Ka Pat Elder, World BEYOND War, October 28, 2019
Ofisi ea mohlahlobi Kakaretso ea Lefapha la Ts'ireletso la Amerika e phatlalalitse bekeng e fetileng e tla lekola nalane ea Pentagon ea Per- and Poly Fluoroalkyl Subindows (PFAS) e sentsoeng litsing tsa metsi tsa noo tsa bomasepala haufi le metheo ea sesole naheng ka bophara. Tlhahlobo e ke ke ea hlahloba ts'ebeliso e ka bang teng ea li-carcinogens libakeng tsa sesole tsa US tsa kantle ho naha tsa 800.
Lik'hemik'hale li sebelisoa haholo ho foaming firefire. Li-carcinogenic haholo ebile li kotsi haholo bophelong ba sechaba.
Phatlalatso e tla kamora kopo e tsoang ho Rep. Dan Kildee (D-Mich.) Le ba bang ba batlang ho tseba hore na sesole se tsebile hakae ka litlamorao tse mpe tsa PFAS, hore na DOD e fetisitse litaba tseo joang ho litho tsa ts'ebeletso le ho malapa a bona e kanna ea senoloa, le hore na DOD e theha leano la eona la ho lekola bothata le ho bo rarolla. ”
Re se re ntse re na le likarabo lipotsong tsa Kildee. Sesole se tseba hore PFAS e kotsi ho tloha lilemong tsa bo-70 le mohlomong pejana. Ho etsa phapang efe hore na esale ba patile taba ee halelele hakae? Sebakeng seo, mmuso oa koporasi o shebile haholo ho hloaea ba kulang le ho ba hlokomela, ho emisa phallo ea litšila le ho fana ka metsi a hloekileng. Ka bomalimabe, DOD e ntse e tsoela pele ho silafatsa phepelo ea metsi a nooang ha EPA e le sebapali.
Batho ba hlokahalla Colorado Springs le metseng e meng ea sesole. Batho ba futsanehileng ba lula mekhukhung e nang le liliba tse haufi le eo pele e neng e le Engelane AFB e Alexandria, Louisiana moo PFAS e fumanoeng metsing a lefats'e ho 10.9 mil ppt, ha New Jersey e beha meeli ea metsi a ka tlase le metsi a nooang ka 13 ppt.
Kildee o batla ho tseba hore na DOD e tsebisitse joang likotsi ho litho tsa lits'ebeletso le malapa a bona ba kanna ba pepesoa. Karabo e bonolo ke hore DOD ha ea ka ea bua ka letho ho mang kapa mang ho fihlela 2016 kapa joalo, 'me kajeno, boholo ba litho tsa sesole, batho ba itšetlehileng ka bona, le batho ba lulang libakeng tse haufi ba ntse ba sena leseli. Kea tseba, ke buile le batho ba bangata ho pholletsa le naha ba neng ba qala ho lekanya bubble e tukang mollo ka metsi a kopantsoeng ke 'mele oa nama ea kolobe.
Kildee o batla ho tseba leano la DOD la ho lekola le ho rarolla bothata. Ho fihlela joale, DOD e ntse e rarolla bothata ka tsela ea eona - ka ho hlahisa le ho hasanya phallo e tsitsitseng ea litaba tse seng tsa nnete. Bona sekhechana sa ka letšolong la mashano la DOD la PFAS. Pentagon le eona e ts'epahalla tokollo ea molao e teng ho tsekoeng boits'ireletso ba borena ha linaha li ntse li qosa mats'eliso bakeng sa lethathamo le lelelele la ts'enyo. Pentagon e ipapisitse le litho tse nang le tšusumetso tsa Congress joalo ka Sen.
John Barrasso le indasteri ea bona ea lik'hemik'hale ba kenya letsoho ho theoleng setsi
tsela. Mono, bothata bo rarollotsoe.
Kildee le baemeli ba amanang le Michigan, Debbie Dingell (D-MI,) le Fred Upton ba hlahisitse Molao oa Ts'ebetso oa PFAS oa 2019 ho khetholla lik'hemik'hale tsohle tsa PFAS e le lintho tse kotsi tlasa Molao oa Tlatsetso ea Tikoloho, Tlatsetso le Molato o tsebahalang ka ho fetisisa e le Superfund. Molao o ne o tla hloka hore EPA e qete lik'hemik'hale tsa PFAS e le lintho tse kotsi. Sena se ka ba molemo bakeng sa bophelo bo botle ba sechaba le tikoloho hobane e ne e tla qobella DOD le
ba bang ho tlaleha tokollo le ho hloekisa litšila tseo ba li entseng.
Rephaboliki ho Seneate li tsoile khahlanong le Molao oa Ketso ea PFAS, haholo hobane e laola sehlopha sohle sa lik'hemik'hale tsa PFAS le lithuto tseo ba li sebelisang ho molao oa Superfund. Mefuta ea House and Senate ea National Defense Authorization Molao e fapana ka lintlha tsena tsa bohlokoa. Re tla bona.
Re ke ke ra lebella ho hongata ho tsoa ofising ea Mohlahlobi Kakaretso, e neng e chesoa ke Congress ka mekhahlelo e mengata, haholoholo ts'ebetsong ea lipatlisiso tsa boiphetetso tsa mololi. Ofisi e ile ea sebetsana le litletlebo tsa whistleblower tse 95,613 2013 ho tloha ka 2018 ho isa XNUMX. Rep. Kildee ke e 'ngoe hape.
Re shebile tlhoekiso e ka fifatsang $ 100 Bilione mme mabotho a matla ka ho fetisisa lefats'eng a etsa bonnete ba hore ha e etsahale. Mohlahlobi Kakaretso o ts'epa ho phethela tlhahlobo ka Pherekhong. Se ke oa lebella ho hoholo.
