I whakaputaina tēnei kōrero i te taha o te Center for Public Integrity, he rūma pūrongo kore-moni e tūhura ana i te kore taurite.
kaukau. paparanga. pahikara. He rerekē ngā mahi a Kevin Hartley, Drew Wynn, rāua ko Joshua Atkins i te wā i mate ai rāua, he iti iho i te 10 marama te rerekētanga, engari kotahi tonu te take i whakapoto ai ō rāua oranga: he matū kei roto i te whakarewa peita me ētahi atu hua e hokona ana i ngā toa puta noa i te motu.
I roto i te pōuri me te wehi, ka oati te whānau ka mahia e rātou ngā mea katoa i roto i tō rātou kaha hei aukati i te methylene chloride kei whakamate anō.
Engari i te US, me tōna hītori taupatupatu o te tiaki kaimahi me te tiaki kaihoko rawakore, he mea miharo he iti noa ngā matū kua pāngia e taua mate. Koinei te take i riro ai te methylene chloride hei kaikōhuru raupapa, ahakoa ngā whakatūpato mō ngā tūponotanga o ōna haunga i mua noa atu i te whānautanga o Hartley, Wynn, me Atkins. E hia tekau, ki te kore e nui ake, kua mate i roto i ngā tekau tau kua pahure ake nei, kāore he wawaotanga a te tari.
Whai muri i te rangahau a te Center for Public Integrity me ngā tono a ngā kaiwhakatairanga haumaru, ka whakatau te Tari Tiaki Taiao o Amerika kia aukatia te whakamahinga o tēnei mea i roto i ngā tango peita.
Ko Hānuere 2017, ngā rā whakamutunga o te whakahaerenga a Obama. I mate a Hartley i te marama o Āperira o taua tau, a Wynn i te marama o Oketopa o taua tau, a Atkins i te marama o Pēpuere o te tau i muri mai i waenganui i te ngangau a te whakahaerenga a Trump ki te whakakore i ngā ture, ā, e hiahia ana te whakahaerenga a Trump ki te whakakore i ngā ture, kaua ki te tāpiri atu, inā koa ki te Tari Tiaki Taiao. Kāore i angitu te tono mō te methylene chloride.
Heoi, 13 marama i muri i te matenga o Atkins, i raro i te pēhanga, ka whakatau te Tari Tiaki Taiao o Trump ki te aukati i te hokohoko o ngā whakangawari peita kei roto ko te methylene chloride. I te marama o Āperira, i whakaarohia e te Tari Tiaki Taiao a Biden kia aukatia te matū mai i ngā hua kaihoko katoa me te nuinga o ngā wāhi mahi.
"He onge te mahi i tēnei i te US," te kī a Tākuta Robert Harrison, he ahorangi haumanu mō te rongoā mahi me te taiao i Te Whare Wānanga o California, San Francisco. "Ko ēnei whānau aku toa."
Anei ngā huarahi hei wikitoria i ngā tūponotanga kia whiwhi ai i ēnei hua, me ā rātou tohutohu mēnā kei te ara uaua koe, ahakoa he hua morearea, he āhuatanga mahi morearea, he parahanga, he tūponotanga rānei.
"Rapua ngā mea katoa ki Google," te kī a Brian Wynn, nā tōna teina 31-tau te pakeke, a Drew, i hoko he hua dichloromethane hei whakahou i tana toa kawhe pia matao i South Carolina. "Ā, he karanga ki te iwi."
Anei tana ako mō te uiuinga tūmatanui i whakaputaina i ngā tau e rua i mua i te matenga o tōna tuakana, me te whakapā atu ki ngā tohunga me te ako i ngā mea katoa mai i te wāhi hei hoko kai me te take he uaua ki te whai i ēnei matenga. (He whakamate ngā paoa methylene chloride ina kohia i roto i te whare, ā, ko tōna kaha ki te whakaputa i ngā mate ngakau he rite ki te mate tūturu mena kāore he tangata e mahi i ngā whakamātautau paitini.)
Ngā tohutohu a te whaea o Kevin, a Wendy Hartley: Ko te kupu matua mō te rapu ko te "mātauranga". Tērā pea he kohinga rangahau katoa e tatari ana ki a koe. "Mā tēnei ka āwhina i te wehewehe i te whakaaro mai i te meka," tana i tuhituhi ai i roto i tētahi īmēra.
I kōrero a Lauren Atkins, te whaea o Joshua, 31 tau te pakeke, i mate i te ngana ki te whakatika i te marau o mua o tana pahikara BMX, ki a UCSF Harrison i ētahi wā. I te Hui-tanguru 2018, i kitea e ia tana tama kua mate i te taha o tētahi rita o te mīhini tango peita.
Nā te mōhiotanga o Harrison ki te methylene chloride i āwhina i a ia ki te whakamāori i ngā pūrongo paitini me te tātaritanga tupapaku a tana tama hei whakatau i te tino take o te matenga. He pūtake pakari tēnei mō te mahi.
