Mitemo yeNew Environmental Protection Agency ine chinangwa chekupwanya kusvibiswa kwemhepo kune muchetura kubva kune vanogadzira simbi vekuUS nekudzikamisa zvinosvibisa zvakaita semercury, benzene uye lead izvo zvagara zvichiisa muchetura mumhepo munzvimbo dzakatenderedza zvirimwa.
Mitemo yakanangana netsvina inoburitswa nesimbi zvivako 'coke oveni. Gasi rinobva mumavheni rinogadzira njodzi yegomarara mumhepo yakatenderedza zvidyarwa zvesimbi zve50 mu1,000,000, izvo zvinonzi nevamiriri vehutano hweveruzhinji zvine njodzi kuvana uye vanhu vane matambudziko ehutano.
Makemikari haafambe kure nechirimwa, asi vamiriri vanoti vanga vachishungurudza hutano hweveruzhinji mu "fenceline" nharaunda dzinotambira mari shoma dzakatenderedza zvivakwa zvesimbi, uye dzinomiririra nyaya yekururamisira kwezvakatipoteredza.
"Vanhu vagara vakatarisana nenjodzi dzehutano, segomarara, nekuda kwekusvibiswa kwehovhoni," akadaro Patrice Simms, mutevedzeri wemutungamiri weEarthjustice munharaunda dzine hutano. Mitemo "yakakosha kuchengetedza nharaunda nevashandi padyo nehovhoni dzecoke".
Mahovhoni ecoke makamuri anopisa marasha kuti abudise coke, dhipoziti yakaoma inoshandiswa kugadzira simbi. Gasi rinogadzirwa neovheni rinoiswa muchikamu neEPA seanozikanwa kenza yemunhu uye ine musanganiswa wemakemikari ane njodzi, simbi inorema uye inoputika makomisheni.
Mazhinji emakemikari akabatana nenyaya dzakakomba dzehutano, kusanganisira yakanyanya eczema, matambudziko ekufema uye maronda ekugaya.
Pakati pehumwe humbowo hwehupfu hwegasi mumakore achangopfuura, EPA haina kuita zvishoma kugadzirisa kusvibiswa uku, vanotsoropodza vanodaro. Mapoka ezvakatipoteredza anga achisundira miganho mitsva uye kutarisa zviri nani uye Earthjustice muna 2019 akamhan'arira EPA pamusoro penyaya iyi.
Coke oveni dzanyanya kutambudza maguta ari kumusoro kwepakati pemaindasitiri matunhu neAlabama. MuDetroit, chirimwa checoke icho kwemakore gumi chakatyora mitemo yemhando yemhepo zviuru zvenguva chiri pakati pekuenderera mberi nemhosva dzinoti sulfur dioxide inogadzirwa necoke oven gasi yakarwarisa vagari vepedyo munharaunda ine vatema, kunyangwe mitemo mitsva isingavharidzire tsvina iyoyo.
Mitemo, yakabudiswa neChishanu, inoda "fenceline" kuongororwa yakatenderedza zvidyarwa, uye, kana tsvina ikawanikwa ichipfuura miganho mitsva, vagadziri vesimbi vanofanirwa kuziva kwainobva uye kutora matanho ekudzikisa mazinga.
Mitemo iyi inobvisawo ma loopholes indasitiri yaimboshandiswa kudzivirira kuburitsa mabudiro, sekubvisa miganho yekuburitsa panguva yekusashanda zvakanaka.
Kuedza kunze kwechirimwa chePittsburgh chinoshandiswa neUS Steel, imwe yevagadziri vakuru munyika, vakawana mwero webenzene, carcinogen, wakakwira zvakapetwa ka10 pane miganho mitsva. Mutauriri weUS Steel akaudza Allegheny Front kuti mitemo yacho haigone kuita uye ichange iine "mitengo isati yamboitika uye zvinogona kukonzeresa kukanganisa kwezvakatipoteredza".
"Mutengo uyu ungave usati wamboitika uye usingazivikanwe nekuti hapana tekinoroji yekudzora yezvimwe zvinosvibisa mweya," akadaro mutauri.
Adrienne Lee, gweta reEarthjustice, akaudza Guardian kuti mutemo uyu unobva pane data reindasitiri rakapihwa EPA, uye akacherekedza kuti mitemo kazhinji haideredze kuburitswa, asi kudzivirira kudarika.
"Ndinoona zvakaoma kutenda [miganhu] ichave yakaoma kusangana," Lee akadaro.
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