I-Okinawans Ukufundisa abantu malunga nePFAS Contamination ejikeleze ii-US Bases

Ungcoliseko lwe-PFAS olusuka kwiziseko zasemkhosini luyinto ebakhathazayo e-Okinawa

NguJoseph Essertier, Februwari 16, 2020

NgoLwesihlanu, umhla we-6 ku-Matshi, Amatshantliziyo eOkinawa aya kubamba intetho malunga neziseko zase-US ezinetyhefu emanzini ase-Okinawa nge-PFAS. I-Okinawa ingummandla osemazantsi esiqithi saseJapan, kwaye impilo yabahlali ikho emngciphekweni ngenxa ye-PFAS ibangelwa yintlekele yempilo yabantu. NgoMgqibelo, umhla we-7 ku-Matshi eCarlifonia, u-Pat Omdala uza kuqalisa ukhenketho lwakhe lweedolophu ezingama-20 e-California efundisa abantu ngengxaki yezempilo yoluntu ebangelwa kukungcoliswa kwemikhosi yendawo e-US nakwamanye amazwe amaninzi. Iphulo lokufundisa nokukhulisa ukuqonda malunga nalo mbandela eCalifornia liya kuqhubeka kwangaxeshanye nephulo lase-Okinawa.

Umdala uvakalise ukuba ityhefu ye-PFAS yingxaki kwindawo ezikufuphi neziseko ezise-Okinawa. Uthe, "Le ayisiyo ngxaki ye-Okinawa kodwa yeyomntu wonke okwingingqi yePasifiki." Wayejolise ekwenzeni abantu kwisithili saseOkinawa bazi ngakumbi ngemeko yabo, ukuba le yingxaki ekufuneka bejongana nayo.

Intatheli uJon Mitchell, ngubani ibhalwe malunga nePFAS neminye imiba enxulumene nesiseko e-Okinawa kule minyaka idlulileyo, kunye no-SAKURAI Kunitoshi, nongunjingalwazi ovela kwiYunivesithi yase-Okinawa, uza kunika intetho ngomhla we-6 ku-Matshi. Kwakweso siganeko, imvumi KOJA Misako iyakwenza. Ulilungu langaphambili lomculo weqela lase-Okinawa I-Nēnēs (isibhengezwe njenge "hayi njl")).

An inqaku uvele nge-11 kaFebruwari kwiphephandaba Okinawa Times malunga nomsitho we-6 Matshi. Ikwazise abafundi ngentetho enikelwe nguJon Mitchell ngomhla we-10 kaFebruwari ngaphambi komhla we-6 Matshi. UMitchell wazisa intetho yakhe kwisakhiwo esineeofisi zamalungu okutya eTokyo (ebizwa ngokuba yi San'in giin kaikan ngesiJapan: 参 院 議員 会館). Uye wachaza ukuba iPFAS yenyusa umngcipheko womhlaza kwaye yaxoxa nezinye iimpembelelo ezinazo emzimbeni womntu. Uthe iisampulu zegazi ezithathwe kubahlali kufutshane nesiseko somoya seFutenma zibonisa ukuba amanqanaba abo e-PFOS (enye yeento zePFAS) aphakame amatyeli amane kunawabantu bakwezinye iindawo.

Urhulumente we-Okinawan Prefectural Government unayo zichongiwe Imilambo eli-15 kunye namancedo onyango lwamanzi anamanqanaba ayingozi e-PFOS kunye ne-PFOA, ukugqitha kumda wokudityaniswa kweMpilo kaRhulumente we-EPA ngokudibeneyo ka-70 ppt. Ngo-Novemba ka-2018, amagosa kaRhulumente wase-Okinawa umbiko ukuba I-2,000 ppt yeekhemikhali ifunyenwe kwiSiza saManzi saseChunnagā (Wakimizu Chunnagā) Kiyuna, Ginowan City. Umkhosi wase-US ubeka ityhefu kubantu base-Okinawa ngokutyeshela amalungelo abahlali. Akukho nto inokuphendula, kwaye ama-Okinawans kunye namaJapan akwimeko ephantse yandinceda. NjengamaMelika, kufuneka siwuxoxe lo mbandela kwaye sicinge ngendlela yokunqanda iWashington ekuphuleni amalungelo abantu abalawulwa yiTokyo, yethu "indlelana" yethu kumantla mpuma Asia.

Ukubeka loo manani angama-2,000 6 kwimeko, nge-2020 kaFebruwari XNUMX iBhodi yokuLawulwa kweMithombo yaManzi yaseCalifornia lilityala "Inqanaba lokuphendula" ukuya kwali-10 leetroni (ppt) yePCA kunye ne-40 ppt yePOSOS. Ngaphambili, amagosa ayengafuneki ukuba athathe umthombo wamanzi ngaphandle kwenkonzo okanye anike isaziso kuluntu de inqanaba lifikelele kwi-70 ppt. 

Okwangoku, abaphandi kwiSikolo saseHarvard TH Chan seMpilo yoLuntu kunye neYunivesithi yaseMassachusetts eLowell bathi "Kubalwe ukuba idosi ekhuselekileyo ye-PFOA kunye / okanye ye-PFOS kumanzi okusela yi-1 ppt." Njengoko abemi besiya beqonda ngakumbi ukuba kunobungozi kwezi khemikhali, imigaqo iya isiba ngqongqo.

Isithethi sikaMitchell sasihanjelwe ngabantu abangama-80 kwaye sicwangciswe yi "Tokyo Society Against Ospreys" (Osprey Hantai Tokyo Renraku Kai). 

Umbutho u-Okinawa ubambe indibano kwintente e-Henoko ngaphesheya kwesitrato usuka eCamp Schwab nge-1 kaFebruwari apho bazise khona abantu nge-6 kaMatshi e-Okinawa. Jonga umfanekiso ongezantsi:

I-SAKURAI Kunitoshi kunye namanye amatshantliziyo eOkinawa

Indoda ephakathi kweli ziko nguNjingalwazi SAKURAI Kunitoshi, okwangumququzeleli wale mnyhadala wesi-6.

 

U-Pat umdala ulilungu lebhodi ye World BEYOND War. Uza kuba ukuqaqambisa umba wongcoliseko lwe-PFAS ngexesha Ukhenketho lweedolophu ezingama-20 yaseCalifornia ngoMatshi. UJoseph Essertier nguMququzeleli waseJapan ukuze World BEYOND War.

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