NguJoseph Essertier, ngoFebruwari 16, 2020
NgoLwesihlanu, 6 Mashi, izishoshovu e-Okinawa zizobamba inkulumo mayelana nezisekelo zase-US ezinoshevu amanzi ase-Okinawa nge-PFAS. I-Okinawa yisifunda eseningizimu yeziqhingi zaseJapan, kanti impilo yabahlali lapho ikhona engcupheni ngenxa ye-PFAS ebangelwe yinkinga yezempilo yabantu. NgoMgqibelo, umhlaka 7 Mashi eCalifornia, uPat Old uzoqala uhambo lwakhe lwamadolobha angama-20 eCalifornia azise abantu ngenkinga yezempilo yomphakathi ebangelwa ukungcoliswa kwamasosha ezemvelo e-US nakwamanye amazwe amaningi. Umkhankaso wokufundisa nokwazisa mayelana nalolu daba eCalifornia uzoqhubeka ngasikhathi sinye nomkhankaso e-Okinawa.
UGrace uveze ukuthi ubuthi be-PFAS buyinkinga eduze kwezindawo ezise-Okinawa. Uthe, "Le akuyona inkinga hhayi ye-Okinawa kodwa eyawo wonke umuntu esifundeni sePacific." Uhlose ukwenza abantu esifundeni sase-Okinawa basazi kangcono isimo sabo, ukuthi le yinkinga okufanele babhekane nayo.
Intatheli uJon Mitchell, onayo ebhalwe ngePFAS kanye nezinye izindaba ezihlobene nezisekelo ezihlobene ne-Okinawa eminyakeni edlule, kanye ne-SAKURAI Kunitoshi, onguprofesa ovela e-Okinawa University, uzonikeza inkulumo ngomhlaka 6 Mashi. Kuwo lowo mcimbi, umculi KOJA Misako izokwenza. Ungomunye weqembu lomculo wesintu lase-Okinawa Ama-Nēnēs (kuphinyiselwe njenge- "nayi nys").
An esihlokweni uvele ngomhlaka 11 kuNhlolanja ephephandabeni Okinawa Times mayelana nomcimbi wango-6 Mashi. Iphinde yazisa abafundi ngenkulumo eyanikezwa uJon Mitchell ngomhlaka 10 kuFebhuwari ngaphambi komcimbi wango-6 Mashi. UMitchell wethula inkulumo yakhe esakhiweni esinamahhovisi amalungu e-Diet amalungu eTokyo (ebizwa ngokuthi yi-The San'in giin kaikan ngesiJapanese: 参 院 議員 会館). Wachaza ukuthi iPFAS ibeka engcupheni yomdlavuza futhi yaxoxa nangeminye imithelela enayo emzimbeni womuntu. Uthe amasampula egazi athathwe izakhamizi eziseduzane nesikhungo somoya iFutenma akhombisa ukuthi amazinga abo e-PFOS (enye yezinto zePFAS) aphakeme kane kunawabantu bezinye izindawo.
Uhulumeni wase-Okinawan Prefectural has kukhonjisiwe Imifula eyi-15 nezindawo zokwelapha amanzi ezinamazinga ayingozi wokungcola kwe-PFOS ne-PFOA, yedlula umkhawulo we-EPA's Lifetime Health Advisory (LHA) okuhlangene we-70 ppt. NgoNovemba 2018, izikhulu zikaHulumeni wase-Okinawa Prefectural Government kubika ukuthi Kwafunyanwa ama-ppt angama-2,000 XNUMX amakhemikhali eChunnagā Spring Water Site (Wakimizu Chunnagā) eKiyuna, eGinowan City. Umbutho wamasosha aseMelika ufaka ubuthi kubantu base-Okinawa ngokudelela ngokuphelele amalungelo abahlali. Akukho ukuphendula, futhi ama-Okinawans namaJapan asesimweni esingenakusiza ngalutho. NjengamaMelika, kumele sixoxe ngalolu daba futhi sicabange ukuthi singayinqanda kanjani iWashington ukwephula amalungelo abantu abaphethwe yiTokyo, “umfelandawonye” wethu eNortheast Asia.
Ukubeka leyo nombolo 2,000, ngomhlaka 6 kuFebhuwari 2020 iBhodi Yokulawulwa Kwemithombo Yamanzi yaseCalifornia likweleta "Izinga Lokuphendula" ezingxenyeni eziyi-10 i-trillion (ppt) ngayinye ye-PFOA ne-40 ppt ye-PFOS. Phambilini, abaphathi bekungafuneki bathathe umthombo wamanzi ngaphandle kokuhlinzeka umphakathi noma banikeze umphakathi isaziso kuze kube kufinyelela ku-70 ppt.
Ngaleso sikhathi, abacwaningi eHarvard TH Chan School of Public Health kanye nase-University of Massachusetts eLowell uthi "Kubalwe ukuthi umthamo olinganiselwe ophephile we-PFOA kanye / noma i-PFOS emanzini okuphuza yi-1 ppt." Lapho izakhamizi ziqonda ngokwengeziwe ngobungozi bawa makhemikhali, imiyalo iya ngokuya isiba nzima.
Inkulumo kaMitchell ibihanjelwe ngabantu abangama-80 kanti ihlelwe yi "Tokyo Society Against Ospreys" (Osprey Hantai Tokyo Renraku Kai).
Le nhlangano i-All Okinawa iphinde yabamba umhlangano ethendeni eliseHenoko ngaphesheya komgwaqo usuka eCamp Schwab mhlaka 1 kuFebhuwari lapho betshele abantu ngomcimbi we-6 Mashi o-Okinawa. Bona isithombe esingezansi:
Indoda ekulesi sikhungo nguProfessor SAKURAI Kunitoshi, ophinde abe ngumhleli womcimbi we-6 Mashi.
Pat Umdala uyilungu lebhodi le World BEYOND War. Uzoba egqamisa udaba lokungcola kwe-PFAS ngesikhathi a Uhambo lwamadolobha angu-20 laseCalifornia ngoMashi. UJoseph Essertier ungumxhumanisi weJapan ukuze World BEYOND War.
