Amalungu Esevisi angaphezu kuka-600,000 Anikezwe 'Amakhemikhali Angunaphakade' Emanzini Okuphuza

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by Monica Amarelo I-EWG, Disemba 19, 2022

Amalungu enkonzo angaphezu kuka-600,000 ezindaweni ezingu-116 zokufakwa kwezempi minyaka yonke anikezwa amanzi anamazinga ayingozi ayingozi.amakhemikhali angunaphakade” eyaziwa ngokuthi yi-PFAS, ngokusho kwe- Ukuhlaziya i-Environmental Working Group.

Ucwaningo lwangaphakathi olwenziwe nguMnyango Wezokuvikela kusukela ngo-Ephreli luphethe ngokuthi i-Pentagon inikeze amanzi angaphephile aqukethe i-PFOA ne-PFOS - i-PFAS emibili edume kakhulu - kumalungu ayi-175,000 ngonyaka ekufakweni kwe-24. Lolo cwaningo lubala kuphela amalungu esevisi lapho kufakwa khona amanzi anamazinga e-PFOA ne-PFOS amakhulu kunezingxenye ze-70 ngethriliyoni ngayinye, noma i-ppt, izinga lokweluleka elibekwe yi-Environmental Protection Agency ngo-2016. Kodwa i-ejensi ngoJuni yaqinisa lelo zinga, laba ngaphansi kwe 1 ppt.

Ukuhlaziywa kwe-DOD nakho akubandakanyi amanzi okuphuza amalungu esevisi athengwe ezinsizeni zamanzi zendawo noma ezinhlelweni zamanzi ezisekelwe ezinsizeni, okungenzeka ukuthi angcoliswe ngamakhemikhali.

I-DOD ayikashicileli ukuhlolwa, kwangomhla ziyi-18 kuMbasa, 2022, kuya kuyo iwebhusayithi ye-PFAS yomphakathi, okwenza ukuthi ingatholakali emphakathini noma kumalungu enkonzo, ngaphandle kwesicelo. Umbiko ugunyazwe ngu Congress kwisabelomali sezokuvikela sika-2019.

Inani lamalungu enkonzo anikezwe amanzi angcolile lingase libe likhulu kunesilinganiso se-EWG, esincike ekubuyekezweni kokuhlolwa kwesistimu yamanzi okubikwe esidlangalaleni namarekhodi e-DOD.

Ukufakwa okuhlonzwe kwe-DOD nge-PFOS/PFOS emanzini okuphuza

State

I-Belmont Armory

UMika.

Camp Carroll

Korea

I-Camp Red Cloud

Korea

Camp Stanley

Korea

Camp Walker

Korea

El Campo

Texas

I-Fort Hunter Liggett

I-Calif.

I-Joint Base Lewis McChord

Geza.

Sierra Army Depot

I-Calif.

I-Soto Cano Air Base

Honduras

I-Mountain Home AFB

Idaho

I-Horsham Air National Guard Base

I-Pa.

Eielson AFB

Alaska

I-Boston AFS entsha

NH

Wright-Patterson AFB

Ohio

I-Kunsan Air Base

Korea

I-Naval Air Station i-Oceana, i-Naval Auxiliary Landing Field Fentress

Hambani.

Isikhungo Sokusekela Amasosha Asolwandle u-Diego Garcia I

Indian Ocean

Isikhungo Sokusekela Amasosha Asolwandle u-Diego Garcia Cantonment

Indian Ocean

Isikhungo Sokusekela Amasosha Asolwandle i-Diego Garcia Sub Site

Indian Ocean

I-Naval Radio Transmitter Facility - i-Dixon

I-Calif.

I-Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton (eNingizimu)

I-Calif.

I-Naval Air Station - iLakehurst

NJ

I-Chievres Air Base/Caserne Daumerie

Belgium

Ukufakwa okwengeziwe ngePFOA/PFOS emanzini okuphuza

State

I-PFOA/PFOS ku-pp

Eareckson AFBe

Alaska

62.1

Fort Wainwright

Alaska

5.6

I-Fort Rucker

Kuya ku-.

6.2

Ikamu Navajo

U-Ariz.

17.1

I-Silver Bell Army Heliport

U-Ariz.

10.1

I-Joint Force Training Base - Los Alamitos

I-Calif.

26.7

I-Marine Corps Logistics Base - Barstow

I-Calif.

67

I-Military Ocean Terminal Concord

I-Calif.

3.1

I-Parks Reserve Forces Training Area

I-Calif.

18.5

I-Sharpe Army Depot

I-Calif.

15

Isiteshi saseCorry

Fl.

15.1

I-Marianna Readiness Centre

Fl.

9.56

I-Ocala Readiness Center

Fl.

16

I-Fort Benning

UGa.

17.7

Fort Gordon

UGa.

12.5

Gillem Annex

UGa.

12.5

I-Guam US Naval Activities

Guam

59

I-Iowa Army Amunition Plant

Iowa

6

I-Rock Island Arsenal

Ukugula.

13.6

I-Naval Surface Warfare Center Crane

I-Ind.

1.4

I-Terre Haute National Guard Site

I-Ind.

5.8

I-Fort Leavenworth

Kan.`

649 

I-Fort Campbell

I-Kan.

15.8

Fort Knox

I-Ky.

4

Natick Soldier Systems Center

IMisa.

11.8

I-Rehoboth National Guard Site

IMisa.

2.1

UBrigadier General Thomas B. Baker Indawo Yokuqeqesha

UMd.

3.9

Camp Fretterd Readiness Centre

UMd.

1.66

Fort Detrick

UMd.

6.9

Frederick Readiness Centre

UMd.

2.9

Ukubhuka Kwezempi Yesibhamu Sokudubula

UMd.

