Iyi ngingo yasohowe ku bufatanye n’ikigo Centre for Public Integrity, kikaba ari ikigo c’amakuru kitagira inyungu, gikora ubushakashatsi ku bijanye n’ubusumbasumbane.
Kwoga. uruzitiro. bike. Kevin Hartley, Drew Wynn na Joshua Atkins bariko barakora mu kiringo c’amezi 10 igihe bapfa, ariko bariko barakora. Ivyo bintu biratandukanye, ariko imvo ituma ubuzima bwavyo buba bugufi ni imwe: imiti iri mu bikoresho vyo gukurako irangi be n’ibindi bintu bigurishwa mu maduka. mu gihugu cose.
Mu gahinda n’ubwoba, imiryango yabo yarahiye ko izokora uko ishoboye kwose kugira ngo iyo miti yitwa methylène chloride ntiyice uwundi muntu.
Ariko muri Leta Zunze Ubumwe za Amerika, ni amahinguriro makeyi y’imiti yashikiwe n’ibintu nk’ivyo kubera ukuntu abakozi n’abaguzi batagira ico bakora. Ni co gituma chloride ya methylène yacitse umwicanyi w’uruhererekane, naho nyene hariho imburi ku bijanye n’akaga k’umwotsi wayo mbere n’imbere y’uko Hartley, Wayne na Atkins bavuka. Amajana n’amajana, nimba atari menshi, barapfuye mu myaka mirongo iheze ata kigo na kimwe cagize ico gikoze.
Inyuma y’itohoza ryakozwe n’ikigo Centre for Public Integrity be n’amahamagara y’ababuranira umutekano, amaherezo ikigo co muri Leta Zunze Ubumwe za Amerika kijejwe gukingira ibidukikije carasavye ko iyo miti ibuzwa cane mu bikoresho vyo gukurako irangi.
Hari muri Mukakaro 2017, imisi ya nyuma y’ubutegetsi bwa Obama. Hartley yapfuye muri Ndamukiza uwo mwaka, Wynn mu kwezi kwa Gitugutu uwo mwaka, Atkins na we muri Ruhuhuma uwo mwaka wakurikiye, mu gihe ubutegetsi bwa Trump bwari bufise umwete mu bijanye no gukuraho amategeko kandi bwashaka gukuraho aho kwongerako amategeko—na cane cane ibidukikije vya EPA. Ico ciyumviro co gukoresha chlorure de méthylène ntaho cagiye.
Ariko rero, haciye amezi 13 Atkins apfuye, ikigo ca Trump kijejwe gukingira ibidukikije, kubera igitutu, carafashe ingingo yo guhagarika ugurisha ku masoko ibikoresho vyo gukurako irangi birimwo umuti witwa methylene chloride. Muri Ndamukiza, ikigo ca Biden kijejwe gukingira ibidukikije carateye imbere itegeko ryo kubuza iyo miti mu bikoresho vyose abantu bakoresha no mu bibanza vyinshi vy’akazi.
Dogiteri Robert Harrison, umwigisha w’ubuvuzi bw’akazi n’ibidukikije muri Kaminuza ya Californie, i San Francisco, yavuze ati: “Ivyo turabikora gake cane muri Leta Zunze Ubumwe za Amerika. “Iyi miryango ni intwari zanje.”
Ehe ingene banesheje ingorane kugira ngo bashike kuri ivyo bihembo n’ico boguhanura nimba uriko uratangura inzira igoye nk’iyo, yaba iyo nzira irimwo ibintu bishobora gutera akaga, ahantu h’akazi hadatekanye, ukwanduzwa canke ibindi bikomere.
Brian Wynn, uwo musazawe Drew w’imyaka 31 yaguze umuti witwa methylene chlorure kugira ngo asanure iduka ryiwe ry’ikawa ry’i Caroline yo mu Bumanuko be n’ifiriji yiwe yo kwinjiramwo, avuga ati: “Google vyose. “Kandi no gushikira abantu.”
