NguPat Elder, World BEYOND War, Julayi 14, 2019
USen. John Barrasso, (R-WY) uyiNtloko yeSenate
umkeli wemali evela kwishishini likhemikhali.
Kukho imfazwe yokulwa kwiindibano zeCongress ezokukhawuleza ukuba ngaba urhulumente wase-United States uza kuthatha amanyathelo okukhusela abantu ekungcoleni kokufa okubangelwa ukukhululwa kwezinto ze-Per- kunye ne-polyfluoroalkyl, (PFAS) kwiindawo zasemkhosini nakwezoshishino. Izibonda zazingenakuphakanyiswa kunye nempilo yoluntu ephawulwe yiyo "iikhemikhali ezingapheliyo." Ngaphezu kweetyala ezili-12 zixutyushwa kunye kunye nezicwangciso ezicetywayo zoMthetho wokuVunywa koKhuselo kaZwelonke (NDAA) onokufuna umkhosi kunye iipolyuter ezizimeleyo ukucoca ucoceko lwe-PFAS. ICongress inegunya elinamandla lokubamba kule michiza. Njengomsebenzi ongenakwenzekayo akunakwenzeka.
Kukho ezinye i-legislators kwiCapitol Hill abalwela ukukhusela impilo yomntu, nangona inani labo liyancipha. Ibali lilula. Umkhosi ngumoni owonakele kakhulu, utyhefu izigidi ezijikelezayo kwihlabathi ngokusetyenziswa kwe-foam-foam form (AFFF) ngokuqhelekileyo ukuqeqeshwa komlilo. I-AFFF iqukethe amanqanaba aphezulu e-PFAS kwaye ivumelekile ukuba ingene emanzini angaphantsi komhlaba, amanzi aphezulu kunye namanzi omasipala, ukubonelela iindlela ezininzi zokusetyenziswa kwabantu.
Uninzi lwabenzi bomthetho bayathandabuza ukubiza umkhosi-nokuba sele kubhalwe ngokucacileyo ukuba umkhosi ubeka abantu ityhefu ekufeni. Abameli abaninzi baxhaswa ngezimali ziimveliso zeekhemikhali ezingene nzulu. Abadlali bexesha elikhulu abanjengoChemours (i-spinoff yeDuPont), i-3M, kunye ne-Dow Corning yokulwa amanyathelo olawulo asongela umgca wabo ophantsi. Bayoyika ukuba bazakuphendula ngempembelelo yabo kwimpilo yabantu nakwindalo esingqongileyo, nangona kungekho mfuneko yokuba babe nexhala kakhulu kuba bathenga into abayithatha njengeyona nkongolo ilungileyo. Ambalwa kakhulu amalungu akhokelwa kukuyalelwa sisazela. Uninzi lwamalungu, imali ibabeka apho. Yimali abayisebenzisayo.
NgoJulayi 9, iNdlu yamkela isilungiso kwi-NDAA ecetywayo ngu-Reps. UDebbie Dingell (D-MI) noDan Kildee (D-MI) oya kufuna ukuba i-EPA ibhale iikhemikhali ezifezekileyo njengezinto ezinobungozi phantsi komthetho we-Superfund. Ukuqulunqwa kwePPAS njengento enobungozi inokunyanzela umkhosi kunye nezoshishino ukuba zihlambulule iimpazamo ezenzileyo.
Kwikamelo eliphezulu, iqela labathenyathi eliholwa ngulo UTom Carper, (D-Del), iLungu eliSebenzisiweyo kwiKomidi yeNgqongileyo kunye neMisebenzi yoLuntu, ayiphumelelanga ekuphakamiseni umthetho oya kubhala i-PFAS njengento eyingozi. Ukwenza oko bekuza kukhaba ngamakhulu amabhiliyoni eedola ezixanduva lokukhusela kunye noshishino, ingakumbi xa zombini iziko ziyazi ngezizukulwana ezimbini ukuba ziye zabhubhisa umhlaba we-genetics nokuphendula komzimba ngomntu ngokuchitha ilizwe kunye namanzi.
UCarper wagijimela uYohn Barrasso, uSihlalo weKomidi yeNdalo yoLuntu kunye neMisebenzi yoLuntu. UBarrasso uxhalabele malunga nokuxanduva olujongene naloo ndawo: ISebe lezoKhuselo, iChemours, i-3M kunye noDow Corning. UBarrasso ungummkeli ophezulu kwi-Senate yemali evela kwishishini likhemikhali. Basibisibuthe kwaye uyayivumela ukuba iqhubeke.
IBharasoso ishintshisa ingqwalaselo kubancedi bayo bokwenene kumanzi asekuhlaleni amanzi kunye nabaphathi bamanzi omasipala kunye namanzi angcolileyo kulo lonke ilizwe. Uthi akafuni ukunyanzela uxanduva lwe-Superfund kula maqela ahlinzekela indlela yokubulala i-carcinogenic ekunciphiseni impilo yabantu. Ngomthwalo wemikhosi kunye nomshishini ngaphandle kombuzo, akukho mntu uya kuthathwa uxanduva kwaye nguBarrasso injongo.
