Uma kukhona iqembu labantu baseMelika labo abase-Iraq abakwazi ukubhekana nemiphumela yezempilo ye-uranium esebenzile, amabhomu eqoqo, ama-phosphorus omhlophe, nawo wonke amakhemikhali ahlukahlukene empi angabonakala, kungenzeka ukuthi yibahlali abaningi abamnyama nabampofu baseGibsland, enyakatho Louisiana.
Nakhu ukuthi i i-op-ed ku New York Times kusuka komunye ohlala khona uchaza isimo sabo:
“Sekuyiminyaka, omunye wabaqashi abakhulu kunabo bonke kuleyo ndawo kwakuyiLouisiana Army Ammunition Plant, ebangeni elingamakhilomitha amane ukusuka eMinden. Abe-Environmental Protection Agency bagcina sebebala lesi sitshalo njengendawo yeSuperfund ngoba isikhathi esingaphezu kweminyaka engama-40 amanzi angcolile angalashwa anezinto eziqhamuka emisebenzini yezimboni aqoqwe ngeziqu zikakhonkolo kuleyo naleyo yezindawo ezahlukahlukene zomugqa wolayini, 'futhi athululelwa ku-'16 ihektare elilodwa amachibi amanzi abomvana. '”
Futhi manje (kusuka Truthout.org):
"Ngemva kwezinyanga zemibango yobuholi phakathi kwebutho lezempi nezwe kanye ne-federal agencies, i-Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) isanda kumemezela uhlelo oluphuthumayo lokushisa amakhilogremu angu-15 wezigidi ze-M6 - kuze kufike kuma-80,000 amakhilogremu ngosuku ngosuku oluvulekile 'bashise amathrekhi' eCamp Minden, inqubo yokulahlwa kwemithombo yezokuphepha ukuthi izakhamuzi zendawo ziphelelwe yisikhathi futhi ziye zadutshulwa kwamanye amazwe. Ukusebenza kuyoba enye yezinkampani ezivulekile kakhulu ezishisayo emlandweni wase-US. "
Njalo ngezikhathi ezithile - ezungeze iVique noma iJeju Island noma iPagan Island - izinhlangano zemvelo zizithola zibhekene nekhoneni elilodwa elincane le umonakalisi omkhulu wemvelo. Ngenkathi amaqembu amakhulu ezemvelo ebonakala engenakwenzeka ukubhekana nesikhungo sempi uqobo kuze kube sekwephuze kakhulu, kufanele sithathe la mathuba ukuwakhuthaza. Ngoba kunjalo ukuqhubeka amasosha ngalokhu kusha. Kunenqwaba yamalungu angaphambili amasosha aseMelika angabatshela ngemithelela yezempilo yokusha kwamanye amazwe, abathi omakadebona babiza ngayo “i-Orange Agent entsha. ” I-EPA ingagcwalisa izishoshovu ngokuthi ngubani odala izinhlekelele zemvelo kakhulu e-United States. Ukusikisela: Iqala ngamamiliyoni nemilolotelo ngedwa.
Isisusa esikhulu sezimpi ezithile yisifiso sokulawula izinsiza ezinobuthi emhlabeni, ikakhulukazi uwoyela negesi. Lokho, okuhlala kufihliwe, kufanele kubhekwe yilabo bethu abakhathazekile ngekusasa lomhlaba. Izimpi akuzona ezokuvikela thina kepha usengozini, ngesizukulwane senzondo nangokucekelwa phansi kweplanethi yethu. Ukukhiqizwa kwamasosha amakhulu kunawo wonke emhlabeni, okusaphaza kakhulu akusona isivikelo sokuphepha uma kwenzeka kufika impi enhle, kepha yilokho u-Eisenhower axwayisa ngakho ukuthi kuzoba, umkhiqizi wezimpi. I- $ 1 trillion i-United States ilahlela emshinini wempi unyaka nonyaka kuyadingeka ukuvikelwa okusheshayo kwemvelo. Futhi ukulungiswa kwemali yempi akusizuzisi; it uyasidinga ngenkathi ugxila engcebweni kude nezindawo ezinjengeGibsland. Lokho kungokwehla okuningi kwesikhungo umsebenzi waso omkhulu ukukwenza bulala abantu abaningi abangenacala ngenkathi ususa phansi yethu izinkululeko zomphakathi.
