NePat Elder, World BEYOND War, July 14, 2019
Seni.John Barrasso, (R-WY) ndeyeSeneate kumusoro
mutori wemari kubva kumakemikari.
Kune hondo yekurwa muimba dzeCongress iyo ichakurumidza kuona kana hurumende yeUnited States ichatora matanho ekudzivirira vanhu kubva pakusvibiswa kunouraya kunokonzerwa nekubudiswa kwePer- uye polyfluoroalkyl substances, (PFAS) kubva kumasoja uye nzvimbo dzemabhizimisi. Miti iyi haina kukwanisa kuve yakakwirira nehutano hwevanhu hwakasimbiswa ne "makemikari ekusingaperi." Zvinopfuura madhora gumi nemaviri ari kukurukurirana pamwe chete nehombedzero yezvigadziriswa zvigadziriswa kuNational Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) inogona kuda zvehondo uye vanozvitsvaga vari voga kuti vatsve muviri wavo wePPAS. Congress ine simba rehupenyu rekushandisa mune izvi makemikari. Senyaya inobatsira hazvibviri.
Kune humwe hurumende kune Capitol Hill avo vari kurwisana kuti vadzivirire hutano hwevanhu, kunyange zvazvo nhamba yavo iri kuderedzwa. Nhau yacho iri nyore. Hondo ndeye mutadzi akaipisisa, kutyisa mamiriyoni pasi rose kuburikidza nekushandiswa kwayo kwemafirimu-forming foam (AFFF) mumigumo yekudzidzira moto. IAAFFF ine huwandu hwehutachiona hweFCAS uye inobvumirwa kunyura mumvura yepasi, mvura yepamusoro, uye masisiti emvura emaspala, zvichipa migwagwa yakawanda kumunhu kushandiswa.
Vazhinji vanoita zvemitemo vanozeza kushevedza mauto - kunyangwe zvanyatso nyorwa kuti mauto ari kuisa chepfu kuvanhu kufa. Vazhinji vamiririri vanotsigirwa nemari neyakagadzirwa muhomwe makemikari indasitiri. Vakuru-vatambi venguva senge Chemours (spinoff yeDuPont), 3M, uye Dow Corning kurwisa matanho emitemo anotyisidzira kwavo kwepazasi. Vari kutya kuti vanozozvidavirira nekuda kwehunhu hwavo pahutano hwevanhu uye nharaunda, kunyangwe ivo vasingade kunetseka zvakanyanya nekuti vakatenga iyo yavanofunga kuti ndiyo Congress yakanyanya kunaka. Mitezo mishoma kwazvo inotungamirirwa nehana yekuraira. Kune nhengo zhinji, mari inovaisa ipapo. Ndiyo mari yavanoshandira.
Musi waJuly 9, imba yakagamuchira kushandurwa kweNADAA yakarongedzwa naReps.Debbie Dingell (D-MI) naDan Kildee (D-MI) izvo zvaida kuti EPA inyore mishonga yakasvibiswa sezvinhu zvinokuvadza pasi pemutemo weSupfund. Kusarudzwa PFAS sechinhu chinokuvadza chinogona kumanikidzira mauto nemaindasitiri kuchenesa marwadzo avakaita.
Mukamuri yepamusoro, boka remasenare rinotungamirirwa Tom Carper, (D-Del), Nhengo Yakatarisana neDare reSenate neMagariro Evanhu, havana kubudirira mukuda kwavo kuronga mutemo waizodaro PFAS sechinhu chinokuvadza. Kuita izvi kwaizoita kuti zvive nemazana emabhiriyoni emadhora ekuzvidzivirira nekushanda, kunyanya apo zvese masangano akazviziva kwezvizvarwa zviviri izvo zvave zvichiparadza nyika ye genetics uye nemaitiro evanhu ekudzivirira zvirwere kuburikidza nekuparara nyika nemvura.
Carper akamhanya achipikisana naJohn Barrasso, Sachigaro weSenate's Environment and Public Works Committee. Barrasso anonetseka nezvemhosva inogona kutarisana nevatongi vake: Dhipatimendi reZviviri, Chemours, 3M, uye Dow Corning. Barrasso ndiye anogamuchirwa mukuru muSenate yemari kubva kumakemikari. Vari kutisvibisa uye ari kubvumira kuti ienderere mberi.
Barrasso anoshandura chinangwa kubva kune avo vanobatsira vechokwadi kumaruwa emvura yekumaruwa uye vatariri vemasvingo emaspala nemasitosvi enyika yose. Anoti haadi kuisa chikwereti cheSpafund pamapato aya akapa nzira yekeminiti inoparadza utano hwevanhu. Nechinangwa chemauto uye zvemabhizimisi kubva mubvunzo, hakuna munhu achazove ane mhosva uye ndicho chinangwa chaBarrasso.