Uko ni ko yasanze igitabu Public Integrity Inquiry, casohowe imyaka ibiri imbere y’urupfu rwa mwenewabo, kigahamagara abahinga, akamenya vyose kuva aho yoshobora kugura ico kintu gushika ku mpamvu impfu zigoye cane gukurikirana. (Umwotsi wa methylene chloride urashobora kwica iyo wirundanirije mu bibanza vyugaye, kandi urashobora gutera indwara z’umutima zisa n’urupfu rw’ibisanzwe iyo ata n’umwe akora isuzuma ry’ubumara.)
Impanuro ya Wendy Hartley, nyina wa Kevin: “Ivyigwa” ni ryo jambo ry’ingenzi mu kurondera. Hariho ubushakashatsi bwinshi bushobora kukurindiriye ng’aho. Yanditse muri e-mail ati: “Ivyo bizofasha gutandukanya ivyiyumviro n’ibintu vy’ukuri.”
Lauren Atkins, nyina wa Joshua w’imyaka 31, yapfuye ariko arakorana n’iforogo y’ipikipiki ya BMX, yaravuganye na Harrison wo muri kaminuza ya UCSF incuro nyinshi. Muri Ruhuhuma 2018, yasanze umuhungu wiwe yapfuye hasi, hafi y’aho hari igikombe c’irangi c’ilitiro.
Ubumenyi Harrison yari afise ku bijanye n’umuti witwa methylene chloride bwaramufashije guhindura raporo z’ubumara bw’umuhungu wiwe be n’iz’ugupima umubiri w’umuhungu wiwe ngo zibe ikintu gitomoye catumye apfa. Ukwo gutomoka kuratuma haba urufatiro rukomeye rwo gukora.
Akenshi, gushikirwa n’imiti birashobora gutuma abantu bagira ingaruka zimara igihe kirekire ku buzima zishobora kutaboneka mu myaka myinshi. Uguhumana kwoshobora kuba ari inkuru isa n’iyo. Ariko nimba ushaka ko intwaro zigira ico zikoze kugira ngo zishireho mwene ivyo bibazo, ubushakashatsi bwo mu mashure buracari intango nziza.
Ikintu nyamukuru catumye baroranirwa ni ubucuti uwo muryango wari ufise n’imigwi yari isanzwe ikora ku bibazo bijanye n’umutekano w’imiti be n’ubucuti hagati yabo.
Nk’akarorero, Lauren Atkins yararonse ikirego co ku rubuga Change.org kivuga ibijanye n’ibintu birimwo methylene chloride kivuye mu mugwi w’ababuranira imiti itekanye ku miryango ifise amagara meza (ubu ni Toxic Free Future) maze ashira umukono kuri ico cete mu kwibuka umuhungu wiwe aherutse kubura. Brian Wayne aca yihuta kurambura ukuboko kwiwe.
Inkomezi zikomeye zarafatanije inguvu kugira ngo zimenye neza ivyiza zifise. Ata gikorwa kivuye kuri EPA, iyo miryango ntizobwirizwa gutangura kuva ku ntango mu guhatira abagurisha gukura ibintu ku bitabo vyabo: Safer Chemicals Healthier Families yatanguje isekeza ryayo ry’“Mind the Stores” mu kwishura kuri ubwo bwoko bw’uguhamagara.
Ntibategerezwa guca irya n’ino amategeko y’ibigo canke ibikorwa vy’imbere vyo gutera intege abantu ku musozi wa Capitol bonyene. Ishirahamwe ry’imiti itekanye, imiryango ifise amagara meza, n’ikigega co gukingira ibidukikije birafise ubuhinga muri ivyo.
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Brian Wynn yavuze ati: “Igihe ushobora gushiramwo umugwi nk’uyu ... uba ufise inguvu zikomeye vy’ukuri,” yerekana ko Inama y’Ukugwanira Ubutunzi bw’Igihugu ari uwundi mugwi ukurikirana ico kibazo n’umwete.
Si umuntu wese afise icipfuzo c’iyo ntambara azoshobora kuyigiramwo uruhara rwa bose. Nk’akarorero, abimukira batagira uburenganzira buhoraho mu vy’amategeko barashikirwa n’ingorane nyinshi ku kazi, kandi kutagira uburenganzira bwo gukora vyoshobora gutuma bibagora canke ntibashobore kuvuga ivyo bashaka.