Kodwa, emuva emuva kwezemvelo. Futhi amafutha. Amafutha angafakwa noma aqedwe, njengaseGulf War, kodwa ngokuyinhloko usetshenziswa kuzo zonke izinhlobo zemishini engcolisa umkhathi womhlaba, usibeke sonke engozini. Abanye bahlobanisa ukusetshenziswa kwamafutha kanye nenkazimulo ebizwa ngokuthi inkazimulo nobuqhawe bempi, ukuze amandla avuselelekayo angafaki ingozi emhlabeni jikelele abhekwa njengendlela yokwesaba nokungahambisani nezwe ukufaka imishini yethu. I-interplay yempi ngamafutha ihamba ngaphezu kwalokho, noma kunjalo. Izimpi ngokwazo, kungakhathaliseki ukuthi zilwelwa amafutha noma cha, ziyidla kakhulu. Omunye umthengi ophezulu wamafutha, empeleni, unjalo isosha lase-US.
Amasosha aseMelika asha cishe imiphongolo ka-oyela engama-340,000 usuku ngalunye. Ukube iPentagon bekuyizwe, ibizobekwa endaweni yama-38 ngaphandle kwe-196 ekusetshenzisweni kukawoyela. Asikho nje esinye isikhungo esiza kude kude nezempi kulokhu noma ezinye izinhlobo zokubhujiswa kwemvelo. (Kepha zama ukuthola lelo qiniso kwimashi elwa namapayipi.)
Imvelo njengoba sazi ukuthi ngeke isinde impi yenuzi. Kungenzeka futhi ukuthi ngeke kusinde "impi" evamile, okuqondakala ukuthi kusho izinhlobo eziningi zezimpi manje. Ukulimala okukhulu sekuvele kwenziwa yizimpi kanye nocwaningo, ukuhlolwa, nokukhiqizwa okwenziwe ukulungiselela izimpi. Izimpi eminyakeni yamuva zenze izindawo ezinkulu ezingenakwenzeka futhi zakhiwe amashumi ezinkulungwane zababaleki. Impi "izimbangi zezifo ezithathelwanayo ziyimbangela yomhlaba jikelele yokufelwa nokufa," kusho uJennifer Leaning of Harvard Medical School.
Mhlawumbe izikhali ezibulalayo kakhulu ezishiywe ngemuva kwezimpi zingamabhomu omhlaba namabhomu eqoqo. Amashumi ezinkulungwane zazo kulinganiselwa ukuthi alele emhlabeni wonke, engazi ukuthi yiziphi izimemezelo zokuthi ukuthula kuye kwabikwa. Iningi lalabo abahlukunyezwa yizizwe, ingxenye enkulu yabantwana.
Kuyinto enhle ukuba nezinhlangano ngokuphindaphindiwe zinselele izici ezithile zempi yokubhujiswa kubangela. Ngezansi a Incwadi ukuthi yonke inhlangano yokuthula neyendawo yemvelo nokuthula-yemvelo emhlabeni kufanele isayine:
UCynthia Giles, uMqondisi Osizayo
Ihhovisi Lokuqinisekisa Ukuqiniswa Nokuvumelana Nokusebenza Kwezemvelo US Agency Environmental Protection Agency
UWilliam Jefferson Clinton Building
I-1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Ikhodi Yeposi: 2201A
Washington, DC 20460 Giles-Aa.cynthia@Epa.gov
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I-RE: Iphakanyisiwe Ukuvula Ukuvutha Kwezinguquko ze-M6 eCamp Minden, eLouisana
I-Gile Assistant Administrator Giles,
Thina, izinhlangano ezibhalwe phansi, sijoyina izakhamuzi zaseLou Louisiana, izisebenzi kanye nemindeni ekubizeni kwabo okunye okuphephile ukuvula ukushiswa kwezidakamizwa eziyingozi eCamp Minden.
