Into emhlophe ibonwa emlanjeni kufutshane ne-US Marine Corps Station yeFutenma eGinowan, eOkinawa Prefecture, nge-11 ka-Epreli 2020, kusuku olulandelayo emva kokuba isicima mlilo esinetyhefu sivelise isikhululo somoya. (Ifayile yeAsahi Shimbun).
by Asahi Shimbun, Septemba 29, 2021
Silahlekelwe ngamazwi ngenxa yesimo sengqondo kunye nokuziphatha kwemikhosi yase-US e-Okinawa Prefecture.
Ngentshukumo engakholelekiyo, i-US Marine Corps yakhupha ngasekupheleni kwenyanga ephelileyo malunga neelitha ezingama-64,000 zamanzi eziqukethe i-perfluorooctane sulfonic acid (PFOS), ikhompawundi enetyhefu, evela kwisikhululo sayo soMoya iFutenma, kwisithili, kwinkqubo yezelindle.
I-PFOS yayisetyenziswa ngaphambili kwi-foam yokulwa umlilo kunye nezinye iimveliso. Phakathi kwenkxalabo ekhulayo yokuba i-PFOS inokwenzakalisa kakhulu izinto eziphilayo kunye nokusingqongileyo, ukuveliswa nokusetyenziswa kwento yemichiza ngoku kuvinjelwe ngokomthetho.
Imikhosi yase-US yaya kumagosa aseJapan ngesicwangciso sokukhulula amanzi angcolileyo e-PFOS ngesizathu sokuba kuyabiza kakhulu ukulahla ngokutshisa. Kwaye bawakhulula amanzi kwicala elinye ngelixa oorhulumente bamazwe omabini bebesabambe iingxoxo ngalo mbandela.
Isenzo asinakulindeleka.
Urhulumente wase-Japan, oqhele ukuba nesiqingatha sentliziyo kwimicimbi efanayo ngenxa yokoyika ukungonelisi amagosa ase-US, kwangoko uvakalise ukuzisola ngophuhliso ngeli xesha. Indibano yesithili sase-Okinawa ivume ngamxhelo mnye isigqibo sokuqhankqalaza kurhulumente wase-US kunye nomkhosi wawo.
Imikhosi yase-US icacise ukuba ukukhutshwa akubanga yingozi kuba amanzi ayesetyenzisiwe ukunciphisa uxinzelelo lwe-PFOS ukuya kumanqanaba asezantsi ngaphambi kokuba alahlwe.
Nangona kunjalo, urhulumente wedolophu waseGinowan, apho isikhululo somoya sikhona, wathi isampulu yelindle yafunyanwa inezinto ezinetyhefu, kubandakanya iPFOS, ngaphezulu kwamaxesha ali-13 kugxilwe ekujoliswe kulo ngurhulumente ophambili ngenjongo yokulawula umgangatho wamanzi emilanjeni nakwezinye iindawo.
ITokyo kufuneka ibize amagosa ase-US ukuba acaciselwe gca ngalo mbandela.
Umphathiswa Wezendalo wathi kunyaka ophelileyo ukuba iilitha ezingama-3.4 zegwebu lokucima umlilo eziqulathe i-PFOS zigcinwe kwiziza kulo lonke elaseJapan, kubandakanya nezikhululo zomlilo, iziseko zoMkhosi woKhuselo kunye neenqwelo moya. Igwebu elifanayo lokucima umlilo litshize ngexesha lengozi ngoFebruwari e-Air SDF yeNaha Air Base e-Okinawa Prefecture, enye yezo ndawo zokugcina.
Kuphuhliso olwahlukileyo, kutshanje kufunyenwe ukuba ukungcola kubandakanya iPFOS kufunyenwe kugxilwe kwiitanki zamanzi kumhlaba weNaha Air Base. Umphathiswa Wezomkhosi uNobuo Kishi uthe, ukuphendula, uya kuvavanywa ngokufanayo kwiziseko ze-SDF kulo lonke elaseJapan.
Omabini la matyala axabisa kwizitenxo ekungafanelekanga ukuba zingahoywa. Icandelo loMphathiswa Wezokhuseleko kufuneka lithwaliswe uxanduva ngokungqongqo kulawulo lolawulo lwentetho.
Oko kwathethi, iziseko ze-SDF ubuncinci ziyafikeleleka kuphando. Xa kuziwa kwimikhosi yase-US eJapan, nangona kunjalo, amagosa aseJapan agcinwa ngokupheleleyo ebumnyameni malunga nobungakanani bezinto eziyityhefu abanazo kunye nendlela abazilawula ngayo ezo zinto.
Kungenxa yokuba igunya lokongamela kwiziseko zomkhosi wase-US eJapan lilele nemikhosi yase-US phantsi kwesiVumelwano soMkhosi. Isivumelwano esongezelelweyo kulawulo lobume bemeko yendawo siqale ukusebenza ngo-2015, kodwa ubuchule babasemagunyeni baseJapan kuloo ntsimi buhlala bungamampunge.
Ngapha koko, urhulumente ophakathi kunye no-Okinawa prefectural urhulumente banyanzelisa, amaxesha amaninzi ukusukela nge-2016, ukuba bangene kumhlaba we-US Kadena Air Base ukuze kuhlolwe indawo, kuba i-PFOS ifunyenwe kwiindawo eziphezulu ngaphandle kwesiseko. Nangona kunjalo, iimfuno zatshitshiswa yimikhosi yase-US.
Urhulumente wommandla ebememelela ukuba kwenziwe izilungiso kwimithetho esebenzayo ukuze amagosa aseJapan avunyelwe ukuba angene ngokukhawuleza kwiziseko zemikhosi yase-US kuba i-PFOS ifunyenwe rhoqo ijikeleze iziseko zase-US, kubandakanya ne Kadena.
Umbuzo awukhawulelwanga kwi-Okinawa Prefecture kuphela. Amatyala afanayo avele eJapan, kubandakanya ne-US Yokota Air Base kwintshona yeTokyo, ngaphandle apho i-PFOS ifunyenwe emaquleni.
Urhulumente waseJapan kufuneka abambe iingxoxo neWashington ephendula inkxalabo yoluntu ngalo mbandela.
Imikhosi yase-US yenqabile ukwamkela uqhanqalazo malunga nokukhutshwa okungafunekiyo kwamva kwamanzi angcolileyo kwaye endaweni yoko bavuma kuphela ukudibana negosa eliphezulu likarhulumente wengingqi yase-Okinawa kwinto abayibiza ngokuba kukutshintsha kwezimvo.
Indlela yokuziphatha nayo inqabile ukuba iqondakale. Imikhosi yase-US 'yokuphakamisela izandla-phezulu iya kuwomeleza kuphela umsantsa ophakathi kwabo ne-Okinawans kwaye ibethelele ukungathembani kwaba bantu kwinto engacimekiyo.
-I-Asahi Shimbun, Septemba 12
