NePat Elder, World BEYOND War, October 28, 2019
Hofisi yeInspector General yeUS Department of Defense yakazivisa svondo rapfuura kuti ichaongorora nhoroondo yePentagon yePer- uye Poly Fluoroalkyl Subitu (PFAS) yakapinda mumatsime emvura emumabhangi ekunwa pedyo nemabhiza ehondo mukati menyika. Ongororo yacho haizoongorora mashandisiro anogona kuita iyo carcinogens ku800 yekune dzimwe nyika mauto easse.
Makemikari anoshandiswa zvakanyanya mukuwisira moto foam. Ivo zvakanyanya carcinogenic uye ine ngozi zvakanyanya kuhutano hweveruzhinji.
Chiziviso ichi chinouya mushure mekukumbira kubva kuRep. Dan Kildee (D-Mich.) Nevamwe vanoda kuziva kuti "mauto akaziva riini nezvekukuvadza kwePFAS, kuti DOD yakazivisa sei njodzi idzi kunhengo dzevashandi uye mhuri dzavo?" anogona kunge akafumurwa, uye kuti DOD iri kugadzira sei hurongwa hwayo hwekuongorora uye kugadzirisa dambudziko iri. "
Isu tatova nemhinduro kumibvunzo yaKildee. Iwo mauto anoziva PFAS inouraya kubvira yekutanga 70's uye pamwe pakutanga. Ndeupi mutsauko zvinoita kuti vave nenguva yakareba sei vachivanza izvi? Panzvimbo iyoyo, iyo hurumende yemubatanidzwa inotarisana nekuongorora vanorwara nekuvachengeta, kumisa kuyerera kwezvinhu zvinosvibisa, nekupa mvura yakachena. Zvinosuruvarisa, iyo DOD inoramba ichisvibisa mvura yekumwa nepo iyo EPA isiri-mutambi.
Vanhu vari kufa muColorado Springs nedzimwe nharaunda dzemauto. Varombo varikugara mumakashoni ane matsime ari pedyo neyaimbova England AFB muAlexandria, Louisiana uko PFAS yakawanikwa mumvura yepasi pe10.9 miriyoni ppt, nepo New Jersey ichimisa zvinhu mumvura yepasi uye yekunwa mvura pa13 ppt.
Kildee anoda kuziva kuti DOD yakataurira sei njodzi kunhengo dzevekushandira pamwe nemhuri dzavo dzinogona kunge dzakafumurwa. Mhinduro yakapusa ndeyekuti DOD haina kutaurirana zvakawanda chero chinhu kune chero munhu kusvika 2016 kana zvakadaro, uye nhasi, vazhinji vemauto, vanovimba, uye vanhu vanogara vakatenderedza zvigadziko havasati vaine chirevo. Ndinoziva, ndataura kune vazhinji kudunhu risati ratomboenzanisa moto unodzima moto necocinogenic mvura yavari kumwa.
Kildee anoda kuziva chirongwa cheDOD chekuyedza uye kugadzirisa dambudziko. Parizvino, iyo DOD yanga ichigadzirisa dambudziko nenzira yayo - nekuburitsa nekuparadzira kuyerera kwakadzikama kwenhau dzenhema. Ona chidimbu changu pane iyo DOD's PFAS yekuparadzira mushandirapamwe. Pentagon iri kuvimbawo nemutemo wekuregererwa zviri pamutemo mukuzvitonga kuzvitonga kuzere apo nyika dzinomhan'ara muripo werondedzero refu yekukuvara. Pentagon inoenderana nenhengo dzine simba dzeCongress saSen.
John Barrasso uye indasitiri yavo yemakemikari inobatsira kurova vanogona pasi
mugwagwa. Ikoko, dambudziko rakagadziriswa.
Kildee nevamwe vamiririri veMichigan, Dhebhbie Dingell (D-MI,) naFred Upton vakaunza Mutambo wePFAS we2019 kuenzanisa makemikari ese ePFAS sezvinhu zvine ngozi pasi peComprehensive Environmental Response, Mari yeMubhadharo, uye Mutoro weKuita, zviri nani kuzivikanwa seS Superfund. Mutemo waizoda kuti EPA ishe makemikari ePFAS sezvinhu zvine ngozi. Izvi zvingave zvakanaka kune veruzhinji hutano uye nharaunda nekuti zvaizomanikidza DOD uye
vamwe kuendesa kuburitsa uye kuchenesa zvakashata zvavakaita.
MaRepublican muSeneti akabuda achipesana nePFAS Action Act, kunyanya nekuti inochengetedza chikamu chose chemakorasi ePFAS uye zvinyorwa zvavanoshandisa kumutemo weSuperfund. Imba neSeneti shanduro dzeNational Defense Authorization Act dzakasiyana pane izvi zvakakosha zvibodzwa. Tichaona.
Hatigone kutarisira zvakawanda kubva kuhofisi yaInspector General, iyo yakapiswa nemoto kubva kuCongress kumativi mazhinji, kunyanya kubata kwenyaya yekutsvagiridza muridzo. Hofisi iyi yakabata 95,613 zvichemo zvemuridzi kubva muna 2013 kusvika 2018. Rep. Kildee anongova mumwezve.
Tiri kutarisa pakuchenesa kunogona kuvhara $ 100 Bhirioni uye masimba akasimba kwazvo munyika ari kuona kuti hazviitike. Inspector General vanotarisira kupedzisa ongororo muna Ndira. Usatarisira zvakawanda.