5.5

La Plata Readiness Centre

UMd.

2.2

I-Queen Anne Readiness Centre

UMd.

1.04

I-Bangor Training Site

Maine

16.3

Camp Grayling

UMika.

13.2

I-Grand Ledge Hangar

UMika.

1.78

Jackson Readiness Centre

UMika.

0.687

Camp Ripley

Minn.

1.79

I-Fort Leonard Wood

Mo.

5.1

Camp McCain

Hlukana.

0.907

Isitolo Sokulungisa Inkundla yeBillings 6

I-Mont.

1.69

I-Fort Bragg

NC

98 

I-Military Ocean Terminal Sunny Point

NC

21.2

Seymour Johnson AFB

NC

11.53

Camp Davis

ND

0.92

Camp Grafton

ND

5.85

Camp Ashland

Neb.

2.3

Isitolo Sokulungisa Inkundla yaseNorfolk 7

Neb.

3.4

Indawo Yokuqeqesha Abaqaphi Kazwelonke YaseNew Hampshire -Strafford

NH

10

I-Flemington Armory

NJ

1.67

I-Franklin Armory

NJ

2.73

Picatinny Arsenal

NJ

100.3 

Camp Smith

NY

51

I-Fort Drum

NY

53

ISeneca Lake

NY

1.8

I-Arsenal ye-Watervliet

NY

4

I-West Point US Military Academy

NY

3

Camp Gruber Training Centre

Kulungile.

1.02

I-Mcalester Army Amunition Plant

Kulungile

3.1

Midwest City Readiness Centre

Kulungile

4.42

Camp Rilea

Insimbi.

0.719

I-Christmas Valley Radar Site

Insimbi.

1.2

I-Lane County Air Force Readiness Center Uhlelo Lokuqapha Indawo 5

Insimbi.

1.68

I-Ontario Readiness Center

Insimbi.

1.2

Salem Anderson Readiness Centre

Insimbi.

1.8

Izindawo zokuhlala e- Carlisle Barracks

I-Pa.

2

I-Fort Indiantown Gap

I-Pa.

1.42

I-Tobyhanna Army Depot

I-Pa.

4.78

Camp Santiago Training Centre

Isikhumulo

2.9

I-Fort Allen Training Area

Isikhumulo

2.11

I-Muñiz Air National Guard Base

Isikhumulo

7.1

I-Coventry Training Site

RI

10.6

North Smithfield

RI

27.6

Fort Jackson

I-SC

18.2

Indawo Yokuqeqesha yaseMcCrady

I-SC

1.19

I-Custer Training Site

I-SD

0.1

I-Holston Army Amunition Plant

UTenn.

6.1

Camp Bowie-Musgrave

Texas

0.8

I-Fort Hood

Texas

2.4

Camp Williams

Utah

3.39

UFort Lee

Hambani.

1.5

Umsebenzi Wokusekela Amasosha Asolwandle i-Hampton Roads Northwest

Hambani.

1.2

I-Vint Hills

Hambani.

410

I-Bethlehem Military Compound (St. Croix)

VI

1.23

UBlair Hangar AAOF (St. Croix)

VI

0.903

Francis Armory Nazareth (St. Thomas)

VI

3.6

North Hyde Park

I-Vt.

1.97

Camp Ethan Allen Training Site

I-Vt.

40.8

I-Westminster Training Site

I-Vt.

0.869

I-Fairchild AFB

Geza.

4.5

Yakima Training Centre

Geza.

103 

Camp Guernsey

I-Wyo.

0.836

I-EWG ikhombe okungaphezu kwalokho Izingosi ze-DOD ezingama-400 ngokungcola okwaziwayo kwe-PFAS emhlabathini noma emanzini okuphuza. Ukusetshenziswa kwegwebu lokucisha umlilo elenziwe nge-PFAS kuwumthombo oyinhloko walokhu kungcola. I-PFAS ingafudukela emithonjeni i-DOD eyisebenzisela amanzi okuphuza, kuye ngezimo eziqondene nesayithi.

I-PFAS yaziwa ngokuthi “amakhemikhali angunaphakade” ngoba uma esekhululiwe endaweni awabhidlizi futhi angakheka egazini nasezithweni zethu. Ukuchayeka ku-PFAS kwandisa ingozi yomdlavuzakulimaza ukukhula kwe-fetus futhi kunciphisa ukusebenza kwemithi yokugoma. Igazi cishe labo bonke abantu baseMelika lingcoliswe yi-PFAS, ngokusho kwe- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Ukuhlolwa kwangaphakathi kwe-DOD kubona okuningi kwalokhu kulimala, kodwa akunaki ubungozi obukhulayo bomdlavuza wezinso kanye nomdlavuza wamasende kusuka ekuchayekeni kwe-PFAS, okubhalwe kahle ngabanye. izinhlangano zikahulumeni.

I-DOD iphinde yawubeka ngaphandle umphumela we-PFAS empilweni kamama nengane ngoba ukubuyekezwa kwayo "kugxile kumalungu ezempi namakadebona." Ucwaningo lubonisa ukuthi mayelana 13,000 amalungu enkonzo azala minyaka yonke, futhi amalungu omndeni amaningi ahlala ekufakweni kwe-DOD.

"Ukuchayeka kwe-PFAS ngesikhathi sokukhulelwa nasebuntwaneni kuhlotshaniswa nokulimala okuningi kwezempilo, okubandakanya umfutho wegazi ophakeme obangelwa ukukhulelwa, isisindo sokuzalwa esiphansi, isikhathi esifushane sokuncelisa, ukuphazamiseka kwegilo, ukwehla kokugoma kanye nokulimala ezinhlelweni zokuzala," kusho i-EWG Toxicologist. U-Alexis Temkin, Ph.D.

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