Siyaphikisana nalolu hlelo yi-US Environmental Protection Agency ku-OPEN BURN 15 million amaphilisi we-propellants e-M6 ashiyiwe e-Camp Minden, eLouisana. Ngencazelo, ukuvulwa okuvulekile akunazo izilawuli zokukhishwa kwemikhiqizo futhi kuzoholela ekukhululweni okungalawulwa kwemikhiqizo enobuthi kanye nezinhlayiya eziphefumulayo eziya emvelweni. I-M6 iqukethe cishe amaphesenti angu-10 e-dinitrotoluene (i-DNT) ebizwa ngokuthi i-carcinogen yomuntu engenzeka kungenzeka.1
Ukukhathazeka ngengozi engase ibe khona engozini yomuntu eyenziwe ukuvutha okuvulekile / ukuvuleka okuvulekile kanye nemithelela engokwemvelo emoyeni, enhlabathini nasemanzini kuye kwadingeka ukuthi amasosha ahloniphe futhi athuthukise ezinye izindlela zokuvula ukwelashwa okuvuthayo / okuvuliwe .2 Ngaphezu kwalokho, njengoba Uhlelo lwe-EPA luhlinzekela ukuphathwa okuphephile nokuthutha endaweni evulekile, lezi zincithakalo zingashintshwa ngendlela efanayo nakwezinye izikhungo zokwelapha noma uhlelo.
Ngenkathi sisekela isinyathelo se-EPA sokudinga i-US Army ukuhlanza nokulahla lezi zidakamizwa eziqhumayo ezigcinwe ngokungalungile, asisekeli ukuvutha okuvulekile njengendlela yokwelashwa eyanikezwa izingozi ezingenayo futhi ezigwemekile empilweni yabantu kanye nemvelo.
1U.S. I-Environmental Protection Agency, i-Technical Fact Sheet, iDitrotrotoluene (DNT), uJanuwari 2014.
I-2 US Army Corps of Engineers Izobuchwepheshe Zezobunjiniyela Zomsebenzi Wezobunjiniyela U-USACERL Umbiko Wezobuchwepheshe 98 / 104, Okuhlukile Ukuvula Ukuvutha / Ukuvuleka Okuvulekile Kwezinto Ezamandla, Isifinyezo Sobuchwepheshe Bamanje, Agasti 1998.
Laura Olah, Izakhamizi Zokulondoloza Amanzi Ase-Badger, eWisconsin Dolores Blalock, i-ArkLaTex Clean Air Network, LLC, e-Louisiana
UMarylee M. Orr, uMqondisi oPhezulu, eLouanaana Environmental Action Network / Lower Mississippi uMgcini weMfula, eLouisana
I-Devawn Palmer-Oberlender, ama-Patriotic Environmental e-New River Valley, eVirginia Pamela Miller, uMqondisi oPhezulu, i-Alaska Community Action on Toxicics, e-Alaska
UCraig Williams, i-Chemical Weapons Working Group, eKentucky
U-Erin Brockovich noBob Bowcock, eCalifornia
I-United Tribe yamaNdiya aseShawnee, iNhloko Eyinhloko, uJim Oyler, eKansas
U-Tim Lopez, uMqondisi, iBhodi Lokweluleka Lokuzihlanza Ngokuzithandela, e-Colorado
UGreg Wingard, uMqondisi oPhethe, iProject Action Project, eWashington
UMable Mallard, Ikomidi Lamalungelo Omphakathi WasePhiladelphia, ePennsylvania uDoris Bradshaw, iDepho Yezokuvikela iDemphis Tennessee - Ikomidi Lezakhamuzi Ezikhathazekile u-Isis Bradshaw, Intsha Eqeda Ukungcola, eTennessee
Kaye Kiker, Umhleli Womphakathi, Izakhamuzi Task Force, Alabama
Wilbur Slockish, Columbia River Education and Development Economic, Oregon
Al Gedicks, uNobhala Ophethe, Wisconsin Resources Protection Council, Wisconsin
Doris Bradshaw, Project Military Toxics, eTennessee
UPeter Galvin, Isikhungo se-Biological Diversity, eCalifornia
LeVonne Stone, i-Fort Ord Environmental Justice Network, eCalifornia
UMarylia Kelley, uMqondisi oPhethe, i-Tri-Valley CAREs (Imiphakathi Ephikisana Nezemvelo), eCalifornia
UJosh Fast, Uthisha, i-LivententGardens.com, eLouisiana
Ronnie Cummins, Association Organic Consumers, Minnesota
UPaul Orr, uMgcini weMfula waseNorthern Mississippi, eLouisana
UMarcia Halligan, uKickapoo Peace Circle, eWisconsin
UKathy Sanchez, u-EJ RJ, u-Tewa wesifazane wase-United e-org., ENew Mexico
