Into emhlophe ibonakala emfuleni oseduze ne-US Marine Corps Air Station Futenma eGinowan, e-Okinawa Prefecture, ngo-Ephreli 11, 2020, usuku ngemuva kogwebu lwesicima-mlilo esinobuthi olwaputshuka esiteshini somoya. (Ifayela le-Asahi Shimbun).
by I-Asahi Shimbun, Ngo-September 29, i-2021
Silahlekelwe ngamazwi ngesimo sengqondo nokuziphatha okungaqondakali kwamabutho ase-US abekwe esifundeni sase-Okinawa.
Ngokuhamba okumangazayo, i-US Marine Corps yakhipha ngasekupheleni kwenyanga edlule amalitha angama-64,000 wamanzi aqukethe i-perfluorooctane sulfonic acid (PFOS), inhlanganisela enobuthi enophunga, evela e-Air Station Futenma, esifundeni, yangena ohlelweni lokukhucululwa kwendle.
I-PFOS phambilini yayisetshenziswa kugwebu lokucisha umlilo neminye imikhiqizo. Phakathi kokukhathazeka okukhulayo kokuthi i-PFOS ingalimaza kabi izinto eziphilayo zabantu kanye nemvelo, ukukhiqizwa nokusetshenziswa kwento yamakhemikhali njengamanje kuvinjelwe ngokomthetho.
Amasosha aseMelika ayesondele ezikhulwini zaseJapan ngecebo lokudedela amanzi angcoliswe yiPFOS ngesizathu sokuthi kuzobiza kakhulu ukulahla ngomlilo. Badedela amanzi ngasohlangothini olulodwa ngenkathi ohulumeni bezizwe zombili besabamba izingxoxo ngalolu daba.
Lesi senzo asivunyelwe ngokuphelele.
Uhulumeni waseJapan, ovame ukuba nenhliziyo engaphelele ngezindaba ezifanayo ngenxa yokwesaba ukudumaza izikhulu zase-US, ngokushesha uzwakalise ukuzisola ngale ntuthuko ngalesi sikhathi. Umhlangano wesifunda sase-Okinawa uvumelane ngazwilinye ngesinqumo sokubhikishelwa uhulumeni wase-US namasosha akhe.
Amasosha aseMelika achaze ukuthi ukukhishwa akubanga nengozi ngoba amanzi asetshenziwe ukwehlisa ukuminyana kwawo kwePFOS emazingeni aphansi ngaphambi kokuba alahlwe.
Kodwa-ke, uhulumeni wedolobha laseGinowan, lapho kutholakala khona isiteshi somoya, uthe isampula lendle litholakale liqukethe izinto ezinobuthi, kufaka phakathi i-PFOS, izikhathi ezingaphezu kwezingu-13 ukugxila okuhlosiwe okubekwe nguhulumeni omkhulu ngenhloso yokulawula ikhwalithi yamanzi emifuleni nakwezinye izindawo.
ITokyo kufanele icele izikhulu zase-US ukuthi zizothola incazelo ecacile ngalolu daba.
UMnyango Wezemvelo wathi ngonyaka owedlule ukuthi amalitha angu-3.4 million amagwebu okucisha umlilo aqukethe i-PFOS ayegcinwe ezindaweni ezinqamula iJapan, kufaka phakathi iziteshi zomlilo, izizinda zeSelf-Defense Forces nezikhumulo zezindiza. Igwebu elifanayo lokulwa nomlilo lasakazeka ngesikhathi sengozi ngoFebhuwari e-Air SDF Naha Air Base e-Okinawa Prefecture, enye yalezo zindawo zokugcina.
Kwentuthuko ehlukile, kusanda kufundwa ukuthi ukungcoliswa okubandakanya i-PFOS kutholakale ezindaweni ezinamathangi amanzi ezindaweni zeNaha Air Base. UNgqongqoshe Wezokuvikela uNobuo Kishi uthe, lapho ezophendula, uzoba novivinyo olufanayo olwenziwe ezikhungweni ze-SDF kulo lonke elaseJapan.
Womabili la macala afinyelela kokungahambi ngendlela okufanele kunganakwa. UMnyango Wezokuvikela kufanele ubhekane nengalo ebukhali yokuphatha lax.
Lokho kusho, izisekelo ze-SDF okungenani zitholakala ekuphenyweni. Uma kukhulunywa ngamabutho ase-US eJapan, noma kunjalo, izikhulu zaseJapan zigcinwe zisebumnyameni ngokuphelele ngokuthi zingakanani izinto ezinobuthi abanazo nokuthi bazisebenzisa kanjani lezo zinto.
Lokho kungenxa yokuthi igunya lokuphatha ezisekelweni zamasosha ase-US eJapan lilele emabuthweni ase-US ngaphansi kweSivumelwano Sezimo Zamabutho. Isivumelwano esingeziwe sokuphathwa kwemvelo siqale ukusebenza ngonyaka we-2015, kepha amandla eziphathimandla zaseJapan kulowo mkhakha ahlala eyindida.
Eqinisweni, uhulumeni ophakathi kanye nohulumeni wase-Okinawa prefectural bafune, ezikhathini eziningi kusukela nge-2016, ukuthi bangene emagcekeni e-US Kadena Air Base ukuze kuhlolwe endaweni, ngoba iPFOS ibitholwe ezindaweni eziphakeme ngaphandle kwesisekelo. Kodwa-ke, izimfuno zenqatshwa ngamasosha ase-US.
Uhulumeni wesifunda ubelokhu efuna ukuthi kuchitshiyelwe imithetho esebenzayo ukuze izikhulu zaseJapan zivunyelwe ngokushesha ukungena emagcekeni ezizinda zamasosha ase-US ngoba iPFOS itholakale njalo izungeze izisekelo zase-US esifundeni, kubandakanya iKadena.
Umbuzo awukhawulelwanga esifundeni sase-Okinawa kuphela. Amacala afanayo avele kulo lonke elaseJapane, kufaka phakathi e-US Yokota Air Base entshonalanga yeTokyo, ngaphandle lapho iPFOS itholwe khona emithonjeni.
Uhulumeni waseJapan kufanele abambe izingxoxo neWashington ukuphendula ukukhathazeka komphakathi ngalolu daba.
Amabutho aseMelika enqabile ukwamukela imibhikisho mayelana nokukhishwa kwamanzi angcolile kwakamuva, ngakwelinye futhi esikhundleni salokho avuma ukuhlangana nesikhulu esiphezulu kuhulumeni wesifunda sase-Okinawa kulokho abakubiza njengokushintshana ngemibono.
Lokho kuziphatha akuvamile ukuqondakala. Izindlela zamasosha ase-United States ezisebenzisa amandla aphezulu zizoqinisa kuphela uqhekeko phakathi kwabo nabase-Okinawa futhi zenze ukungathembani kwalaba bantu kube yinto engacimeki.
-I-Asahi Shimbun, Septhemba 12