Mukutaura kwaJuly 10, Barrasso akambomira mutemo weDare Rules Rules reDingell-Kildee kuchinja kwaizoita kuti apiwe chikwereti che Superfund pane zvose zvinosvibisa PFAS. Akati, "Dzimba dzeDemocrat dziri kuronga kusungira zvikwata zvemahombekombe ekumahara, varimi uye ranchers, zvinoshandiswa mvura, uye mabhizimisi mashomanana mashoma nemabhiriyoni emadhora muine mhosva," akadaro Barrasso. "Izvi ndizvo zvinoitika apo Imba inoendesa mitemo uye inorega kukanganisa komiti. Zvavanofunga hazvizovi mutemo. "
Tiri kurarama hope dzinotyisa. Musi waChikunguru 11, Seneti yeUS yakatambira Peter Wright, akasarudzwa Mutungamiri President Trump kuti vatungamire Hofisi yeEPA yeLand & Emergency Management (OLEM). (52-38) OLEM inotarisira kuchenesa Superfund pamwe chete nehutano hunoenderana nemamwe mapurogiramu emarara. Wright ndiye aimbova Dow DuPont gweta uye akashandisa basa rake kurwisana neEPA nokuda kwevasvina. Zvaanokoshesa hazvirevi kuchengetedza mamiriro ezvinhu. Dow aiva nenhoroondo yakareba yekutsausa vanhu pamusoro pehutachiona hwehuwandu panguva yaWright. Wright akachengetwa muDow panguva yaakaisa ripoti rake rokuzivisa mari.
Mutungamiri Trump anoti achabvumira imba NDAA musarudzo nekuda kwezvigadzirwa zvinoda kuti DOD iparadze kushandiswa kwayo kwe PFAS-ine AFFF uye zviyero zvingamanikidza DOD kubvisa kusvibiswa kwePASAS. Takaona shinje iyi na Air Force inotaura inotaura seMichigan kuti "hurumende yehurumende inotenderera iyo inobvumira kuti irege kukanganisa Dhipatimendi reMichigan reMafanirwo eEmigariro yekuedza kumanikidzira kutevedzwa kwayo nemitemo inotora kuwanda kwemakemikari ePPP achipinda pamusoro pemvura." Vamiririri Debbie Dingell naDhani Kildee, vatungamiri muhondo kuronga PFAS se zvinhu zvinokuvadza uye inokumbira chikwereti che Superfund, zvose kubva kuMichigan, nyika yakakunda zvakanyanya nedenda.
Mafungiro epfungwa yeTrump Administration anofungidzirwa mune izvi Chirevo cheKutonga Danho :
"Perfluorooctane Sulfonate (PFOS) uye Perfluorooctanoic Acid (PFOA) Inoshandiswa paMauto Kuisirwa - Iyo Dhivhosi inopokana zvakanyanya nechirongwa ichi, icho chinopa masimba kuDOD kurapa matsime emvura kana kupa mvura yekutsiva yezvinangwa zvekurima uko tsime remvura" rakashatiswa " nePFOA nePFOS kubva kumabasa echiuto. Uchishandisa iyo EPA yekumwa mvura yehutano yezano (HA) kuona nzvimbo dzinoenderana nechikamu chino chebhiri chingave chisingaenderane nesainzi hwaro hwe HA - haina kuvakwa kuti itaridze nhanho dzisina hutano dzePFOA / PFOS mumvura inoshandiswa muzvinangwa zvekurima kana hutano hwevanhu mhedzisiro kubva mukudyiwa kwezvikafu zvinogadzirwa uchishandisa mvura yekurima ine PFOA / PFOS. Pamusoro pezvo, pamutengo mukuru uye nekukanganisa chinangwa cheDOD, mutemo unosarudza DOD, mumwe chete anotsigira nyaya yenyika iyi. ”
Uyu mutemo uchaguma nekutambura kusinganzwisisiki, rufu, uye dambudziko rezvakatipoteredza. PFOS uye PFOA ndiyo zvinhu zviviri zvinouraya zvakamboitika. Vanouraya nokusingaperi. Zvinongova zviviri zvehuwandu hwe5,000 zvakanyatsosangana nemakemikari zvivako zvinonzi PFAS.
Mashoko avo anoratidza pfungwa yekuzvimirira.
DOD ingadai isina "simba rakapiwa." Panzvimbo pezvo, raizova pasi pemutemo rinorayira kuti rive rakagadzirisa zvirongwa zvemvura zvakasvibiswa munyika yose. Uye nei zvakashata zvisinganzwisisiki zvinyorwa zvinoreva nezvemvura "yakasvibiswa" nePFAO ne PFAS? Uku kushandiswa kwakaipa kwechiratidzo.
Zvechokwadi, mazano emagariro ehutano anoshandiswa kupa ruzivo pamusoro pezvinosvibisa zvinogona kukonzera matambudziko ehutano hwevanhu uye anozivikanwa kuti zvinoitika mumvura yekunwa. Mazano ezvehutano haasi kusungirirwa uye asingasaruri. Ivo vakaita se "misoro!" Kwezvizvarwa zviviri zvemauto uye zvayo zvehutsotsi-vatengesi vangave vachiziva kuti madhiyabhorosi anowanikwa mune PFAS. Mauto uye indasitiri vanofanira kunge vauya vakachena uye vanochengeta mitemo vanofanira kunge vakarambidza zvinhu muZ70.
IWhite House ine unyanzvi hwokutaurira "mari inogona kunge yakakosha uye inobatsira zvikuru pabasa reDOD." Vari kuisa vavariro dzeumambo pamberi peutano hwevanhu. Vanyori vezvakaitika kare vanogona kuongorora maitiro aya rimwe zuva uye vanovaona sechinhu chinoshamisa chokuchinja munhoroondo yevanhu. Vashoma vari kunyatsoteerera.
