Umhla oMtsha woMhlaba

NguTom H. Hastings, Epreli 22, 2020

Xa ndandizalwa kwiminyaka engama-70 eyadlulayo kwakungekho uSuku loMhlaba. Oko kuqalile kwiminyaka engama-50 eyadlulayo. Ngaphambi koMhla woMhlaba umkhosi wase-US wawusebenzisa ukungcolisa.

• Iphephandaba lasekuhlaleni e-Utah umbiko indawo ezininzi ezikwelo lizwe, uninzi lwasemkhosini, kubandakanywa isiseko soMkhosi woMoya, zinamanzi aphantsi komhlaba angcoliswe ngokusisigxina “yimichiza engapheliyo” ethi, njengoko igama lisitsho ukuba soze siwe phantsi kwaye ziyingozi empilweni.
• I-Arhente ye-Arhente yeDemocrat umbiko I-Pentagon inyanzelise isitokhwe se-PFAS (izinto zePerfluoroalkyl, okanye iichemicals ezingapheliyo), eyaziwa ngokuba sisisongelo kwimpilo yabantu, yaya kwiziko lokutshiswa kwemizi-mveliso phakathi kweArklefpiya neG Gum Springs, apho yatshiswa khona, nangona iyindawo engqongileyo. inkampani yomthetho izamile ukufumana umthetho ukuba ingawuthinteli.
• Phezulu kwisimo saseWashington, uSomlomo woPhengululo lweSpokane umbiko Isizwe seKalispel simangalela iSebe lezoKhuselo ngokungcolisa amanzi okusela kwindawo ekuchithelwa kuyo indawo ekufuphi neFairchild AFB. UZach Welcker, elinye lamagqwetha esi sizwe, wathi kwingxelo, “Abaqulunqi, abavelisi kunye nabasebenzisi bePFAS-abanomlilo abuyileyo bayazi eminyaka Ezi khemikhali zinetyhefu kakhulu kwaye zinokufudukela kwiindawo zikawonke-wonke nangabucala. ”
• Ukubuyela empuma eSouth Burlington, iVermont Digger umbiko ukuba amanzi angaphantsi komhlaba kunye noMfula iWinooski kufutshane neVermont Air National Guard angcoliswe yimichiza efanayo enetyhefu. URichard Spiese, umphathi wendawo enobungozi weSebe loLondolozo lweNdalo, ugqibile ukuba ungcoliseko luvela kwisiseko.
• Inkonzo yeendaba zokusingqongileyo eWashington DC ifumene idatha kwiPentagon leyo avunywa amanzi apompu kwiziseko zomkhosi ezingama-28 ubuncinci ezinemichiza enetyhefu ngonaphakade, kubandakanya ezinye ezinkulu kakhulu, ezinjengeFort Bragg, apho amanzi okusela amalungu angama-100,000 kunye neentsapho zawo ayingozi kwimpilo yabantu.
• Amaxesha eMikhosi umbiko ukuba amagqala, kunye nokusebenza okusebenzayo emkhosini, emi phesheya kwiziseko kwiindawo ezifana neUzbekistan asweleke ngenxa yomhlaza ocacileyo ngenxa yokuchaphazeleka kwiikhemikhali ezahlukeneyo.

Ewe onke amabali kunye nezinye ezininzi zivela ngo-2020, kutsha nje. Le Pentagon iyakwazi ngokwenene ukuba iwonge uMhla woMhlaba, akunjalo?

Abanye abantu bebesoloko belandela kwaye bezama ukulumkisa ngengxelo engentle yomkhosi wokonakaliswa kwendalo kangangeshumi leminyaka. Ukuthetha ngokobuqu, ababini kuthi baphuma ngoSuku loMhlaba lowe-1996 kwaye, kusetyenziswa izixhobo zokusebenza, bathatha indawo yesiseko somyalelo wenyukliya saza sazijikisa, ngethemba lokuzisa ngakumbi imbali eyoyikekayo yomkhosi-hayi nje i-US emkhosini, ngokuqinisekileyo-kudla kakhulu kwaye ungcolise kwaye usongele bonke ubomi ngeziphithiphithi zemozulu kunye nokutshatyalaliswa kwenyukliya.

Silwe umlo olungileyo wezomthetho kwaye sinobungqina obuxhasayo bomntu owayekade ebaleka “kwi-boomer,” isiza senyukliya enezixhobo zenyukliya, kwaye kwindoda eyayisebenzela uL Lockheed wakhokela iqela lokuyila imijukujelwa ye-D5 kule bhodi. Sasinengcali kwimithetho yase-US eyayibandakanyeka kwimithetho. Ekugqibeleni, emva kokuva ubungqina, igqwetha lasikhupha esonweni kwaye alizange likhethe ngaphandle kokusigwebela isohlwayo esincinci, ukutshabalalisa impahla. Sifumana iminyaka emithathu entolongweni. Emva konyaka sikhululwe ngamnye.

Ke, uSuku oluMnandi lomhlaba. Ukuba sithetha inyani, siya kunyula abameli abaza kunyanzela umkhosi ukuba bawucoce, ngokuqinisekileyo okuya kudala inqwaba yemisebenzi kwaye kube nesiphumo esonwabileyo somkhosi kunye noluntu olujikelezileyo olunokusela amanzi nokuphefumla. umoya ngaphandle kokosuleleka zizifo ezoyikisayo. Ukuba belikho ixesha lokucinga ngokuzikhusela kwimpilo yoluntu, ngoku, awuvumi?

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