Iyo iyo miryango ishize umutima wayo wose kuri EPA, ico kigo coshobora kutagira ico gikora, cane cane kubera ko ubutegetsi bwa Trump busubira inyuma ku mategeko.
Bariko baratera umukazo abagurisha ibintu mu “gucungera amaduka yabo” kugira ngo ntibagurishe ibikoresho vyo gukurako irangi birimwo umuti witwa methylène chloride kugira ngo bakize ubuzima. Ivyifuzo n’imyiyerekano vyarakoze. Amashirahamwe harimwo Home Depot na Walmart yemeye guhagarika ivyo.
Bariko basaba abagize Inama Nkuru y’Igihugu kugira ico bakoze biciye mu kigega c’imiti itekanye, imiryango ifise amagara meza n’ikigega c’ibidukikije. Baciye baja i Washington bafise amafoto y’umuryango mu minwe. Bavuganye n’abanyamakuru, bararonka amakuru yatumye iyo ntambara irushirizaho.
Abasenateri bo muri Caroline yo mu Bumanuko n’umushingamateka umwe bandikiye ikete umuyobozi w’ico gihe w’ikigo kijejwe gukingira ibidukikije, Scott Pruitt. Uwundi mushingamateka yaravuze ivyo yanse kuri Pruitt mu gihe c’urubanza rwabaye muri Ndamukiza 2018. Brian Wynn yizera ko ivyo vyose vyafashije umuryango gutegura inama na Pruitt muri Rusama 2018.
Brian Wayne yavuze ati: “Uwo mucungezi w’umutekano yarababaye cane kubera ko ata n’umwe yamujeko. “Ni nk’uguhura n’igihugu kinini kandi gikomeye ca Ozi.”
Mu nzira, uwo muryango waratanze ikirego. Bakoresheje ubuhinga bwo guhanahana amakuru ku mbuga ngurukanabumenyi kugira ngo baburire abantu ngo ntibashire mu kaga. Lauren Atkins yagiye mu maduka y’ibikoresho vy’ubuhinga bwa none kugira ngo yibonere nimba vy’ukuri bariko barakura ibintu vy’ivyuma vyitwa methylene chloride ku bitabo vyabo nk’uko babivuga. (Rimwe na rimwe egome, rimwe na rimwe oya.)
Nimba ivyo vyose bisa n’ibiruhije, ntubeshe. Ariko iyo miryango yizera ko vyari bigaragara neza ivyo vyari kuba iyo batavyinjiramwo.
Lauren Atkins yavuze ati: “Nta kintu na kimwe kizokorwa nk’aho kitari bwigere gikorwa.”
Intsinzi ntoyi ziragwira. Ikintu kimwe catumye haba ikindi kuko umuryango ntiwacitse intege. Akenshi birakenewe ko umuntu abona ibintu mu gihe kirekire: Gushinga amategeko ya Leta Zunze Ubumwe za Amerika biragenda buhoro.
Bishobora gutwara imyaka myinshi canke irenga kugira ngo ikigo kirangire ubushakashatsi bukenewe kugira ngo gishireho itegeko. Ico ciyumviro kigomba gutsinda intambamyi imbere y’uko gisozwa. Ariko rero, amategeko yose canke ibisabwa bishasha birashobora gushirwaho buhoro buhoro uko igihe kigenda kirarenga.
Ico catumye imiryango ironka igice c’uburenganzira bwo kubuzwa na EPA mu buryo bwihuse ni uko iyo nkuru yashizeho ico ciyumviro imbere y’uko mu vy’ukuri ihagarika. Ariko haciye imyaka ibiri n’igice Kevin Hartley apfuye imbere y’uko amategeko y’Ishirahamwe ry’Ukurinda Ibidukikije atangura gukora. Kandi ntizikoresha ibikorwa vyo ku kazi, nk’igikorwa co gusigira amabara mu bikarabiro Kevin w’imyaka 21 akora ku kazi.
