku Okinawa m'zaka zapitazi, komanso SAKURAI Kunitoshi, yemwe ndi pulofesa wa ku Yunivesite ya Okinawa, adzakamba nkhani pa 6 March. Nthawi yomweyo, woimbayo KOJA Misako adzachita. Ndi membala wakale wa gulu lanyimbo za Okinawa Alireza (yatchulidwa ngati "nayay nays")).
An nkhani idawonekera pa 11 february munyuzipepala Okinawa Times za 6 Marichi. Inadziwitsanso owerenga za nkhani yomwe a Jon Mitchell adapereka pamwambowu wa 10 mwezi wa febulo isanafike pa 6 Marichi. Mitchell anakamba nkhani yake ku nyumba yomwe ili ndi maofesi a anthu omwe amadya zakudya ku Tokyo (otchedwa San'in giin kaikan m'Chijapani: 参 院 議員 会館). Adafotokozeranso kuti PFAS imabweretsa chiwopsezo cha khansa ndikufotokozanso zina zomwe imabweretsa mthupi la munthu. Anatinso zitsanzo za magazi zomwe zimatengedwa pafupi ndi malo okhala ndi ndege ya Futenma zikuwonetsa kuti milingo ya PFOS (imodzi mwazinthu za PFAS) ndiwokwera kwambiri kuposa wa anthu akumadera ena.
Boma la Okinawan amadziwika Mitsinje 15 ndi malo othandizira madzi omwe ali ndi miyezo yowopsa ya PFOS ndi PFOA, yopitilira malire a EPA a Lifetime Health Advisory (LHA) ya 70 ppt. Mu Novembala 2018, akuluakulu aku Boma la Okinawa inanena kuti 2,000 ppt ya mankhwala adapezeka pa Chunnagā Spring Water Site (Wakimizu Chunnagā) ku Kiyuna, Ginowan City. Asitikali aku US akuwapha anthu aku Okinawa posalemekeza ufulu wa anthu onse okhala. Palibe mlandu, ndipo Okinawans ndi Japan ali munthawi yopanda thandizo. Monga anthu aku America, tiyenera kukambirana nkhaniyi ndikuganiza za momwe tingaletsere Washington kuphwanya ufulu wa anthu omwe amalamulidwa ndi Tokyo, "bwenzi lathu" ku Northeast Asia.
Kuti akhazikitse ziwonetserozo 2,000 6, pa 2020 febuluni XNUMX ku California State Water Management Control Board llidakhala ndi "Kuyankha" mpaka magawo 10 thililiyoni (ppt) ya PFOA ndi 40 ppt ya PFOS. M'mbuyomu, akuluakulu sanasungidwe kuti azichotsa kasupe wamadzi kapena kupereka zidziwitso pagulu kufikira 70 ppt.
Pakadali pano, ofufuza ku Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health ndi University of Massachusetts ku Lowell kunena "Anawerengetsa kuti pafupifupi mlingo wabwino wa PFOA ndi / kapena PFOS m'madzi akumwa ndi 1 ppt." Nzika zikayamba kudziwa kuopsa kwa mankhwala amenewa, malamulowo akuwonjezeka kwambiri.
Phunziro la Mitchell lidakhalapo ndi anthu 80 ndipo lidakonzedwa ndi "Tokyo Society Against Ospreys" (Osprey Hantai Tokyo Renraku Kai).
Bungweli All Okinawa lidachitanso msonkhano pachihema ku Henoko kudutsa nsewu kuchokera ku Camp Schwab pa 1 februwari pomwe adadziwitsa anthu za mwambowu womwe udzachitike pa 6 Marichi ku Okinawa. Onani chithunzi pansipa:
Mwamuna amene ali mkatikati ndi Pulofesa SAKURAI Kunitoshi, yemwenso amalinganiza zochitika pa 6 Marichi.
Pat Mkuluyu ndi membala wa World BEYOND War. Adzakhala kuwunikira nkhani yakuipitsidwa kwa PFAS pa Ulendo wamzinda 20 waku California mu Marichi. Joseph Essertier ndi Wogwirizanitsa wa Japan kwa a World BEYOND War.
