Lamulo la New Environmental Protection Agency likufuna kuthana ndi kuwonongeka kwa mpweya wapoizoni kuchokera kwa opanga zitsulo aku US pochepetsa zowononga monga mercury, benzene ndi lead zomwe zakhala zikupha poizoni kwa nthawi yayitali m'madera ozungulira zomera.
Malamulowa amayang'ana zowonongeka zomwe zimatulutsidwa ndi mavuni azitsulo a coke. Mpweya wochokera mu uvuni umapangitsa munthu kukhala pachiwopsezo cha khansa mlengalenga mozungulira zitsulo za 50 mu 1,000,000, zomwe olimbikitsa zaumoyo amati ndizowopsa kwa ana ndi anthu omwe ali ndi mavuto azaumoyo.
Mankhwalawa samayenda kutali ndi chomeracho, koma oyimira milandu akuti akhala akuwononga thanzi la anthu m'malo omwe amapeza ndalama zochepa mozungulira malo azitsulo, ndikuyimira chilungamo cha chilengedwe.
"Anthu akhala akukumana ndi ziwopsezo zazikulu zaumoyo, monga khansa, chifukwa choipitsidwa ndi uvuni," atero a Patrice Simms, wachiwiri kwa purezidenti wa Earthjustice kumadera athanzi. Malamulowo ndi "ofunikira kuteteza madera ndi ogwira ntchito pafupi ndi uvuni wa coke".
Mavuni a coke ndi zipinda zomwe zimatenthetsa malasha kuti apange coke, chosungira cholimba chomwe chimagwiritsidwa ntchito popanga chitsulo. Mpweya wopangidwa ndi mauvuniwo umasankhidwa ndi EPA ngati carcinogen yodziwika bwino yamunthu ndipo imakhala ndi mankhwala owopsa, zitsulo zolemera ndi zinthu zosakhazikika.
Mankhwala ambiri amalumikizidwa ndi zovuta zaumoyo, kuphatikizapo chikanga chachikulu, zovuta kupuma komanso zotupa m'mimba.
Pakati pa umboni wochulukirachulukira wa poizoni wa gasi m'zaka zaposachedwa, EPA sinachite pang'ono kuletsa kuipitsa, otsutsa akutero. Magulu azachilengedwe akhala akukankhira malire atsopano ndikuwunika bwino komanso Earthjustice mu 2019 idasumira EPA pankhaniyi.
Mavuni a Coke avutitsa kwambiri mizinda yomwe ili m'magawo apamwamba apakati chakumadzulo ndi Alabama. Ku Detroit, chomera cha coke chomwe kwazaka khumi chaphwanya miyezo ya mpweya kambirimbiri chili pachimake pamilandu yopitirizira milandu yomwe imati sulfure dioxide yopangidwa ndi mpweya wa ovuni ya coke yadwalitsa anthu okhala pafupi ndi anthu ambiri akuda, ngakhale malamulo atsopanowa samaphimba choyipacho.
Malamulo, omwe adasindikizidwa Lachisanu, amafuna kuyesa "mpanda" kuzungulira zomera, ndipo, ngati chodetsa chikupezeka kuti chikupitirira malire atsopano, opanga zitsulo ayenera kuzindikira gwero ndikuchitapo kanthu kuti achepetse milingo.
Malamulowa amachotsanso njira zomwe zidagwiritsidwa ntchito m'mbuyomu popewa kupereka malipoti, monga kumasula malire otulutsa mpweya pakagwa vuto.
Poyesa kunja kwa fakitale ya Pittsburgh yoyendetsedwa ndi US Steel, imodzi mwa opanga zazikulu kwambiri mdzikolo, anapeza milingo ya benzene, carcinogen, yomwe inali yokwera kuwirikiza ka 10 kuposa malire atsopano. Mneneri waku US Steel adauza Allegheny Front kuti malamulowo sangakwaniritsidwe ndipo adzakhala ndi "ndalama zomwe sizinachitikepo komanso kuwonongeka kwachilengedwe komwe sikungachitike".
"Ndalama zake sizingakhalepo kale komanso sizikudziwika chifukwa palibe njira zodziwikiratu zowononga mpweya wina woopsa," atero mneneriyo.
Adrienne Lee, loya wa Earthjustice, adauza Guardian kuti lamuloli likuchokera kumakampani omwe amaperekedwa ku EPA, ndipo adanenanso kuti malamulowo sangachepetse kutulutsa mpweya, koma kuletsa kupitilira.
"Zimandivuta kukhulupirira kuti [malire] adzakhala ovuta kukwaniritsa," adatero Lee.
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Nthawi yotumiza: Jun-03-2024