Ariko rero, mu kigo hashobora kuba ingingo zitandukanye zifatwa n’abarongozi batandukanye. Iciyumviro ca nyuma ca EPA, citezwe kwemezwa muri Myandagaro 2024, cobuza gukoresha umuti witwa methylene chloride ku kazi ku ntumbero nyinshi, harimwo no gusukura ibikoresho vyo kwogeramwo.
Lauren Atkins ati: "Urakeneye kwihangana. Urakeneye gushikama." "Iyo bishitse ku buzima bw'umuntu cane cane iyo bishitse ku bana bawe, urabibona. Straightaway".
Guhindura ibintu biragoye. Bishobora kugora cane kuzana ihinduka kubera ko wewe canke umuntu ukunda yababajwe, naho nyene bishobora gutanga ihumure ata kindi gishobora gutanga.
Lauren Atkins aragabisha ati: “Nimushire amaboko, kuko ivyo bizoba ari akaga ko mu mutima.” "Abantu barambaza imisi yose, naho bitera inyiyumvo kandi bigoye, kuki nguma nkora ivyo?Inyishu yanje yama ari kandi izokwama ari: "Rero ntubwirizwa kwicara." ikibanza canje.Rero ntubwirizwa kuba uri hafi yanje.
Yavuze ati: "Ukora gute iyo utakaje igice c'umubiri wawe?, rimwe na rimwe nibwira ko umutima wiwe wahagaritse gutera, umutima wanje na wo uhagaritse gutera uwo musi nyene." "Ariko kuko ntashaka ko abandi bantu baca muri ivyo kandi ntashaka ko abandi bantu batakaza ivyo Joshua yatakaje, iyo ni yo ntumbero yanje. Nditeguye gukora ivyo vyose bisaba."
Brian Wynne na we nyene arafise ivyiyumviro nk’ivyo kandi aragusaba gukora ibikorwa bimwebimwe vyo gukuraho umubabaro kugira ngo bigufashe kurangiza urugendo rw’amaguru. Ico kibanza co kwinonoreramwo ni ciwe. Yavuze ati: “Ubwirizwa kurondera aho wosohora inyiyumvo zawe.”
Wendy Hartley yasanze ubukangurambaga ari ugukira ubwakwo – biciye mu gushigikirwa n’iyindi miryango n’ivyo bashikako bari kumwe.
Kubera ko umuhungu wiwe yatanga ingingo z’umubiri, yaragize ico akoze ata guca ku ruhande ku buzima bw’abandi. Biratera umunezero kubona iragi ryiwe rishika cane ku bitanda vy’amaduka no mu nzu za leta.
Yanditse ati: “Kevin yararokoye ubuzima bw’abantu benshi, kandi azobandanya gukiza ubuzima bw’abantu mu myaka izoza.”
Nimba uriko urasunika ngo habeho ihinduka, biroroshe kwiyumvira ko abaharanira uburenganzira bw’abantu bakoresha amahera kugira ngo bagumane ivy’uko bari bazokwama batsinda. Ariko ivyo waciyemwo mu buzima bwawe bifise uburemere budashobora kugurwa.
Brian Wayne ati: “Nimba uzi kuvuga inkuru yawe, kandi ari igice c’ubuzima bwawe, rero urashobora kubikora — kandi igihe ushobora kuvuga iyo nkuru, amahirwe meza, abashigikiye abantu.” “Tuza dufise urukundo n’urukundo rutagira uko rungana.”
Impanuro ya Wendy Hartley: “Ntutinye guserura inyiyumvo zawe.” Muvuge ingaruka izo nyiyumvo zigira kuri wewe no ku muryango wawe. “Bagaragarize ingaruka z’umuntu ku giti ciwe biciye ku mafoto.”
Lauren Atkins yavuze ati: “Haciye imyaka itandatu, iyo umuntu avuga ati: ‘Iyo musemerera cane, leta yari kwumva,’ nari gutwenga. "Tekereza iki? Ijwi rimwe rishobora gutuma habaho itandukaniro. Nibaza ko ivyo biri mu vyo umuhungu wanje yasize."
Jamie Smith Hopkins ni umunyamakuru wo mu kigo kijejwe ubutungane bwa bose, kikaba ari ikigo c’amakuru kitagira inyungu gisuzuma ubusumbasumbane.