NePat Mukuru, January 20, 2019
Air National Guard Base, Michigan.
PFAS inowanikwa mumvura yekunwa pedyo neHarare Creek National Guard Base.
America iri kutarisana nematambudziko makuru ehutano huri munharaunda yaro kusvika kusvika vanhu mamiriyoni 110 iyo inogona kubudiswa kunwa mvura inonwa yakasvibiswa nePer and Poly Fluoroalkyl Substances, kana PFAS. Chinhu chinonyanya kukonzera kusvibiswa kwemakemikari kunobva pamhepo yakawanda inokonzera kupisa (AFFF) inoshandiswa mukudzidzira moto nguva dzose pane zvigaro zvehondo. Masoja anobvumira zvinyuchi kuti zvipinde mumvura pasi pano kuti zvisvibise zvikwata zvakapoteredza zvinoshandisa mvura iri pasi mumiti yavo nemasisita emvura emunharaunda.
Pentagon haitore chikwereti uye inoramba kubhadhara kuchenesa kusvibiswa kwayakakonzera. Wemauto Col. Andrew Wiesen, director weDOD weMishonga Inodzivirira yeHofisi yehutano anoti hutachiona ibasa reEPA. "Hatiiti kuita main research munzvimbo ino," akaudza iyo Marine Corps Times. "EPA inotarisira izvi," akadaro. "DoD haina kutarisa zvakasununguka pamakemikari uye haina" kuwedzera kutsvaga mune izvi, nezvehutano hwePFOS / PFOA, zvishoma nezvandinoziva. "
Parizvino, Air Force hazvizoitizve nharaunda nhatu dzeColorado nemari yakashandiswa kupindura kusvibiswa kwemvura kunokonzerwa nefuro rinopisa moto. Iyo AFFF yaimbove yakashandiswa kuPeterson Air Force Base, inogona kusiya mataundi aine $ 11 mamirioni tab. Air Force yakati zvimwe zvinyorwa zvingangodaro zvakakonzera kusvibiswa kwemvura, kunyange pasina chakawanikwa.
Kupfuura mishonga ye3,000 inokanganisa PFAS yakagadzirwa. Zviviri zvevakafa ndezvePerlulu Octane Sulfonate (PFOS) uye Perfluoro Octanoic Acid (PFOA). Iyo inobatsira chaizvo pakudzima moto unotyisa wepetroleum.
PFOS & PFOA inozivikanwa seye "makemikari anogara aripo" nekuti haasvibise nharaunda. Iwo matavi emauto ari mubishi rekuchinja kune mamwe zvishoma zvishoma zvinouraya kupisa moto moto.
EPA inoramba ichibvumira zvinosvibisa PFAS zvinouraya kushandiswa panguva Harvard masayendisiti anoti 1 chikamu chetabhiriyoni (ppt) inogona kunge ichikuvadza hutano hwevanhu.
EPA yakabatanidzwa Lifetime Health Advisory (LHA) yemakemikari maviri ndeye 70 ppt apo Sangano reToxic Substances uye Registry Registry (ATSDR) raisa mararamiro ehupenyu hwehupenyu hwehupenyu hwe11 ppt ye PFOA uye 7 ppt ye PFOS.
Mutsara wekutsvaga mufananidzo unoedza kushamwaridza chiitiko cheFAFFF maitiro pamusoro pezvidzidzo zvehondo nemazinga akawedzerwa emvura pasi pano ane chepfu muzvikamu zvakapoteredza.
Muwandu we PFOS / PFOA kusvibiswa mumatsime emvura pasi pemvura kunotorwa kubva pane izvi Report DOD. Mashoko akataurwa neDOD mumushumo akabatanidzwawo.
Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado
88,400 ppt (PFOS + PFOA) inoonekwa mumvura pasi.
DOD Comments: Varidzi vezvakazvimiririra varidzi vanopihwa under-sink (kicheni) reverse osmosis (RO) zvikamu. Mvura yemumabhodhoro iri kupihwa kune vashandi vechitoro. Yakadzika-kuyerera granular yakagadziriswa kabhoni (GAC) masisitimu akaisirwa pane imwe (1) mobile home park uye imwe (1) purazi imba. Imwe kereke yemunharaunda yaive yakabatana nemvura yeguta. Mvura yemabhodhoro iri kupihwa kune makumi mashanu neshanu mune imwe nhare yekumba.
