Usuku Lomhlaba Omusha

NguTom H. Hastings, Ephreli 22, 2020

Lapho ngizalwa eminyakeni engama-70 edlule kwakungekho uSuku Lomhlaba. Lokho kuqale kuphela eminyakeni engama-50 eyedlule. Ngaphambi kosuku lomhlaba amasosha aseMelika ayevame ukungcolisa.

• Iphephandaba lendawo e-Utah kubika iziza eziningana kuleso sifundazwe, iningi lezempi, kubandakanya i-Hill Air Force base, zinamanzi angaphansi komhlaba angcoliswe unomphela “ngamakhemikhali angapheliyo”, njengoba negama lisho ukuthi alisoze laphula futhi liyingozi empilweni.
• IGazethi ye-Arkansas Democrat kubika ukuthi iPentagon inyakazise inqolobane ye-PFAS (i-Per- ne-polyfluoroalkyl zvinhu, noma amakhemikhali angapheli), eyaziwa njengosongo empilweni yabantu, yaya esikhungweni sokushiswa kwezimboni phakathi kwe-Arkadelphia kanye ne-Gum Springs, lapho kwashiswa khona, yize kwakuyindawo yezemvelo. inkampani yezomthetho yayizame ukuthola umthetho oyenqabela.
• Ngaphezulu esifundeni saseWashington, Isikhulumi Sokubuyekezwa kweSpokane kubika Isizwe sakwaKalispel simangalela uMnyango Wezokuvikela ngokungcolisa amanzi okuphuza endaweni yawo eduzane naseFairchild AFB. UZach Welcker, omunye wabameli balesi sizwe, esitatimendeni uthe, "Abaqambi, abakhiqizi kanye nabasebenzisi be-PFAS abaqukethe umlilo bazile ngokuthi amashumi eminyaka ukuthi la makhemikhali anobuthi obuningi futhi angathuthela emithonjeni yamanzi kawonkewonke neyangasese. ”
• Emuva empumalanga eSouth Burlington, iVermont Digger kubika ukuthi amanzi angaphansi komhlaba kanye nomfula iWinooski eduze kweVermont Air National Guard angcolile ngamakhemikhali anobuthi afanayo. URichard Spiese, umphathi wesiza esiyingozi woMnyango Wezokugcinwa Kwezemvelo, uphethe ngokuthi lokhu kungcoliswa kuvela esisekelweni.
• Insizakalo yezindaba yezemvelo eWashington DC ithole imininingwane kwiPentagon ukuthi avunyelwe amanzi ompompi ezisekelweni okungenani zamasosha ezingama-28 aqukethe amakhemikhali anobuthi angapheli, kubandakanya amanye amakhulu kakhulu, njengeFort Bragg, lapho amanzi okuphuza amalungu ezempi angama-100,000 nemindeni yawo ayingozi empilweni yabantu.
• Izikhathi Zempi kubika ukuthi ama-veterans, futhi ayesebenza kanzima embuthweni wamasosha, amiswa phesheya ezisekelweni ezindaweni ezifana ne-Uzbekistan afa ngabanomdlavuza omubi ekuvezweni kwamakhemikhali ahlukahlukene.

Impela zonke lezi zindaba nezinye eziningi zivela ku-2020, muva nje. Le Pentagon iyakwazi ngempela ukuhlonipha uSuku Lomhlaba, akunjalo?

Abanye abantu bebelokhu belandela futhi bezama ukuxwayisa ngomlando omubi webutho lokulimaza imvelo amashumishumi eminyaka. Ekhuluma mathupha, sibili saphuma nge-Earth Day yango-1996 futhi, sisebenzisa amathuluzi esandla, sathatha ingxenye yenkundla yomyalo we-thermagneic sabe sesiziphendulela, sinethemba lokuletha ukunaka okwengeziwe kulo mlando owesabekayo wamasosha-hhayi i-US kuphela. ezempi, ngokuqinisekile-zidla kakhulu futhi zingcolisa futhi zisongela yonke impilo ngazo zombili izinxushunxushu zesimo sezulu nokuqothulwa kwenyukliya.

Saqala ukulwa okuhle kwezomthetho futhi saba nobufakazi obasekelwa yilowo owayengumphathi we-“boomer,” iqembu lezombusazwe elinezikhali zenuzi, futhi endodeni eyayisebenzela uL Lockheed yahola ithimba lokuklama imicibisholo ye-D5 eyayigibele leyo. Sibe nochwepheshe emithethweni yezempi yase-US uqobo. Ekugcineni, ngemuva kokuzwa ubufakazi, i-jury yasikhipha esitokisini futhi ayizange ikhethe ukusijezisa icala elincane lokucekelwa phansi impahla. Sithole iminyaka emithathu ejele. Ngemuva konyaka sikhululwe ngamunye.

Ngakho-ke, Usuku Lomhlaba Ojabulayo. Uma sikusho ngokweqiniso, sizokhetha abamele abazophoqa amasosha ukuba awahlanze wonke, okuyiwona azokwakha inani lemisebenzi elikhulu futhi abe nomphumela ojabulisayo wombutho wezempi nemiphakathi ezungezile ekwazi ukuphuza amanzi nokuphefumula umoya ngaphandle kokuthola izifo ezinyantisayo. Uma ngabe kwake kwaba nesikhathi sokucabanga ngokuvikela impilo yabantu, manje sekuvaliwe, awuvumi?

UDkt. H. Hastings PeaceVoice Umqondisi futhi kwesinye isikhathi ufakazi onguchwepheshe wokuzivikela enkantolo.