NguPat Old, ngo-Okthoba 8, 2019
Ngingumcwaningi wezemvelo waseMelika futhi ngibe nenhlonipho nentokozo yokuvakashela izwe lakho elihle ngesonto eledlule. Ngibambe iqhaza engqungqutheleni eyayise Limerick ehlelwe ngu World BEYOND War kanye ne-Ireland Peace and Neutrality Alliance. Esikhundleni sokulungisa ipolitiki yalowo mcimbi, ngifuna ukudonsela ukunakekela kwakho odabeni olubucayi bezemvelo.
Ngisebenza neCivilian exposed, inhlangano ezinze emphakathini ongcolile waseCamp Lejeune, eNyakatho neNorth Carolina. Ngifunda imiphumela yePer- and Polyfluoroalkyl Subindows (PFAS), okungamakhemikhali we-carcinogenic atholakala ku-foams ezilwa nomlilo nakwezinye izinhlelo.Ngakho konke ukuhlonipha okufanele kwe-Ireland, ngifuna ukukushiya ngesexwayiso sokuthi imigomo yase-Ireland maqondana nokuqhubeka ukuba khona nokusetshenziswa kwalamakhemikhali kusala ngemuva kweningi lomhlaba, futhi lokhu kwehla komthethonqubo kungabeka engcupheni impilo yabantu base-Ireland.
I-Shannon Airport Authority Fire Service isebenzisa i-halaal C6 6%, i-carcinogenic eyaziwayo. Izinto zokwakha zingena emanzini aphansi komhlaba kanye namanzi angaphezulu ukuze ekugcineni zithole izindlela zokungenisa komuntu. Baziwa ukufaka isandla esibindini, ezinsweni nakwezomdlavuza wamasende. Banomphumela olimaza kakhulu kuzingane ezisakhula lapho abesifazane bephuza amanzi angcoliswe ngamanani amancanyana amakhemikhali.
Izindawo ezinkulu zomhlaba jikelele ezinjengeDubai, iDortmund, iStuttgart, iLondon Heathrow, iManchester, iCopenhagen, ne-Auckland ziye zashintsha amagwebu angenawo umfutho ongajwayelekile nowemvelo ngezinhloso zokulwa nomlilo.
Lezi zinsimbi ezinobuthi zakhiwa ngokuqondile ukuze zilwe nemililo eshisa ngokuphathwa uphethiloli futhi ayidingekile ukusetshenziswa emililweni yezakhiwo. Amagwebu ahamba nge-PFAS ngokuvamile awasetshenziswa kulo lonke i-EU ngemililo engeyona ipetroli, ngakho-ke kwakushaqisa ukubabona betholakala emphakathini emahhotela engivakashele eLimerick naseShannon.
Ukubuyekezwa kwamuva nje kwe-Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants e-Ireland kusho ukuthi ukusetshenziswa kwalezi zigwebu "kubeka engcupheni enkulu yokungcola kwemvelo nokuvezwa kwabantu isb ngokugcwala komhlaba namanzi angaphansi komhlaba." Uhulumeni uthi amakhemikhali awatholakali emazingeni aphakeme Ukudla kanye nemvelo yase-Ireland “kususelwa olwazini olutholakalayo lokuqapha,” yize bevuma ukuthi kunemininingwane yokuqapha etholakalayo kwizinto ezingcolisayo endaweni yase-Ireland futhi abanalo ulwazi mayelana nokuqashwa kwe-PFOS (uhlobo olubulala kakhulu lwe-PFAS) emhlabathini nezwe e-Ireland. ”
Amakhemikhali atholakele kumasampula wesibindi nezinhlanzi, futhi atholakala kumasheleni kamasipala ezindaweni zokuchitheka komhlaba kwase-Ireland, okuyindlela eyingozi enkulu yokungeniswa kwabantu ngoba lezi zinto zokwakha zivame ukusakazwa emasimini epulazi noma zishisiwe.
Lawa ma-ejenti abangela umdlavuza abizwa ngokuthi “amakhemikhali angapheliyo” ngoba awaphuli.
Ngibhala ngoba ngikhathazekile ngempilo yakho.
Ngothando olukhulu ngabantu base-Ireland,
Pat Elder