He maha ngā wā, ka whakaroa te pānga o ngā matū ki te kino o te tangata, ka puta he pānga hauora kāore pea e puta mō ngā tau. He rite tonu te kōrero mō te parahanga. Engari he pai tonu te rangahau mātauranga hei tīmatanga mēnā e hiahia ana koe kia mahi ngā kāwanatanga i tētahi mea mō ēnei tūponotanga.
Ko tētahi o ngā tino pūtake o tō rātou angitu ko te hononga o ēnei whānau ki ngā rōpū e mahi ana i te haumaru matū, me te hono atu hoki tetahi ki tetahi.
Hei tauira, i kitea e Lauren Atkins tētahi pitihana i runga i te Change.org mō ngā hua methylene chloride mai i te rōpū tautoko Safer Chemicals Healthy Families, he wāhanga inaianei nō Toxin-Free Future, ā, i hainatia e ia hei whakanui i tana tama i mate tata nei. Ka hohoro te totoro atu o te ringa o Brian Wynn.
Ka whakamahia e te mahi tahi ō rātou kaha. I te korenga o tētahi mahi a te EPA, kāore ēnei whānau e hiahia ki te tīmata anō hei akiaki i ngā kaihokohoko ki te tango i ngā hua mai i ā rātou whata: I whakarewahia e Safer Chemicals Healthy Families te kaupapa "Think Store" hei whakautu i aua karanga.
Kāore hoki rātou e hiahia ki te whakaaroaro i ngā mahi o roto o te whakatakoto ture tari, o te tautoko rānei i Capitol Hill. He tohungatanga tō Safer Chemicals Healthy Families me te Environmental Defense Fund ki tēnei mara.
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"Ina taea e koe te whakatū i tētahi tīma pēnei... kei a koe te mana tūturu," te kī a Brian Wynn, me te kōrero mō te Kaunihera Tiaki Rauemi Taiao, tētahi atu rōpū e kaha ana ki te take.
Ehara i te mea ka taea e te hunga katoa e hiahia ana ki tēnei pakanga te whai wāhi atu ki te ao tūmatanui. Hei tauira, ko ngā manene kāore he mana ture tuturu, he nui ake te mōrearea ki ngā tūponotanga o te wāhi mahi, ā, mā te kore mana ka uaua, ka kore rānei e taea e rātou te kōrero.
He mea whakamīharo, ki te arotahi katoa ēnei whānau ki te Tari Tiaki Taiao, tērā pea ka kore te tari e mahi, inā koa i te wā o te whakahaerenga a Trump.
Mā te Mind the Store, kei te karanga rātou ki ngā kaihokohoko kia whakaora i ngā oranga mā te kore e hoko i ngā mīhini tango peita kei roto ko te methylene chloride. I angitu ngā pitihana me ngā whakahē. Kotahi i muri i te kotahi, ka whakaae ngā kamupene pēnei i a Home Depot me Walmart kia mutu.
Mā roto i a Safer Chemicals, Healthy Families me te Environmental Defense Fund, kei te karanga rātou ki ngā mema o te Runanga kia mahi. I haere rātou ki Washington me tētahi whakaahua o te whānau. I kōrero rātou ki ngā kairīpoata, ā, i nui ake te whakaohooho a te pūrongo i a rātou.
I tuhituhi ngā mema o te Paremata o South Carolina me tētahi mema o te Runanga ki a Scott Pruitt, te kaiwhakahaere o te Tari Tiaki Taiao i taua wā. I akiaki tētahi atu mema o te Runanga i a Pruitt kia mutu tana kōrero mō te take i te wā o tētahi whakawakanga i te marama o Paenga-whāwhā 2018. E ai ki a Brian Wynn, nā ēnei katoa i āwhina ngā whānau ki te whakarite hui ki a Pruitt i te marama o Mei 2018.
"I ohorere te hunga haumaru nā te mea kāore tetahi i haere ki te kite i a ia," te kī a Brian Wynn. "He rite tonu ki te tūtaki ki te Oz nui, kaha."
I te haerenga, ka tahuri ngā whānau ki ngā kōti. I whakamahia e rātou ngā pāpāho pāpori hei whakatūpato i te iwi kia kaua e whakararu i a rātou anō. I haere a Lauren Atkins ki te toa taputapu ki te tirotiro māna ake mēnā i tino mahia e rātou te mea i kīia e rātou hei hoko i ngā hua methylene chloride. (I ētahi wā āe, i ētahi wā kāo.)
Ki te mea he ahua hoha tēnei katoa, kāore koe i te hē. Engari i whakamārama ngā whānau i te mea ka puta mēnā kāore rātou e wawao.
"Kāore he mea e mahia," te kī a Lauren Atkins, "nā te mea kāore anō kia mahia tetahi mea i mua."
Ka nui haere ngā wikitoria iti. Ka arahi tētahi mea ki tētahi atu mea i te mea kāore te whānau e tuku. He maha ngā wā e hiahiatia ana he whakataunga mō te wā roa: he puhoi te hanga ture ā-motu.