UJilbert Sanchez, i-CEO, i-Tribal Environmental Watch Alliance, eNew Mexico
David Keith, Valley Valley Izakhamizi Zendawo Evikelekile, eMassachusetts
Ihlathi leJahnke, i-Crawford Stewardship Project, i-Wisconsin
UMaria Powell, uMengameli, iMidiwest Environmental Justice Organisation, Wisconsin
U-Evelyn Yates, i-Pine Bluff ye-Safe Disposal, e-Arkansas
UCheryl Slavant, uMgcini weMfula wase-Ouachita, eLouisana
UJean E. Mannhaupt, uMongameli, Abanikazi Basekhaya basePark Ridge @ Country Manors, aseNew York
UStephen Brittle, uMongameli, Musa ukuchitha i-Arizona
U-Alison Jones Chaim, uMqondisi oPhethe, Odokotela bezenhlalakahle zeWisconsin
Jill Johnston, Southwest Workers Union, eTexas
URobert Alvarado, iKomiti YezokuLungiswa KwezeMvelo, eTexas
UPhyllis Hasbrouck, Sihlalo, eNew Waubesa Preservation Coalition, eWisconsin
UJohn LaForge, eNukewatch, eWisconsin
UGuy Wolf, Umqondisi Omqondisi, I-DownRiver Alliance, iWisconsin
UDon Timmerman noRoberta Thurstin, Umsebenzi waseCasa Maria Catholic, eWisconsin
I-General General Russel Honore (Ret), GreenARMY, Louisiana
UJohn LaForge, Isisekelo Sentuthuko, eWisconsin
UPaul F. Walker, Ph.D., uMqondisi, Ukuphepha Kwezemvelo Nokusimama, i-Green Cross International, eWashington, DC
UCynthia Sarthou, uMqondisi Omkhulu, iGulf Restoration Network, eLouana
ULenny Siegel, uMqondisi Omkhulu, Isikhungo Sokubheka Umphakathi, iCalifornia
UJohn E. Peck, uMqondisi oPhethe, Abavikeli beFama Farm, Wisconsin
ULois Marie Gibbs, uMqondisi oPhethe, Isikhungo sezeMpilo, iMvelo kanye noBulungiswa, eVirginia
UWillie Fontenot, uSihlalo Wokugcina, i-Delta Chapter yeSierra Club, eLouisana
UKimberlee Wright, uMqondisi oPhethe, iMidwest Environmental Advocates, Inc., Wisconsin
U-Elizabeth O'Nan, uMqondisi, Vikela Yonke Imvelo Yezingane, eNyakatho Carolina
UFrances Kelley, eLouisana Progress Action, eLouana
UPatrick Seymour, ISIS isakhiwo seMilWaste Project, eMassachusetts
U-Christina Walsh, uMqondisi Omkhulu, cleanuprocketdyne.org, California
Glen Hooks, Isahluko Somqondisi, i-Arkansas Sierra Club, e-Arkansas
ULaura Ward, uMengameli, u-Wanda Washington, uVice-President, FOCUS, Inc (Umndeni wase-Ori Oriented Community Strong, Inc.), eFlorida
U-Ed Dlugosz, uMongameli, NJ Abangane baka-Clearwater, eNew Jersey
U-Anne Rolfes, uMqondisi oMsunguli, i-LA Bucket Brigade, eLouisana
UMonica Wilson, GAIA: I-Global Alliance ye-Incinerator Alternatives, eCalifornia
UDean A. Wilson, Atchafalaya Basinkeeper, Louisiana
Robin Schneider, Texas Campaign for Environment, Texas
ULara Norkus-Crampton, uMxhumanisi, iMinneapolis Omakhelwane be-Clean Air, Minnesota Haywood Martin, uSihlalo, i-Sierra Club Delta Chapter, eLouana
UMitzi Shpak, uMqondisi Omkhulu, Action Now, California
UJane Williams, uMqondisi Omkhulu, California Communities Against Toxics, eCalifornia Robina Suwol, uMqondisi Ophethe, California Schools Safe, California
U-Renee Nelson, uMongameli, Amanzi Ahlanzekile Ne-Air Matter (CWAM), eCalifornia
ULisa Riggiola, Izakhamuzi Zase-A Clean Lakes Pompton Lakes, eNew Jersey
UStephanie Stuckey Benfield, uMqondisi Omkhulu, u-GreenLaw
UJames Little, ilungu, i-Western Broome Environmental Participant Coalition, eNew York Sparky Rodrigues, iMalama Makua, eHawaii
UBarry Kissin, iBhodi Lezincomo Zokubuyiselwa Kwase-Fort Detrick, eMadrid
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