Ngxelo ye-Julayi ye-10, uBarrasso wamisa iKomiti yeMithetho yeNdlu imvume yokuchitshiyelwa kweDingell-Kildee okuya kucela ukuhlawulwa kwe-Superfund kuwo onke amankunkuma e-PFAS. Wathi, "Iindlu zeDemokhrasi zincoma ukuba zidibanise ii-airports zendawo, amafama kunye nama-ranchers, izixhobo zamanzi kunye namashishini amancinci amaninzi kunye neebhiliyoni zeedola," kusho uBarrasso. "Yiyo eyenzekayo xa iNdlu ibetha umthetho kwaye iyayinayo inkqubo yeekomiti. Isiphakamiso sabo asiyi kuba ngumthetho. "
Siphila ngamaphupha amabi. NgoJulayi 11, iNdlu yeeNgwevu yase-US yamkela uPeter Wright, owonyulwa nguMongameli uTrump ukuba akhokele i-Ofisi ye-EPA yoMhlaba noLawulo oluNgxamisekileyo (i-OLEM). (52-38) I-OLEM ilawula ukucocwa kwe-Superfund kunye nomgaqo-nkqubo ophathelene nezinye iinkqubo zerkunkuma. UWright ungummeli waseDow DuPont wangaphambili kwaye uye wachitha ukulwa kwakhe ne-EPA egameni labangcolisayo. Izinto eziphambili azibandakanyi ukukhusela imo. UDow wayenomlando omde wokudukisa uluntu kwi-dioxin ukungcoliswa ngexesha lokuhlala kukaWright. UWright ubambe isitoreji kwiDow ngeli xesha athe wafaka ingxelo yakhe yemali.
UMongameli uTrump uthi uya kuvusa iNtlawulo ye-NDAA yeNdlu ngenxa yamalungiselelo afuna ukuba i-DOD iqalise ukusebenzisa kwayo i-AFFF ene-PFFF kunye namanyathelo anokunyanzelisa i-DOD ukulungisa ukungcola kwe-PFAS. Siyifumene le ngqungquthela yi Umoya wamandla uxelela njengamaMichigan ukuba "i-immunity authority immunity ivumela ukuba ingayinaki iSebe laseMichigan loMgangatho woMgangatho woMgangatho wokuzama ukunyanzelisa ukuthotyelwa kwayo nomthetho obeka inani lemichiza e-PFAS engena emanzini angaphezulu." Abameli uDebbie Dingell noDan Kildee, iinkokeli zemfazwe ukucacisa i-PFAS njengoko izinto ezinobungozi kunye nokucela i-Superfund imbopheleleko, bobabini baseMichigan, i-state ibetha nzima kakhulu ngongqungquthela.
Ingqondo yeCandelo loLawulo lweTrump ibonakala kule nto Ingxelo yomgaqo woLawulo :
"I-Perfluorooctane Sulfonate (PFOS) kunye ne-Perfluorooctanoic Acid (PFOA) esetyenzisiweyo kufakelo lomkhosi- Ulawulo aluvumeli ngamandla eli lungiselelo, eliza kubonelela ngegunya kwi-DOD lokunyanga imithombo yamanzi okanye ukubonelela ngamanzi endaweni yezolimo apho umthombo wamanzi" ungcolisiwe " kunye ne-PFOA kunye ne-PFOS evela kwimisebenzi yezomkhosi. Sebenzisa iingcebiso ngamanzi okusela e-EPA (HA) ukuchonga iindawo eziphantsi kweli candelo lomthetho oyilwayo kuya kungahambelani nesiseko se-HA-ayenzelwanga ukumisela amanqanaba empilo e-PFOA / PFOS emanzini asetyenziselwa iinjongo zezolimo okanye Iziphumo zempilo yabantu ekusetyenzisweni kokutya okuveliswa kusetyenziswa amanzi ezolimo aqukethe iPFOA / PFOS. Ukongeza, ngendleko enkulu kunye nefuthe elibalulekileyo kwimishini ye-DOD, umthetho ukhetha i-DOD, inye kuphela enegalelo kulo mbandela wesizwe. ”
Lo mgaqo-nkqubo uza kubangela ukuhlupheka okungenakuqondakala, ukufa kunye nenhlekelele engqongileyo. I-PFOS kunye ne-PFOA zizinto ezimbini ezona zibulalayo. Ba bulala ngonaphakade. Zizinto ezimbini nje ze-5,000 ezinxulumene nezicwangciso zeekhemikhali ezinxulumene nePPAS.
Amazwi abo abonakalisa ingqondo ye-autocracy.
I-DOD ayiyi kuba "negunya elinikezelweyo." Kunoko, liya kuba phantsi komyalelo onqunywe ngumthetho ukulungisa iindlela zokusetyenziswa kwamanzi kwilizwe lonke. Kwaye kutheni ukuchithwa kwamacandelo okucaphula xa kuthetha emithonjeni yamanzi "engcolileyo" kunye ne-PFAO ne-PFAS? Ukusetyenziswa kakubi kweziphumlisi.
Ngokuqinisekileyo, iingcebiso zezempilo ziyaziswa ukuba zinike ulwazi malunga neziphumo ezingcolisa iziphumo zempilo yabantu kwaye ziyaziwa ukuba zivela kumanzi okusela. Iingcebiso zezeMpilo aziyikunyanzeliswa kwaye aziyiyo imithetho. Bafana 'neentloko!' Kwizizukulwana ezimbini imikhosi kunye nabathengisi bayo bequmrhu bequmrhu baqaphele ukuba i-devil isalwe kwi-PFAS. Umkhosi kunye ne-shishini kufuneka bafike behlambulukile kwaye abanononophelo bezomthetho kufuneka bavinjelwe izinto kwi-70.
I-White House ine-audacity ukubonisa "iindleko ezinkulu ezinokuba nefuthe elikhulu kumsebenzi weDOD." Babeka iinjongo zobukhosi phambi kwempilo yabantu. Izazi-mlando ziyakwazi ukutyikitya le ntsingiselo ngelinye ilanga kwaye zijonge njengento eguqukayo enkulu kwimbali yabantu. Bambalwa ababela ingqalelo.
