Xeerarka cusub ee Hay'adda Ilaalinta Deegaanka ayaa ujeedadoodu tahay in la xakameeyo wasakhowga hawada ee sunta ah ee ka yimaada shirkadaha birta sameeya ee Mareykanka iyadoo la xaddidayo wasakhowga sida meerkuriga, benzene iyo rasaasta kuwaas oo muddo dheer sumaynayay hawada xaafadaha ku hareeraysan dhirta.
Shuruucdu waxay bartilmaameedsanayaan wasakhda ay sii daayaan foornooyinka coke-ka ee xarumaha birta. Gaaska ka yimaada foornooyinka wuxuu abuuraa khatar kansar oo shaqsi ah oo hawada ku dhacda agagaarka warshadaha birta ah oo ah 50 boqolkiiba 1,000,000, taas oo ay sheegeen dadka u dooda caafimaadka dadweynaha inay khatar ku tahay carruurta iyo dadka qaba dhibaatooyinka caafimaad ee hoose.
Kiimikaduhu kama fogaadaan warshadda, laakiin dadka u dooda waxay sheegayaan inay waxyeello u geysteen caafimaadka dadweynaha ee xaafadaha "deyrka" ee dakhligoodu hooseeyo ee ku hareeraysan xarumaha birta, waxayna matalaan arrin caddaalad deegaan.
"Dadku waxay muddo dheer la kulmeen khataro caafimaad oo muhiim ah, sida kansarka, sababtoo ah wasakhowga foornada coke," ayuu yiri Patrice Simms, madaxweyne ku xigeenka Earthjustice ee bulshooyinka caafimaadka qaba. Shuruucdu waa "muhiim u ah ilaalinta bulshooyinka iyo shaqaalaha u dhow foornooyinka coke".
Foornooyinka Coke waa qolal kululeeya dhuxusha si ay u soo saaraan kookaha, oo ah kayd adag oo loo isticmaalo in lagu sameeyo birta. Gaaska ay soo saarto foornooyinka waxaa EPA u aqoonsatay inuu yahay kansar keena aadanaha waxaana ku jira isku darka kiimikooyin khatar ah, biraha culus iyo iskudhisyo isbedbeddela.
Kiimikooyinka badankood waxay la xiriiraan dhibaatooyin caafimaad oo halis ah, oo ay ku jiraan cambaar daran, dhibaatooyin neefsasho iyo nabaro dheefshiidka ah.
Iyadoo ay sii kordhayaan caddeymaha ku saabsan sunta gaaska sannadihii u dambeeyay, EPA wax badan kama aysan qaban xakamaynta wasakhowga, sida ay sheegeen dadka dhaleeceeya. Kooxaha deegaanka ayaa ku cadaadinayay xaddidaadyo cusub iyo kormeer wanaagsan, EarthJustice-na sannadkii 2019 ayaa dacwad ka gudbisay EPA arrinta.
Foornooyinka Coke-ga ayaa si gaar ah u saameeyay magaalooyinka ku yaal gobollada warshadaha ee bartamaha-galbeed iyo Alabama. Magaalada Detroit, warshad koke-ga ah oo muddo toban sano ah ku xadgudubtay heerarka tayada hawada kumanaan jeer ayaa ah xudunta dacwadaha sii socda ee sheegaya in sulfur dioxide-ka uu soo saaro gaaska foornada coke-ga uu xanuunsaday dadka deegaanka ee ku nool xaafad ay u badan yihiin dadka Madow, inkastoo xeerarka cusub aysan dabooli karin wasakhdaas.
Xeerarka, oo la daabacay Jimcihii, waxay u baahan yihiin tijaabinta "deyrka" agagaarka dhirta, haddii wasakh la ogaado inay ka badan tahay xadka cusub, sameeyayaasha birta waa inay aqoonsadaan isha oo ay qaadaan tallaabo ay ku dhimayaan heerarka.
Shuruucdu waxay sidoo kale meesha ka saarayaan warshadaha godadka leh ee hore loogu isticmaali jiray in lagu ilaaliyo soo sheegista qiiqa, sida ka dhaafista xadka qiiqa inta lagu jiro cilladaha.
Tijaabinta ka dhacday warshad Pittsburgh ah oo ay maamusho US Steel, oo ka mid ah soo saarayaasha ugu waaweyn dalka, ayaa lagu ogaaday heerarka benzene, oo ah kansar keena, oo 10 jeer ka sarreeya xadka cusub. Afhayeen u hadlay US Steel ayaa u sheegay Allegheny Front in xeerarkani ay yihiin kuwo aan macquul ahayn in la hirgeliyo oo ay yeelan doonaan "kharashyo aan horay loo arag iyo saameyn aan la filayn oo deegaanka ah".
"Kharashka wuxuu noqon doonaa mid aan hore loo arag oo aan la garanayn sababtoo ah ma jiraan tiknoolajiyado xakameyn ah oo la xaqiijiyay oo loogu talagalay wasakhowga hawada ee khatarta ah," ayuu yiri afhayeenka.
Adrienne Lee, oo ah qareen Earthjustice ah, ayaa u sheegtay Guardian in qaanuunkani uu ku salaysan yahay xogta warshadaha ee la siiyay EPA, waxayna xustay in xeerarku guud ahaan aysan yareyn doonin qiiqa, laakiin ay ka hortagayaan xad-dhaafka.
"Waxay igu adag tahay inaan rumaysto in [xadka] ay adkaan doonto in la gaaro," Lee ayaa yiri.
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