Ndi Pat Elder, World BEYOND War, July 14, 2019
Sen. John Barrasso, (R-WY) ndipamwamba pa Senate
kulandira ndalama kuchokera ku makampani a mankhwala.
Pali nkhondo yambiri m'mabwalo a Congress omwe posachedwapa adzadziwe ngati boma la US lidzachitapo kanthu kuti ateteze anthu ku zowononga zowonongeka chifukwa cha kutulutsidwa kwa Per- ndi polyfluoroalkyl substances, (PFAS) kuchokera kumalo a asilikali ndi mafakitale. Mitengoyi siidakwera kwambiri ndi thanzi laumunthu lopangidwa ndi "mankhwala osatha." Zolakwitsa zokwana khumi ndi ziwiri zikufotokozedwa pamodzi ndi kusintha kochepa kwa malamulo a National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) omwe angafune asilikali anthu osokoneza ubongo kuti azitsuka poizoni zawo PFAS. Congress ili ndi mphamvu yoyamba yowonjezera mu mankhwala awa. Monga chinthu chofunikira ndizosatheka.
Pali adindo ena ku Capitol Hill omwe akulimbana kuti ateteze thanzi la anthu, ngakhale kuti chiwerengero chawo chikuchepa. Nkhaniyi ndi yosavuta. Asilikali ndi omwe amachititsa kuti anthu ambiri padziko lapansi ayambe kuwononga moto, pogwiritsa ntchito mphutsi yotulutsa mafilimu (AFFF) pochita masewera olimbitsa moto. Nkhumba ya AFFF ili ndi matenda ambiri a khansa ya m'magazi ya PFAS ndipo imaloledwa kulowa m'madzi akuya, madzi apansi, ndi machitidwe a madzi a mumzinda, kupereka njira zambiri kuti anthu azidya.
Olemba malamulo ambiri safuna kuyitanitsa gulu lankhondo - ngakhale zitakhala kuti zalembedwa kuti asirikali akupha anthu poyizoni. Oimira ambiri amathandizidwa ndi ndalama zamakampani opanga thumba. Osewera nthawi yayitali ngati Chemours (spinoff ya DuPont), 3M, ndi Dow Corning akumenyera njira zomwe zimawopseza mzere wawo. Ali ndi mantha kuti adzayankha mlandu pazomwe akukhudza paumoyo wa anthu komanso chilengedwe, ngakhale safunika kuda nkhawa kwambiri chifukwa agula zomwe akuwona kuti ndi Congress yabwino kwambiri. Mamembala ochepa kwambiri amatsogoleredwa ndi chikumbumtima. Kwa mamembala ambiri, ndalama zimawayika pamenepo. Ndi ndalama zomwe amapereka.
Pa July 9, Nyumbayi inavomereza kusintha kwa NDAA yomwe inakambidwa ndi Reps. Debbie Dingell (D-MI) ndi Dan Kildee (D-MI) omwe angafune kuti EPA iyambe kulemba mankhwala opangidwa ndi mankhwala owonongeka ngati mankhwala owopsa pansi pa malamulo a Superfund. Kupanga PFAS monga mankhwala oopsa kumakakamiza asilikali ndi mafakitale kukonza zowononga zomwe adazipanga.
M'chipinda cham'mwamba, gulu la a senema likuyendetsedwa Tom Carper, (D-Del), Mtsogoleri Woyang'anira pa Komiti ya Senate ndi Ntchito Zomangamanga, sadapindule pofuna kuti apange lamulo lomwe likanati PFAS likhale loopsa. Kuchita zimenezi kungapangitse mabiliyoni ambirimbiri a ndalama kuti azitha kuteteza komanso kuyendetsa makampani, makamaka pamene mabungwe onsewa adziwa mibadwo iwiri kuti akhala akuwononga dziko la majeremusi ndi mayankho a chitetezo cha anthu mwa kupasula dziko ndi madzi.
Carper anathamangira motsutsana ndi John Barrasso, Pulezidenti wa Komiti ya Senate ya Environmental and Public Works Committee. Barrasso akudandaula za udindo umene akukumana nawo: Dipatimenti ya Chitetezo, Chemours, 3M, ndi Dow Corning. Barrasso ndi wothandizira mwapadera ku Senate ya ndalama kuchokera ku makampani a mankhwala. Iwo akutipweteka ife ndipo akulola kuti apitirize.
Barrasso amasintha maganizo ake kuchokera kwa anthu opindula omwe akugwira nawo ntchito kumidzi ya kumidzi ndi oyang'anira madera a madzi a mumzinda ndi madzi osokoneza dziko lonse. Akuti sakufuna kulamula kuti Pulezidenti azikhala ndi udindo pa maphwandowa omwe amapereka njira yowononga thanzi la anthu. Pokhala ndi udindo kwa asilikali ndi mafakitale kunja kwa funso, palibe amene adzaweruzidwe ndi cholinga cha Barrasso.
