Mitemo mitsva yeEnvironmental Protection Agency ine chinangwa chekudzikisa kusvibiswa kwemhepo ine chepfu kubva kuvagadziri vesimbi vekuUS nekuderedza kusvibiswa kwemhepo kwakadai semercury, benzene nelead izvo zvagara zvichisvibisa mhepo munzvimbo dzakapoteredza mafekitori.
Mitemo iyi inotarisa zvinhu zvinosvibisa zvinoburitswa nemaovheni ecoke ezvivakwa zvesimbi. Gasi rinobva mumaovheni rinoita kuti munhu awane njodzi yekenza mumhepo yakatenderedza mafekitori esimbi e50 pa1,000,000, izvo vatsigiri vehutano veruzhinji vanoti zvine njodzi kuvana nevanhu vane matambudziko ehutano.
Makemikoro aya haafambi kure nefekitori, asi vatsigiri vanoti ave achikuvadza hutano hwevanhu munzvimbo dzine mari shoma dziri pedyo nezvivakwa zvesimbi, uye anomiririra nyaya yekururamisira kwezvakatipoteredza.
"Vanhu vagara vachitarisana nenjodzi huru dzehutano, dzakadai sekenza, nekuda kwekusvibiswa kwechoto checoke," akadaro Patrice Simms, mutevedzeri wemutungamiri weEarthjustice wenharaunda dzine hutano. Mitemo iyi "yakakosha pakuchengetedza nharaunda nevashandi vari pedyo nechoto checoke".
Maovheni eCoke inzvimbo dzinopisa marasha kuti dzigadzire coke, chinhu chakaoma chinoshandiswa kugadzira simbi. Gasi rinogadzirwa nemaovheni rinoiswa muchikamu cheEPA sekenza yevanhu inozivikanwa uye rine musanganiswa wemakemikari ane njodzi, simbi dzinorema uye zvinhu zvinoputika.
Makemikoro mazhinji anobatanidzwa nematambudziko makuru ehutano, kusanganisira eczema, matambudziko ekufema uye maronda ekugaya chikafu.
Vatsoropodzi vanoti pakati pehumbowo huri kuwedzera hwekuti gasi iri rine chepfu mumakore achangopfuura, EPA haina chayakaita kudzora kusvibiswa kwaro. Mapoka ezvakatipoteredza ave achikurudzira kuti pave nemiganho mitsva uye kutariswa kuri nani uye Earthjustice muna 2019 yakamhan'arira EPA pamusoro penyaya iyi.
Maovheni eCoke akanyanya kutambudza maguta ari munzvimbo dzemaindasitiri dziri kumusoro kweMidwest neAlabama. MuDetroit, fekitori yeCoke iyo kwemakore gumi yave ichityora mitemo yehunhu hwemhepo kane zviuru ndiyo iri pakati pekuenderera mberi kwematare edzimhosva achiti sulfur dioxide inogadzirwa negasi reCoke oven yarwarisa vagari vepedyo munharaunda ine vanhu vatema vakawanda, kunyange hazvo mitemo mitsva isingafukidze chinhu ichocho chine njodzi.
Mitemo iyi, yakaburitswa neChishanu, inoda kuti pave nekuongororwa kwe "fenceline" kwakatenderedza zvirimwa, uye, kana paine chinhu chinosvibisa chikawanikwa chichipfuura miganhu mitsva, vagadziri vesimbi vanofanira kuona kwachinobva votora matanho ekudzikisa huwandu hwezvinhu.
Mitemo iyi inobvisawo maburi aimboshandiswa neindasitiri kudzivirira kushuma nezveutsi hunobuda, sekuregeredza miganhu yeutsi hunobuda panguva yekusashanda zvakanaka.
Kuedzwa kunze kwefekitori yePittsburgh inoshandirwa neUS Steel, imwe yemakambani makuru munyika, kwakawana huwandu hwebenzene, iyo inokonzera kenza, hwakanga hwakakwira kagumi kupfuura miganhu mitsva. Mutauriri weUS Steel akaudza Allegheny Front kuti mitemo yacho yaizove yakaoma kutevedzera uye yaizova ne "mitengo isingawanzoitika uye inogona kukanganisa nharaunda zvisingatarisirwi".
"Mari yacho yaizova isina kumboonekwa uye isingazivikanwe nekuti hapana matekinoroji akavimbiswa ekudzora zvimwe zvinosvibisa mhepo zvine njodzi," akadaro mutauriri wacho.
Adrienne Lee, gweta reEarthjustice, akaudza Guardian kuti mutemo uyu wakavakirwa padata reindasitiri rakapihwa kuEPA, uye akataura kuti mitemo iyi kazhinji haizoderedzi utsi hwemhepo, asi inodzivirira kupfuudzwa kwemhepo.
"Ndinoona zvakaoma kutenda kuti [miganhu] ichave yakaoma kuzadzisa," akadaro Lee.
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Nguva yekutumira: Chikumi-03-2024