MunaOctober, 2016 kupfuura 150,000 gallons yemakemikari anopisa moto akabudiswa mu Colorado Springs Utilities sewer system.
Eglin Air Force Base, Florida
280,000 ppt (PFOS + PFOA) inoonekwa mumvura pasi.
DOD Comments: Yakapedzisa iyo yepasi-yakafara Chekutanga Kuongorora uye yakagashira mutemo kubvumirana pane zvakawanikwa. Yakatanga iyo yepasirese-yakakura Saiti Kuongorora kwePFOS uye PFOA.
Joint Base Langley-Eustis Virginia
2,200,000 ppt PFOS + PFOA inowanikwa mumvura pasi.
DOD Comments: Yakapedzisa iyo yepasi-yakafara Chekutanga Kuongorora uye yakagashira mutemo kubvumirana pane zvakawanikwa. Yakatanga iyo yepasirese-yakakura Saiti Kuongorora kwePFOS uye PFOA.
Ellsworth Air Force Base, South Dakota
551,000 ppt PFOS + PFOA inowanikwa mumvura pasi.
DOD Comments: Yakapedza yakatemwa Yekutanga Kuongorora / Saiti Kuongorora kwePFOS nePFOA yakagashira mutemo kuwirirana pane zvakawanikwa. Yakatangisa Kuferefetwa Kwekugadzirisa pane yaimbove nzvimbo yekudzidzira moto uye ndokupedzisa chikamu chekutanga chebasa remumunda muZhizha 2017. Yakatanga hwaro hwakawanda hweSite Inspection.
Fairchild Air Force Base, Washington
5,700 ppt (PFOS + PFOA) inoonekwa mumvura pasi.
DOD Comments: Makumi makumi mana nematatu kubva pamakumi mana nematanhatu ematsime ekunwa, uye 43 ye104 masisitimu emvura yeruzhinji akapfuura iyo LHA kuFairchild. Kutaurirana MOU nemunharaunda; inogona kuisa GAC kusefa pane yeruzhinji DW mvura sisitimu; ECD -kuda kutsunga. Isa dzimba dzese kusefa masisitimu munzvimbo dzekugara dzine matsime ekunwa akazvimirira.
Travis Air Force Base, California
40,000 ppt (PFOS + PFOA) inoonekwa mumvura pasi.
DOD Comments: Yakapedzisa iyo yepasi-yakafara Chekutanga Kuongorora uye yakagashira mutemo kubvumirana pane zvakawanikwa. Yakatanga iyo yepasirese-yakakura Saiti Kuongorora kwePFOS uye PFOA.
Jacksonville Naval Air Station, Florida
1,397,120 ppt (PFOS + PFOA) inoonekwa mumvura pasi.
DOD: Hapana Comments.
Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska
2,000,000 ppt (PFOS + PFOA) inoonekwa mumvura pasi.
DOD Comments: Yakazadza nheyo-yepamusoro yekutanga kwekuongorora uye yakagamuchira kutarisana kwekutonga pane zvakawanikwa. Yakatangira nheyo yepamusoro-soro yekuongorora nzvimbo yeFPOS uye PFOA.
Channel Islands Air National Guard Base, California
- Mufananidzo weUS Air Force naJM Eddins Jr.
1,080,000 ppt (PFOS + PFOA) inoonekwa mumvura pasi.
DOD: Hapana Comments.
Beale Air Force Base, California
200,000 ppt (PFOS + PFOA) inoonekwa mumvura pasi.
DOD Comments: Yakapedzisa iyo yepasi-yakafara Chekutanga Kuongorora uye yakagashira mutemo kubvumirana pane zvakawanikwa. Yakatanga iyo yepasirese-yakakura Saiti Kuongorora kwePFOS uye PFOA.
Musha weGomo AF Base, Idaho
Chirongwa chepurogiramu chekudzivirira paMakomo Home AFB.
105 ppt yePFOS + PFOA yakaonekwa mumvura yekumwa.
DOD Comments: Kunwa mvura sampling uye kuongorora kwakaitika. Mvura yakabhoderedzwa yakatengwa sehutano hwepakati pezvokuchengetedza apo matsime akasvibiswa akaongororwa, uye chirongwa chakagadzirwa.
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