Tērā pea ka roa pea ētahi tau, neke atu rānei, mā te tari e whakaoti te rangahau e hiahiatia ana hei whakawhanake i tētahi ture. I mua i te otinga o te tono, me pāngia e ngā arai. Heoi anō, ko ngā here, ko ngā whakaritenga hou rānei, ka puta mārire haere i roto i te wā.
Ko te mea i tere ai te tango a ngā whānau i te aukati ā-wāhanga a te EPA, ko te tukunga a te tari i te tono i mua i te whakarērea. Engari kāore i whai mana te aukati a te EPA tae noa ki te 2.5 tau i muri i te matenga o Kevin Hartley. Ā, kāore e kapi i a rātou te whakamahinga i te wāhi mahi – pērā i a Kevin, 21 tau te pakeke, e takaro ana i te wharepaku i te mahi.
Heoi, ka rerekē pea ngā whakatau a te tari i runga i te tangata e whakahaere ana. Ko te tono hou a te EPA, i whakaritea mō Ākuhata 2024, ka aukati i te whakamahinga o te methylene chloride i te nuinga o ngā wāhi mahi, tae atu ki te whakapaipai i te kaukau.
"Me manawanui koe. Me u tonu koe," te kī a Lauren Atkins. "Ina tupu i roto i te oranga o tētahi, inā koa ko āu tamariki, ka kitea e koe. Kei te tupu i tēnei wā tonu."
He uaua te akiaki i te huringa. Tērā pea he uaua ake te rapu huringa nā te mea kua whara koe, kua whara rānei tētahi o tō whānau, ahakoa he whakamarie e kore e taea e tētahi atu mea.
Whitikihia ō whitiki nā te mea ka raru nui tēnei i te taha wairua, te whakatūpato a Lauren Atkins. "E pātai tonu mai ana te tangata he aha ahau i mahi tonu ai i tēnei, ahakoa he uaua, he kare ā-roto? Ko taku whakautu i mua, ā, ka haere tonu: "Nō reira, kāore koe e hiahia ki te noho ki taku tūranga. Kāore au e hiahia ki te noho ki te wāhi e noho nei ahau."
"He aha ōu kare ā-roto ina ngaro te haurua o koe? I ētahi wā, ki ahau nei, te āhua nei kua mutu tōna ngākau i te rā kotahi me tōku," tana kī. "Engari nā te mea kāore au e hiahia kia pāngia tetahi e tēnei, kāore au e hiahia kia ngaro tetahi i ngā mea i ngaro i a Hōhua, ā, koinei taku whāinga. Kua rite ahau ki te mahi i ngā mea katoa e tika ana."
He rite tonu te hihiri o Brian Wynn, ā, ka tukuna e ia he wā whakaora ahotea hei āwhina i a koe ki te whakaoti i tō marathon. Nāna te whare takaro. "Me kimi e koe he huarahi hei tuku i ō kare ā-roto," tana kī.
E whakapono ana a Wendy Hartley kei te ora tonu te kaupapa whakahē i a ia anō mā te tautoko a ētahi atu whānau me ngā hua ka tutuki ngātahi i a rātou.
I te mea he kaituku okana tana tama, he pānga tika tōna ki te oranga o ētahi atu. He mea whakahīhī te kite i tōna taonga tuku iho e horapa haere ana puta noa i ngā toa hokohoko me ngā tari kāwanatanga.
"He maha atu ngā oranga kua whakaorangia e Kevin," ko tāna i tuhituhi, "ā, ka haere tonu tana whakaora oranga mō ngā tau e haere ake nei."
Ki te mea kei te akiaki koe i te huringa, he māmā noa te whakaaro ko ngā kaitautoko e utu ana hei pupuri i te āhua o nāianei ka toa tonu. Engari he taumaha tō wheako ora e kore e taea te hoko.
"Ki te mōhio koe ki te kōrero i tō pūrākau, koia tētahi wāhanga o tō oranga, kātahi ka taea e koe te mahi - ā, ki te taea e koe te kōrero i taua pūrākau, kia ora koe, e te kaiwhakatairanga," te kī a Brian Wayne. "I haere mai mātou me te ngākau nui me te aroha kāore e taea te whakataurite."
Ko te tohutohu a Wendy Hartley: "Kaua e wehi ki te whakaatu i ō kare ā-roto." Kōrerohia te pānga ki a koe me tō whānau. "Whakaaturia ki a rātou he pānga whaiaro mā te whakamahi i ngā whakaahua."
"E ono tau ki muri, me i mea mai tetahi, 'Ki te karanga nui koe i tēnei, ka whakarongo te kāwanatanga ki a koe,' kua kata ahau," te kī a Lauren Atkins. "Me pēhea? Ka taea e te pōti kotahi te hanga rerekētanga. Ki taku whakaaro he wāhanga tēnei o te taonga tuku iho a taku tama."
He kairīpoata a Jamie Smith Hopkins mā te Center for Public Integrity, he rūma pūrongo kore-moni e rangahau ana i te kore taurite.