NguPat Elder, World BEYOND War, Oktobha 28, 2019
IOfisi yoMhloli Jikelele weSebe lezoKhuseleko e-US ibhengeze kwiveki ephelileyo ukuba izakujongisisa imbali yePentagon yePer- and Poly Fluoroalkyl Subitu (PFAS) ethe yangena kumanzi okusela kamasipala kufutshane neziseko zomkhosi kwilizwe liphela. Uvavanyo aluyi kuvavanya ukusetyenziswa okunokubakho kwee-carcinogens kwii-800 zamazwe asezantsi omkhosi wase-US.
Iichemicals zisetyenziswa gabalala kumlilo weciko lomlilo. Baxineke kakhulu emzimbeni kwaye bayingozi kakhulu kwimpilo yoluntu.
Esi sibhengezo siza emva kwesicelo esivela ku-Rep. UDan Kildee (D-Mich.) Nabanye abafuna ukwazi ukuba “umkhosi uziva ixesha elingakanani ngeziphumo ezinobungozi ze-PFAS, ukuba i-DOD iwathumele njani la mngcipheko kumalungu eenkonzo nakwiintsapho zabo kungenzeka ukuba zivelisiwe, kwaye nendlela i-DOD isenza ngayo isicwangciso sayo sokuvavanya nokusombulula ingxaki. "
Sele sineempendulo kwimibuzo kaKildee. Umkhosi uyayazi i-PFAS iyabulala ukusukela kwi-70's yokuqala kwaye mhlawumbi ngaphambili. Umahluko wenza ntoni ukuba kudala bekufihlile oku? Endaweni yokuba urhulumente wobumbano ajolise ekuchongeni abagulayo nokubakhathalela, ukumisa ukuhamba kokungcola, kunye nokubonelela ngamanzi acocekileyo. Ngelishwa, i-DOD iyaqhubeka ukungcolisa ukubonwa kwamanzi okusela ngelixa i-EPA ingadlali.
Abantu basweleka eColorado Springs nakwezinye iindawo zomkhosi. Abantu abahlwempuzekileyo bahlala ematyotyombeni anamaqula akufuphi ne-England yangaphambili ye-AFB e-Alexandria, eLouisiana apho i-PFAS ifunyenwe kumhlaba ongaphantsi komhlaba kwi-10.9 yezigidi zeppt, ngelixa iJersey entsha ibeka umda kwizinto zomhlaba kunye nokusela amanzi kwi-13 ppt.
U-Kildee ufuna ukwazi ukuba i-DOD igqithise njani umngcipheko kumalungu eenkonzo nakwiintsapho zabo ekusenokwenzeka ukuba zivelisiwe. Impendulo elula kukuba i-DOD ayikhange inxibelelane nantoni na kuye nakubani na kude kube yi-2016 okanye kunjalo, kwaye namhlanje, uninzi lwamalungu omkhosi, abaxhomekeki, kunye nabantu abahlala ngasephantsi kweziseko abasenaso isikhombisi. Ndiyazi, ndithethe nabaninzi kwilizwe liphela abangazange balinganise i-foam-fire foam ngamanzi abawaselayo.
UKildee ufuna ukwazi isicwangciso se-DOD sokuvavanya nokusombulula ingxaki. Ukuza kuthi ga ngoku, i-DOD isombulule ingxaki ngendlela yayo-ngokuvelisa kunye nokusasaza ukuhamba okuzinzileyo kweendaba ezingezizo. Jonga isiqwenga sam kwiphulo lobuxoki le-DOD's PFAS. IPentagon ikwaxhomekeke ekuxolelaneni nomthetho okukhoyo ekubangeleni ukungakhuseleki xa ilizwe limangalela imbuyekezo yoluhlu olude lomonakalo. IPentagon ixhomekeke kumalungu eCongress anempembelelo njengoSen.
UJohn Barrasso kunye nomzi mveliso wabo unegalelo ukukhahlela phantsi
indlela. Kulapho, isonjululwe ingxaki.
U-Kildee kunye nabanye abamele abameli baseMicrosoft uDebbie Dingell (D-MI,) noFred Upton bazise umThetho we-PFAS Action we-2019 ukuba uhlele zonke iikhemikhali ze-PFAS njengezinto ezinobungozi phantsi koMthetho wokuSingqongileyo oBanzi, ukuNgqinelelwa kunye noMthetho weTyala, owaziwa ngcono njenge-Superfund. Umthetho uya kufuna i-EPA ukuba ichonge iikhemikhali ze-PFAS njengezinto ezinobungozi. Oku kunokuba kulungele impilo yoluntu kunye nokusingqongileyo kuba kuya kunyanzela i-DOD kwaye
Abanye banike ingxelo ngokukhupha kunye nokucoca ukungcola abakwenzileyo.
Abantu beRiphabhliki kwi-senate baphume bechasene noMthetho weNtshukumo we-PFAS, ngakumbi ngenxa yokuba lilawula lonke udidi lweekhemikhali ze-PFAS kunye nezifundo ezizisebenzisayo kumthetho weSuperfund. Iinguqulelo zeNdlu kunye neSenethi zoMthetho wokuGunyazisa woKhuseleko kuZwelonke zahlukile kwezi ngongoma zibalulekileyo. Sobona.
Asinakulindela lukhulu kwi-Ofisi yoMhloli-Jikelele, ethe yahlaselwa ngumlilo yiCongress kwimimandla emininzi, ngakumbi ukuphatha kwayo impempe yokuphindezela impempe. Iofisi iphethe izikhalazo ezingama-95,613 zempempe ukusuka ku-2013 ukuya ku-2018. UMmeli uKildee sesinye nje.
Sijonge ukucoceka okunokusitha i-100 yezigidigidi zeedola kwaye ezona zinto zinamandla emhlabeni ziqinisekisa ukuba ayenzeki. Umhloli Jikelele unethemba lokulugqiba uvavanyo ngoJanuwari. Musa ukulindela lukhulu.
