Ndi Pat Elder, World BEYOND War, October 28, 2019
Ofesi ya Inspector General wa Unduna wa Zachitetezo ku US idalengeza sabata yatha kuti iwunikanso mbiri ya Pentagon ya Per- and Poly Fluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) yomwe yalowa m'zitsime zamadzi akumwa a tauni pafupi ndi malo ankhondo m'dziko lonselo. Kuwunikaku sikudzayang'ana momwe angagwiritsire ntchito ma carcinogens m'malo ankhondo akunja a 800 aku US.
Mankhwalawa amagwiritsidwa ntchito kwambiri mu thovu lozimitsa moto. Ndiwowopsa kwambiri paumoyo wa anthu.
Kulengeza kumabwera pambuyo pa pempho lochokera kwa a Rep. Dan Kildee (D-Mich.) ndi ena omwe akufuna kudziwa "nthawi yayitali bwanji asitikali adadziwa zowopsa za PFAS, momwe DOD idafotokozera zoopsazi kwa mamembala ndi mabanja awo omwe mwina adawululidwa, komanso momwe DOD ikupangira dongosolo lake kuti liwunike ndikuthetsa vutoli. ”
Tili ndi mayankho a mafunso a Kildee. Asitikali adziwa kuti PFAS ndi yakupha kuyambira koyambirira kwa 70's mwinanso kale. Zikupanga kusiyana kotani kuti akhala akubisa izi kwa nthawi yayitali bwanji? M’malo mwake, boma la feduro liyenera kukhala loyang’ana pa kufufuza odwala ndi kuwasamalira, kuletsa kutuluka kwa zonyansa, ndi kupereka madzi aukhondo. Zachisoni, DOD ikupitiliza kuyipitsa madzi akumwa pomwe EPA simasewera.
Anthu akumwalira ku Colorado Springs ndi madera ena ankhondo. Anthu osauka akukhala m'matumba okhala ndi zitsime pafupi ndi omwe kale anali England AFB ku Alexandria, Louisiana komwe PFAS idapezeka m'madzi apansi pa 10.9 miliyoni ppt, pomwe New Jersey imaletsa zinthu zonse m'madzi apansi ndi madzi akumwa pa 13 ppt.
Kildee akufuna kudziwa momwe DOD yafotokozera zoopsa kwa mamembala ndi mabanja awo omwe mwina adawululidwa. Yankho losavuta ndiloti DOD sinalankhule chilichonse kwa aliyense mpaka chaka cha 2016 kapena apo, ndipo lero, asitikali ambiri, odalira, ndi anthu okhala mozungulira mabasi alibe chidziwitso. Ndikudziwa, ndalankhulapo ndi anthu ambiri m'dziko lonselo omwe sanafananizepo chithovu chozimitsa moto ndi madzi owopsa omwe akumwa.
Kildee akufuna kudziwa mapulani a DOD kuti awone ndikuthetsa vutoli. Pakadali pano, DOD yakhala ikuthetsa vutoli mwanjira yake - popanga ndi kufalitsa nkhani zabodza. Onani gawo langa pa kampeni yabodza ya DOD ya PFAS. Pentagon ikudaliranso kuchotsedwa mwalamulo komwe kumadziwika kuti ndi chitetezo pomwe mayiko akusumira chipukuta misozi pamndandanda wautali wazowonongeka. Pentagon imadalira mamembala otchuka a Congress monga Sen.
John Barrasso ndi omwe amathandizira makampani opanga mankhwala kuti athetse vutoli
msewu. Kumeneko, vuto linathetsedwa.
Kildee ndi oimira anzawo aku Michigan a Debbie Dingell (D-MI,) ndi Fred Upton adayambitsa PFAS Action Act ya 2019 kuti isankhe mankhwala onse a PFAS ngati zinthu zowopsa pansi pa Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act, yomwe imadziwika kuti Superfund. Lamuloli likufuna kuti EPA isankhe mankhwala a PFAS ngati zinthu zowopsa. Izi zitha kukhala zabwino kwa thanzi la anthu komanso chilengedwe chifukwa zitha kukakamiza DOD ndi
ena kuti afotokoze zotulutsidwa ndi kuyeretsa chisokonezo chomwe apanga.
Anthu aku Republican ku Senate atsutsana ndi PFAS Action Act, makamaka chifukwa imayang'anira gulu lonse lamankhwala a PFAS ndikuyika kugwiritsidwa ntchito kwawo kulamulo la Superfund. Mitundu ya House and Senate ya National Defense Authorization Act imasiyana pazifukwa zofunika izi. Tiwona.
Sitingayembekeze zambiri kuchokera ku ofesi ya Inspector General, yomwe yatsutsidwa ndi Congress pamitundu ingapo, makamaka momwe imagwirira ntchito pakufufuza kobweza milandu. Ofesiyi idasamalira madandaulo a anthu 95,613 kuyambira 2013 mpaka 2018. Rep. Kildee ndi amodzi okha.
Tikuyang'ana kuyeretsa komwe kungawononge $ 100 Biliyoni ndipo mphamvu zamphamvu kwambiri padziko lapansi zikuwonetsetsa kuti sizichitika. Inspector General akuyembekeza kuti adzamaliza kuunikaku pofika Januware. Osayembekezera zambiri.
