NaPat Mukuru, Gumiguru 2, 2020
Inenge mwedzi minomwe yapfuura - Kurume 3, 2020 - kuti ive chaiyo, mazana matatu ane hanya vagari vakapunzika muraibhurari yeLexington Park kuti vanzwe Navy ichidzivirira mashandisiro ayo e-ne-poly fluoroalkyl zvinhu (PFAS) kuPatuxent River Naval Air Station ( Pax Rwizi) uye Webster Kunze kweMunda.
Vanhu vaive nehanya nekuti ini ndakanga ndichangobva kuburitsa mhedzisiro yekuyedza kuratidza nyeredzi nyeredzi dzehupfu muSt. Inigoes Creek, zasi kuno kuSt. Mary's County, ingori 2,400 XNUMX mamaira kubva kuWebster Field uko zvinhu zvaiwanzoshandiswa kwemakore mazhinji.
Ini pakarepo ndakagovana zvabuda zvangu neMadganine Dhipatimendi reZvakatipoteredza (MDE), uye ndakagamuchira iyi mhinduro kubva kumutauriri. “Bazi rezveMamiriro ekunze reMaryland parizvino harina mazano ezvinosvibisa maoyster. Iyo chete inozivikanwa zvikumbaridzo zvePFAS zvine hukama nemvura yekunwa, uko njodzi yekuratidzwa iri yakanyanya. "
Mhinduro kubva kuMDC inoratidza kusaita kwehurumende uye nenzira isiriyo inotaura kuti kuratidzwa kwePFAS kwakanyanya mukumwa mvura. Iyo yakawanda kwazvo yePFAS mumitumbi yedu iri kuburikidza nekudyiwa kwechikafu chegungwa kubva kune yakasviba mvura. Ose maNavy uye MDE anonzwisisa izvi chaizvo. Zviri nyore kuti nyika ikumbire izvi nekuti zvekunwisa matunhu emunharaunda zvinogona kurapwa. Kugadziridza kusvibiswa kwemauto kwenzira dzemvura dzisina kusimba yenyika iri imwe nyaya. Aya "emakemikari anogara aripo" uye vanonamira kwenguva refu, chimwe chinhu senge hafu-yehupenyu yezvinhu zvine radioactive.
Nguva pfupi mushure memusangano kuraibhurari, iyo yakaratidza kuve njodzi yeruzhinji kune veNavy uye vanoigonesa, iyo MDE, nyika yakatangisa chidzidzo chekutyaira kuyera degree rePFAS kusvibiswa mumvura yepamusoro uye maoysters padyo nePax River. uye Webster Munda. MDE yakazivisa kuti mhedzisiro yacho ichave yakagadzirira pakati paMay.
Mhedzisiro iripi, Maryland?
Per fluoro octane sulfonic acid (PFOS) yakawanikwa pamahombekombe angu pamazana mazana mashanu nemakumi mashanu nemana ezviuru patirioni. (ppt.) PFOS ndiyo mhando inouraya yakaipisisa yemakemikari ese ePFAS uye inoshamisa bio kuunganidza, zvinoreva kuti inovaka - uye haimboputsika mumakamba, maoyster, nehove dzinogara dzichidyiwa neMarylanders.
Zvichibva pamhedzisiro yangu uye mhedzisiro kubva kumazana ehove nematanho akabatanidzwa ePFOS mumigwagwa yemvura kutenderera nyika, Maryland ine maoyster ane zviuru zvezvikamu pamatirioni ePFOS nepo vatungamiriri venyika vehutano vatiyambira kuti tisadya zvinopfuura 1 ppt pazuva rezvinhu izvi zvine chepfu zvinosanganiswa necancer yakawanda uye kusagadzikana kwe fetus.
Kudzoka munaKurume, Ira May, anoona nezvekushambidzwa kwenzvimbo dzeMDC, akabvunza kana paine kusvibiswa muSt. Inigoes Creek zvichibva pamhedzisiro yandakawana. Kana makemikari aivapo, akataura kuti angadai akauya achibva kudhipatimendi remoto remunharaunda. Zviteshi zvemoto muVall Lee neRidge zviri mamaira angangoita mashanu. Mukomana wepamusoro wenyika anovhara zvechiuto.
Tichakamirira mhedzisiro. iyo MDE yakaburitsa chirevo chinokatyamadza pfungwa maererano nekusvibiswa kwePFAS:
“Vatengi vanofanirwa kuziva kuti njodzi yekutsvaira kubva mukudyiwa kwehove nehozhwa dzinotengeswa kazhinji kazhinji kushoma pane yehove nehove dzinobatidzwa. Izvi zvinodaro nekuti vatengi vanotenga hove uye hove kubva kune mutengesi ane chitupa havasi kuwana hove kana hove kubva panzvimbo imwechete vhiki rega rega kana mwedzi. ”
Iyi ndiyo mhosva yeruzhinji mutemo. Isa kumusoro kana kuvhara, Maryland. Mhedzisiro iripi?
