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Muzukuru wangu, murwi wechiuto akapedza nguva yake yakawanda 20 uye mamwe makore muchiuto muSouth Korea, ikozvino mutungamiriri wemauto ehurumende anogara pachigadziko muAfghanistan. Chekutaura kwedu chete nezve kusvibiswa kwemauto eUS muSouth Korea yaive chinhu chemunhu asiriye.
Nyika mbiri idzi dzeAsia, dzakaparadzaniswa mukusimudzira, hupfumi uye kusimba, vane chimwe chinhu chakafanana - zvakasvibiswa zvakanyanya zvidyiro zvemauto zveUS, izvo nyika yedu isingatore mutoro wezvemari. Anosvibisa anobhadhara (aka "unoityora, unoigadzirisa") haishande kuuto reUnited States kunze kwenyika. Kana vashandiwo zvavo uye vazhinji varwi veUS vakamira panzvimbo idzi vane mukana wekuhwina muripo wezvekurapa nekuda kwehurwere hwavo hune chekuita nekusviba.
Funga nezvemakomba ekupisa emauto. Mukukurumidza kwayo kwehondo, DOD haina hanya nemitemo yayo yezvemamiriro ekunze uye yakabvumidza makomba ekupisa-akazaruka - "mabhuru makuru ane chepfu" - pamazana emabheseni eUS muAfghanistan, Iraq neMiddle East. Ivo vakagara pakati pekugara dzimba, basa uye nzvimbo dzekudyira, ne zero zero kusvibisa kudzora. Matani emarara - avhareji yemapaundi gumi zuva rega rega pamusoja - anopiswa mukati mawo mazuva ese, zuva rese nehusiku hwese, kusanganisira tsvina yemakemikari neyekurapa, oiri, mapurasitiki, mishonga yekuuraya zvipuka uye zvitunha. Ash yakazara nemazana ehupfu uye carcinogens zvakasvibisa mweya uye zvakapfekedza zvipfeko, mibhedha, madhesiki uye dzimba dzekudyira, sekuongorora kweHurumende Accounting Hofisi. Rakaburitswa 10 Army memo inoyambira kuti njodzi dzehutano kubva mumakomba anopisa dzinogona kudzikamisa kushanda-kwemapapu uye kuwedzera zvirwere zvemapapu nemoyo, pakati pavo COPD, asthma, atherosclerosis kana zvimwe zvirwere zvemoyo.
Zvinofungidzirwa, vatungamiriri vevatariri vanovharira kwenguva pfupi apo vezvematongerwo enyika nevakuru vemajuru vakauya kuzoshanya.
Vashoma veterans vanoverengera kupisa gomba chepfu vakunda mubhadharo wechirwere chakasimba, chisingaperi chekufema. Hakuna Afghani yemuno kana mugari wemuIraq kana akazvimirira akazvimirira. Hondo dzinogona kupera, zvigadziko zvogona kuvhara, asi huwandu hwemauto edu ane chepfu anoramba aripo senhaka ine chepfu kuzvizvarwa zvinotevera.
Chimbofunga zvinotevera mazana maviri nemakumi maviri emabhiramu eAgent Orange herbicide nemazana ematani emakemikari ane njodzi, akavigwa kuCamp Carroll, kuSouth Korea, sekutaura kweuchapupu hwevaimbova varwi veUS munaMay 250. "Isu takaviga marara edu kumashure kwavo, ”Akadaro veteran Steve House. Mishumo yekutanga nezveUS yekuchera madhiramu ari kuora uye ivhu rakasviba kubva pachigadziko haaburitse kwavari. Ongororo yezvakatipoteredza yakaitwa nemauto eUS kuCamp Carroll muna 2011 na1992 vakawana ivhu nemvura yepasi zvakashatiswa zvakanyanya ne dioxin, mishonga yekuuraya zvipuka uye zvinonyungudutsa. Mhedzisiro iyi haina kuzombobvumwa kuhurumende yeSouth Korea kudzamara humbowo hwevarwi veUS ku nhepfenyuro yenhau mu2004.
Camp Carroll iri padyo neRwizi rweNakdong, iyo mvura yekunwa mvura yemaguta makuru maviri erwizi. Cancer zviyero uye kufa kwehuropi system yezvirwere pakati pevaKorea munzvimbo yakatenderedza US base yakakwira kupfuura mwero wenyika.
Ndine shamwari dziri muAsia nyika dzine nhoroondo dzakasungirirwa kuUnited States kubva kuHondo Yenyika II, nyika dziri kushuvira neChina nekuda kwehukasha hwehupfumi hwayo. Kunyange vazhinji veidzi shamwari vachiramba zvakanyanya kuvapo kwemauto eUS munyika dzawo, vashoma vanoratidza pfungwa yekuchengetedzeka vaine zvigaro zvemauto eUS sekupokana neChina. Nekudaro, izvi zvinondiyeuchidza nezve vana vachivimba nevanochikoro vanodheerera, vane hunyanzvi uye maitiro haawanzo kusimbisa kukura kwevana kusataura nezve kugadzikana kwenzvimbo muAsia.
Yedu mitero inotsigira anosvika 800 ekunze zvigadziko, nemazana ezviuru evarwi uye makondirakiti emauto mune anopfuura 70 nyika. Pasi rese rakasanganiswa rine mamwe ma30 ekunze zvigadziko. Fungawo, kuti United States ndiyo inotungamira mutengesi wepasi rese wezvombo zvehondo, iine $ 42 bhiriyoni mukutengesa uye inotarisirwa kuwedzera mu2018. Yedu hurumende yakarongedzwa bhajeti re2018 inowedzera kuchengetedza kwemauto ekudzivirira (yatova yakawanda kupfuura yose mari yekushandisa mudzidzo, dzimba, zvekufambisa zvivakwa, zvakatipoteredza, simba, kutsvakisisa, uye zvimwe) zvichitadzisa kurasikirwa kune zvirongwa zvepamba.
Kwete chete kuti isu tinongosiya nharaunda dzakasvibiswa dzakasarudzika pasirese munzvimbo yedu yepasi sebasa repamusoro apo vatengesi vedu vezvombo vanobatsira kubva kunetsana pasi rose, asi isu tinodaro nekuregeredzwa kwevagari vedu:
Pfuti imwe neimwe yakagadzirwa, kurwa kwega kwega kwakatangwa, rombo roga roga rakabudiswa rinoratidza, mupfungwa yekupedzisira, kuba kubva kune vane nzara uye vasina kudyiwa, avo vanotonhora uye vasina kupfeka. Nyika ino mumaoko haisi kushandisa mari wega. Iri kupedzera ziya ziya revashandi vayo, hunyanzvi hwevasayenzi hwayo, iko kutarisira kwevana vayo. ~ Mutungamiri Eisenhower, 1953
Pat Hynes akashanda saS Superfund mainjiniya eUS EPA New England. Iye aenda pamudyandigere purofesa weEn Health Health, anotungamira Traprock Center for Peace and Justice kumadokero kweMassachusetts.