Msonkhano wa July 10, Barrasso adavomera kuti Komiti ya Malamulo a Nyumbayi ivomereze kusintha kwa Dingell-Kildee komwe kungapangitse udindo wa Superfund pazophwanya zonse za PFAS. Iye adati, "Demokalase ya nyumba ikukonzekera kuti iwononge malo okwera ndege, alimi ndi ranchers, ntchito zamadzi, ndi malonda ang'onoang'ono omwe ali ndi mabiliyoni ambiri a madola," adatero Barrasso. "Izi ndi zomwe zimachitika pamene Nyumba ikuyendetsa malamulo ndikunyalanyaza komiti. Cholinga chawo sichidzakhala lamulo. "
Tikukhala ndi zovuta. Pa Julayi 11, Nyumba Yamalamulo yaku US idavomereza a Peter Wright, osankhidwa ndi Purezidenti Trump kuti atsogolere Ofesi ya Land & Emergency Management (OLEM) ya EPA. (52-38) OLEM imayang'anira ntchito zowonongeka kwa Superfund komanso ndondomeko yowonjezera mapulogalamu ena. Wright ndi Dow DuPont yemwe anali woweruza milandu ndipo wakhala akuchita ntchito yomenyana ndi EPA m'malo mwa anthu osokoneza bongo. Zofunikira zake siziphatikizapo kuteteza chilengedwe. Dow anali ndi mbiri yakalekale yonyenga anthu pa chinyengo cha dioxin panthawi ya Wright kumeneko. Wright anagulitsa katundu ku Dow pomwe adalemba lipoti lake la ndalama.
Pulezidenti Trump akuti adzalandire chisankho pa Nyumba ya NDAA chifukwa cha zakudya zomwe zingafunike kuti DOD ipitirize kugwiritsa ntchito PFFF yomwe ili ndi AFFF ndi njira zomwe zingakakamize DOD kuthetsa kuipitsidwa kwa PFAS. Ife tawonera swagger uyu ndi Gulu la Air Force likufotokoza monga Michigan kuti "chitetezo champhamvu cha boma chimachititsa kuti zisamanyalanyaze Dipatimenti ya Michigan ya Maonekedwe a Chilengedwe kuyesa kukakamiza kutsatira malamulo omwe amachititsa kuchuluka kwa mankhwala a PFAS alowa pamwamba pa madzi." Oimira Debbie Dingell ndi Dan Kildee, atsogoleri a nkhondoyo akuika PFAS monga zinthu zoopsa ndi kuitanitsa udindo wa Superfund, onse ochokera ku Michigan, boma linagonjetsedwa kwambiri ndi mliliwu.
Psycholoji ya Administration ya Trump ndiyongomveka izi Statement of Administrative Policy :
"Perfluorooctane Sulfonate (PFOS) ndi Perfluorooctanoic Acid (PFOA) Yogwiritsidwa Ntchito Pakukhazikitsa Asitikali - Boma likutsutsa mwamphamvu izi, zomwe zingapatse mphamvu ku DOD kusamalira magwero amadzi kapena kuperekanso madzi m'malo mwaulimi komwe gwero la madzi" laipitsidwa " ndi PFOA ndi PFOS zochokera kunkhondo. Kugwiritsa ntchito upangiri wa madzi akumwa a EPA (HA) kuzindikira madera omwe ali m'chigawochi sikungagwirizane ndi sayansi ya HA - sikunapangidwe kuti izindikire kuchuluka kwa PFOA / PFOS m'madzi omwe amagwiritsidwa ntchito paulimi kapena zotsatira zaumoyo wa anthu pakumwa zakudya zopangidwa ndi madzi aulimi okhala ndi PFOA / PFOS. Kuphatikiza apo, pakuwononga kwakukulu komanso kwakhudza kwambiri ntchito ya DOD, lamuloli limasankhapo DOD, ndi m'modzi yekha amene wadzetsa nawo vutoli. ”
Lamuloli lidzathetsa mavuto, imfa, komanso mavuto omwe angayambitse. PFOS ndi PFOA ndi zinthu ziwiri zoopsa kwambiri zomwe zakhala zikuchitika. Iwo amapha kwanthawizonse. Zimangokhala ziwiri zokha zogwirizana ndi 5,000 zomwe zimadziwika kuti PFAS.
Mawu awo amasonyeza malingaliro a autocracy.
DOD sichikanakhala "mphamvu yopezeka." M'malo mwake, idzaperekedwa kukhala lamulo kulamula kuti madzi akuyendetsedwa bwino m'mayiko onse. Nanga n'chifukwa chiyani kusokoneza mau a quote ponena za magwero a madzi "akuipitsidwa" ndi PFAO ndi PFAS? Uku ndiko kugwiritsa ntchito zizindikiro zolakwika.
Ndithudi, malangizo alangizi othandizira zaumoyo amaperekedwa kuti apereke zowononga zotsamba zomwe zingayambitse zotsatira za umoyo waumunthu ndipo zimadziwika kuti zikupezeka m'madzi akumwa. Malangizowo a zaumoyo sagwirizane ndi osagwiritsidwa ntchito. Iwo ali ngati "okwera!" Kwa mibadwo iwiri asilikali ndi othandizira omwe amagulitsa poizoni akhala akudziwa kuti mdierekezi ali ndi kachilombo ka PFAS. Asilikali ndi mafakitale ayenera kukhala oyera komanso omvera malamulo ayenera kuletsa zinthuzo mu 70.
White House ili ndi khama lofotokozera "ndalama zomwe zingakhale zofunikira kwambiri komanso zofunikira kwambiri pa ntchito ya DOD." Iwo akuika zilakolako za mfumu pamaso pa thanzi laumunthu. Akatswiri a mbiri yakale angaphunzire izi tsiku lina ndikuziwona ngati kusintha kwakukulu m'mbiri ya anthu. Ndi ochepa okha omwe amamvetsera.
