By Jaden Urbi at CNBC, July 14, 2019
Shanduro yeuto reUnited States yekuputira moto inenge ine ngozi inokonzera mishonga yemakemikari inogona kuva nemigumisiro yakakomba yehutano kune vashandi vanoshanda nayo uye avo vanogara pedyo.
The Dhipatimendi reHurumende rakanga raona nzvimbo dzechiuto zve401 iyo inogona kusvibiswa nemakemikari ane tsvina, anozivikanwa seFPAS, saAugust 2017. IWatch Working Group neNorth-Eastern University yakarongedza zvishoma 712 yakanyorwa zviitiko zvePFAS kusvibiswa kune dzimwe nyika 49, saJuly 2019. Mepu iyi inosanganisira kusvibiswa kune zvigaro zvehondo pamwe chete nemiti yezvinoshambadzira, mahofisi ezvokutengeserana uye nzvimbo dzinodzidzisa moto.
PFAS, inopfupika per- uye polyfluoroalkyl zvinhu, inowanikwa pamatunhu akakwirira mukufungisisa kwemafuro anopisa moto anonzi AFFF, kana kuti aqueous film forming foam, iyo yakanyura mumvura pasi uye dzimwe nguva mvura yakasviba yokunwa. The Environmental Working Group inofungidzira vanopfuura mamiriyoni gumi nemazana eAmerica kunogona kunge kunwa mvura yemapombi yakasvibiswa ne PFAS.
Akabatanidzwa "makemikari asingagumi," PFAS haisi kutadza kuparara mumamiriro ezvinhu, iyo inotsanangura kuti sei mamwe magetsi emvura achiri kusvibiswa kubva kuAFFF kushandiswa makumi emakore apfuura.
ICentral for Disease Control inoziva zvakasiyana utano hwehutano hwakabatanidzwa neFPAS kujekesa, zvakadai sokuderedza mukana wevakadzi wekutora pamuviri, zvinosanganisira kukura kwevana uye kunyange kenza.
Iye zvino, mharaunda uye nhengo dzebasa munyika yose vari kushamisika kuti chii chinonzi PFAS-chakasvibiswa mvura yehutano hwavo nemisha yavo, uye ndiani ane mutoro wekunatsa iyo yose. Iko kutsvaga kunoputika kwematongerwe enyika uye kuchengeteka kwenyika. Mikemikari iri mumapuramu ndeye nyaya mhosva dzemakambani uye tsanangudzo yesayenzi. Uye masayendisiti anonetseka pamusoro pavo kuenderera mberi kutyisidzira hutano hwevanhu.
Uye kunyange zvazvo pane zvinyorwa zvemitemo mhiri kwehurumende, hapana mutemo-unomanikidzika musangano wekunwa doro remvura kana zvasvika kune PFAS.
Kubva munaJuly 2019, Dhipatimendi reHurumende yakashandisa mari inodarika $ 550 mamiriyoni ekuongorora kwePFAS uye mhinduro dzinosanganisira kupa mvura yakabhoderedzwa uye kushandiswa kwemvura mudzimba, maererano naHeather Babb, DOD Spokeswoman. Asi DOD haina kuuya neurongwa hwokuchenesa zvakasvibiswa PFAS munyika yose, chimwe chinhu chinonzi Pentagon chinenge chichikwanisa kutenga $ 2 mabhiriyoni.
CNBC yakaenda kune dzimwe nzvimbo dziri pedyo nezvigaro zvehondo kuti dzione kuti PFAS yakasvibisa sei nhasi. Tarisa vhidhiyo iri pamusoro apa kuti unzwe kubva kune vanhu vane simba, veterans uye vakuru veuto.
