ʻOi aku ma mua o 200 mau mea hana kemika a puni ka ʻāina - e komo pū ana ma Texas ma ke kahakai ʻo Gulf Coast - e koi ʻia e hōʻemi i nā mea ʻawaʻawa e hiki ai ke hoʻoulu i ka maʻi maʻi no ka poʻe e noho kokoke ana ma lalo o kahi lula Environmental Protection Agency i hoʻolaha ʻia i ka Pōʻalua.
Hoʻohana kēia mau keʻena i nā kemika weliweli e hana i nā plastic, pena, nā lole synthetic, pesticides a me nā huahana petrochemical ʻē aʻe.Hōʻike ka papa inoa EPA ma kahi o 80, a i ʻole 40% o lākou, aia ma Texas, ka hapa nui ma nā kūlanakauhale kahakai e like me Baytown, Channelview, Corpus Christi, Deer Park, La Porte, Pasadena a me Port Arthur.
Hoʻopili ka lula hou i ka kaupalena ʻana i ʻeono mau kemika: ethylene oxide, chloroprene, benzene, 1,3-butadiene, ethylene dichloride a me vinyl chloride.ʻIke ʻia nā mea a pau i ka hoʻonui ʻana i ka maʻi kanesa a hoʻopilikia i ka puʻuwai, cardiovascular a me nā ʻōnaehana pale ma hope o ka loaʻa ʻana o ka wā lōʻihi.
Wahi a ka EPA, e hōʻemi ke kānāwai hou ma mua o 6,000 tons o nā mea haumia ea ʻawaʻawa i kēlā me kēia makahiki a hoʻemi i ka nui o ka poʻe me ke kiʻekiʻe o ka maʻi kanesa e 96% ma ka ʻāina.
Pono ka lula hou e hoʻokomo i nā mea nānā ea laina pā e ana i ka ʻike ʻana o kahi kemika kikoʻī ma ka laina waiwai o kahi kahua hana.
Hiki iā mākou ke hāʻawi i nā ʻike kinoea multi-parameter e hiki ke nānā i nā ʻano kinoea like ʻole
Ua haʻi ʻo Harold Wimmer, ka pelekikena a me ka Luna Nui o ka American Lung Association, i ka ʻōlelo ʻana e kōkua nā mākaʻikaʻi ʻike ea i ka pale ʻana i nā kaiāulu kokoke i ka hāʻawi ʻana iā lākou i ka ʻike pololei e pili ana i ka maikaʻi o ka ea a lākou e hanu ai.
Hōʻike nā haʻawina e ʻoi aku ka nui o nā kaiāulu o ke kala i ka haumia mai nā mea kanu hana kemika.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Cynthia Palmer, kahi loiloi koʻikoʻi no nā petrochemical me ka Moms Clean Air Force, ʻaʻole waiwai kaiapuni, i loko o kahi ʻōlelo i kākau ʻia ʻo ke kānāwai hou he "pilikino hohonu iaʻu.Ua ulu koʻu hoa aloha ma kahi o ʻeiwa o nā hale hana kemika ma Texas e uhi ʻia i kēia hoʻoponopono hou.Ua make ʻo ia i ka maʻi kanesa i ka wā e hele ana kāna mau keiki i ke kula kamaliʻi.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Palmer, he hana koʻikoʻi ka lula hou no ka hoʻoponopono kaiapuni.
ʻO ka hoʻolaha o ka Pōʻalua e hiki mai ana i hoʻokahi mahina ma hope o ka ʻae ʻana o ka EPA i kahi lula e hōʻemi i ka hoʻokuʻu ʻana o ka ethylene oxide mai nā hale sterilization pāʻoihana.Ma Laredo, ʻōlelo nā kamaʻāina ua kōkua kēia mau mea kanu i ka piʻi ʻana o ka maʻi kanesa o ke kūlanakauhale.
ʻO Hector Rivero, ka pelekikena a me ka Luna Nui o ka Texas Chemistry Council, i ʻōlelo ʻia ma ka leka uila e loaʻa i ka lula EPA hou ka hopena nui i ka hana ʻana i ka ethylene oxide, kahi āna i ʻōlelo ai he mea nui ia no nā huahana e like me nā kaʻa uila a me nā mīkini kamepiula, a me sterilizing huahana lapaʻau.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Rivero, ʻo ka ʻaha kūkā, kahi i hōʻike ʻia ma mua o 200 mau hale hana i ka ʻoihana hana kemika, e hoʻokō i nā lula hou, akā manaʻoʻiʻo ʻo ia i ke ʻano o ka loiloi ʻana o EPA i nā pilikia olakino o ka ethylene oxide i hewa i ka ʻepekema.
"ʻO ka hilinaʻi o EPA i nā ʻikepili hoʻokuʻu kahiko ua alakaʻi i kahi lula hope e pili ana i nā pilikia inflated a me nā pōmaikaʻi speculative," wahi a Rivero.
Hoʻohana ʻia ke kānāwai hou ma hope koke iho o ka paʻi ʻia ʻana ma ka Federal Register.ʻO nā hōʻemi nui loa o ka maʻi maʻi maʻi e loaʻa mai ka hōʻemi ʻana i nā ethylene oxide a me chloroprene.Pono nā ʻoihana e hoʻokō i nā koi no ka hōʻemi ʻana i ka ethylene oxide i loko o ʻelua mau makahiki ma hope o ka lilo ʻana o ka lula a pono e hoʻokō i nā koi no ka chloroprene i loko o 90 mau lā ma hope o ka lā kūpono.
ʻO Victoria Cann, he waha ʻōlelo me ke keʻena kaiapuni o ka mokuʻāina, ʻo Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, i ʻōlelo ʻia i loko o kahi ʻōlelo e hana ke keʻena i nā noiʻi e loiloi i ka hoʻokō ʻana i nā koi o ke kānāwai hou ma ke ʻano o kāna papahana hoʻokō a hoʻokō.
Kuhi ʻia ka lula i nā mea hana ma nā hale hana kemika e hoʻokuʻu i ka haumia o ka ea e like me nā ʻōnaehana hoʻololi wela (nā mea hana e wela ai nā wai anuanu), a me nā hana e like me ka hoʻokuʻu ʻana a me ka puhi ʻana e hoʻokuʻu i nā kinoea i ka lewa.
Hoʻomaka pinepine ʻia ke ahi i ka wā o ka hoʻomaka ʻana, nā pani a me nā hana ʻino.Ma Texas, ua hōʻike nā hui i ka hoʻokuʻu ʻana i 1 miliona mau paona o ka pollution nui i ka wā o ke anuanu o Ianuali.Ua kapa ka poʻe kākoʻo kaiapuni i kēlā mau hanana loopholes i ka hoʻokō ʻana i ke kaiapuni e hiki ai i nā hale ke hoʻohaumia me ka ʻole o ka hoʻopaʻi a i ʻole ka hoʻopaʻi ʻana ma lalo o kekahi mau kūlana e like me ka wā ʻino a i ʻole nā pōʻino kemika.
Pono ka lula e hana i nā hōʻike hoʻokō hou a me nā loiloi hana ma hope o ia mau hanana.
Ka manawa hoʻouna: Apr-11-2024