Malamulo atsopano a bungwe loteteza zachilengedwe cholinga chake ndi kuthana ndi kuipitsa mpweya woipa kuchokera kwa opanga zitsulo aku US mwa kuchepetsa zinthu zoipitsa monga mercury, benzene ndi lead zomwe zakhala zikuwononga mpweya kwa nthawi yayitali m'madera ozungulira zomerazi.
Malamulowa amayang'ana kwambiri zinthu zodetsa zomwe zimatulutsidwa ndi ma uvuni a coke m'malo opangira zitsulo. Mpweya wochokera mu ma uvuni umapangitsa kuti munthu akhale ndi khansa mlengalenga mozungulira mafakitale achitsulo a anthu 50 pa 1,000,000, zomwe olimbikitsa zaumoyo wa anthu onse amati ndi zoopsa kwa ana ndi anthu omwe ali ndi mavuto azaumoyo.
Mankhwalawa sayenda kutali ndi fakitale, koma ochirikiza akuti akhala akuwononga thanzi la anthu m'madera omwe ali ndi ndalama zochepa omwe ali pafupi ndi malo opangira zitsulo, ndipo akuyimira nkhani yokhudza chilungamo cha chilengedwe.
"Anthu akhala akukumana ndi zoopsa zazikulu pa thanzi, monga khansa, chifukwa cha kuipitsidwa kwa uvuni wa coke," adatero Patrice Simms, wachiwiri kwa purezidenti wa Earthjustice wa madera athanzi. Malamulowa ndi "ofunikira kwambiri poteteza madera ndi ogwira ntchito pafupi ndi uvuni wa coke".
Mauvuni a Coke ndi zipinda zomwe zimatenthetsa malasha kuti apange coke, malo olimba omwe amagwiritsidwa ntchito popanga chitsulo. Mpweya wopangidwa ndi mauvuniwo umagawidwa ndi EPA ngati khansa yodziwika bwino ya anthu ndipo uli ndi mankhwala owopsa, zitsulo zolemera ndi zinthu zosinthasintha.
Mankhwala ambiri amagwirizanitsidwa ndi mavuto aakulu azaumoyo, kuphatikizapo eczema, mavuto a kupuma komanso zilonda zam'mimba.
Otsutsa akuti ngakhale kuti pali umboni wowonjezereka wa poizoni wa mpweyawu m'zaka zaposachedwa, bungwe la EPA silinachitepo kanthu kuti lichepetse kuipitsa mpweyawu. Magulu oteteza zachilengedwe akhala akulimbikitsa kuti pakhale malire atsopano komanso kuyang'anira bwino zinthu ndipo mu 2019, chilungamo cha Earthjustice chinasumira bungwe la EPA chifukwa cha nkhaniyi.
Ma uvuni a Coke akhala akuvutitsa makamaka mizinda ya kumtunda kwa madera a mafakitale akumadzulo ndi ku Alabama. Ku Detroit, fakitale ya coke yomwe kwa zaka khumi yaswa miyezo ya mpweya wabwino kangapo, ili pakati pa milandu yomwe ikupitilira yomwe ikunena kuti sulfur dioxide yopangidwa ndi mpweya wa coke yadwalitsa anthu okhala pafupi m'dera lomwe anthu ambiri ndi Akuda, ngakhale kuti malamulo atsopanowa sakhudza chodetsacho.
Malamulowa, omwe adafalitsidwa Lachisanu, amafuna kuti pakhale mayeso a "mpanda" kuzungulira zomera, ndipo, ngati chodetsa chapezeka kuti chapitirira malire atsopano, opanga zitsulo ayenera kuzindikira komwe kwachokera ndikuchitapo kanthu kuti achepetse milingo.
Malamulowa amachotsanso mipata yomwe makampani amagwiritsa ntchito kale kuti apewe kupereka malipoti okhudza kutulutsidwa kwa mpweya woipa, monga kuchotsera malire a kutulutsidwa kwa mpweya woipa panthawi yamavuto.
Poyesa kunja kwa fakitale ya ku Pittsburgh yomwe imayendetsedwa ndi US Steel, imodzi mwa opanga akuluakulu mdzikolo, adapeza kuchuluka kwa benzene, komwe kumayambitsa khansa, komwe kunali kokwera nthawi 10 kuposa malire atsopano. Mneneri wa US Steel adauza Allegheny Front kuti malamulowo sangatheke kutsatiridwa ndipo akanakhala ndi "ndalama zomwe sizinachitikepo komanso zotsatirapo zoyipa zachilengedwe."
"Mitengo yake ikanakhala yosayembekezereka komanso yosadziwika chifukwa palibe ukadaulo wotsimikizika wowongolera zinthu zina zoopsa zowononga mpweya," adatero wolankhulirayo.
Adrienne Lee, loya wa Earthjustice, adauza Guardian kuti lamuloli likuchokera pa deta yamakampani yomwe yaperekedwa ku EPA, ndipo adati malamulowa nthawi zambiri sachepetsa mpweya woipa, koma amaletsa kupitirira muyeso.
"Ndimaona kuti n'zovuta kukhulupirira kuti [malirewo] adzakhala ovuta kuwakwaniritsa," anatero Lee.
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Nthawi yotumizira: Juni-03-2024