Rashin layin dogo na Ohio ya haifar da fargaba tsakanin ƙananan mazauna garin game da abubuwa masu guba

Ragewar jirgin ƙasa na Ohio ɗauke da vinyl chloride yana haifar da gurɓata yanayi da damuwa na lafiya

Kwanaki 12 bayan wani jirgin kasa dauke da sinadarai masu guba ya kauce hanya a cikin karamin garin Ohio na Gabashin Falasdinu, mazauna cikin fargaba na ci gaba da neman amsa.

"Yanzu yana da ban mamaki sosai," in ji James Figley, wanda ke zaune a tazara kadan da lamarin. "Garin duka yana cikin tashin hankali."

Figley mai shekaru 63 mai zanen hoto ne. Da yammacin ranar 3 ga Fabrairu, yana zaune a kan kujera, kwatsam ya ji wata muguwar ƙarar ƙarfe mai tsauri, shi da matarsa ​​suka shiga mota don bincika sai suka gano wani yanayi na jahannama..

"Akwai jerin fashe-fashe da suka ci gaba da tafiya kuma warin ya ci gaba da yin muni," in ji Figley.

"Shin kun taba kona robobi a bayan gidanku kuma (akwai) hayaki baƙar fata? Shi ke nan," in ji shi. "Bak'i ne, baki d'aya baki d'aya. Za ka iya gane warin sinadari ne. Ya kona idanunka, idan kana fuskantar iska, zai iya yin muni sosai."

Lamarin ya haifar da tashin gobara wanda ya firgita mazauna yankin da ke zaune a katanga.

Hayaki ya tashi daga wani jirgin dakon kaya da ya kauce daga layin dogo dauke da sinadarai masu hadari a Gabashin Falasdinu, Ohio.

Kwanaki dai wani hayaki mai guba ya bayyana a garin yayin da jami'ai ke ta kokarin kona wani sinadari mai hatsarin gaske mai suna vinyl chloride kafin ya fashe.

A cikin 'yan kwanaki masu zuwa, matattun kifi sun bayyana a cikin rafin. Daga baya jami'ai sun tabbatar da cewa adadin ya kai dubunnan. Mazauna makwabta sun shaida wa kafafen yada labarai na cikin gida cewa kajin nasu sun mutu kwatsam, foxes sun firgita, wasu dabbobin kuma sun kamu da rashin lafiya. Mazauna yankin sun koka da ciwon kai, kona idanu da kuma ciwon makogwaro.

Gwamnan jihar Ohio Mike DeWine ya fada jiya Laraba cewa, yayin da iskar garin ba shi da hadari, mazauna kusa da wurin da wani abu mai guba ya rutsa da su ya kamata su sha ruwan kwalba domin yin taka tsantsan. Jami’an Jihohi da na tarayya sun yi wa mazauna yankin alkawarin kwashe gurbatacciyar kasa daga wurin kuma yanzu haka ruwan sama da na kananan hukumomi sun dawo daidai.

Bambance-bambancen da wasu mazauna yankin ke gaya mana da kuma alkawurran da jami'an kasar ke ci gaba da bayarwa ya haifar da rudani da fargaba a gabashin Falasdinu. A halin da ake ciki, masana muhalli da kiwon lafiya sun tada tambayoyi game da ko shafin yana da aminci da gaske. Wasu masu amfani da shafukan sada zumunta sun ce duk da cewa jami’an gwamnati sun rika bayar da bayanai akai-akai kan lamarin tare da nuna fushinsu ga kamfanin jirgin, amma jami’an ba su fadawa mazauna garin ba.

Wasu mazauna yankin sun yi maraba da karin kulawar. "Akwai abubuwa da yawa da ba mu sani ba," in ji Figley.

Jami'an Amurka sun kiyasta cewa kifi 3,500 daga jinsuna 12 sun mutu a koguna kusa da shi a sakamakon lalacewa..

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Jami’ai sun bayar da wasu bayanai game da titin jirgin kasa na Kudancin Norfolk a ranar 3 ga Fabrairu kan hanyar zuwa Pennsylvania.

DeWine ya fada a wani taron manema labarai a ranar Talata cewa jirgin yana da motoci kusan 150, kuma 50 daga cikinsu sun kauce hanya. Kimanin 10 daga cikinsu na dauke da abubuwa masu guba.

Hukumar Kula da Sufuri ta Kasa ba ta tantance ainihin musabbabin tsautsayi ba, sai dai ma’aikatar ta ce ta yiwu hakan na da alaka da matsalar injina da daya daga cikin gatura.

Abubuwan da jiragen kasa ke ɗauka sun haɗa da vinyl chloride, iskar gas mara launi da lahani da ake amfani da ita wajen kera robobin PVC da kayayyakin vinyl.

Vinyl chloride shi ma carcinogen ne. Mummunan kamuwa da sinadarai na iya haifar da tashin hankali, bacci da ciwon kai, yayin da tsawon lokaci mai tsawo zai iya haifar da lalacewar hanta da kuma nau'in ciwon daji na hanta da ba kasafai ba.

A ranar 6 ga Fabrairu, bayan kwashe yankin kusa da nan, jami'ai sun gudanar da sarrafa konewar chloride na vinyl. DeWine ya ce kwararu na tarayya, jihohi da na layin dogo sun yanke shawarar cewa ya fi aminci fiye da barin kayan su fashe da aika tarkace suna yawo a cikin garin, wanda ya kira karami na munanan abubuwa biyu.

Ƙunƙarar da aka sarrafa ta haifar da hayaƙi na apocalyptic a gabashin Falasdinu. Hotunan sun yadu a shafukan sada zumunta, inda masu karatu da yawa suka firgita suka kwatanta su da fim din bala'i.

Kwanaki bayan haka, Gwamna DeWine, Gwamnan Pennsylvania Josh Shapiro da Norfolk Southern sun ba da sanarwar cewa an yi nasara kuma an bar mazauna yankin su dawo da zarar jami'ai suka ga cewa ba shi da lafiya.

"A gare mu, lokacin da suka ce an daidaita, mun yanke shawarar cewa za mu iya dawowa," in ji John Myers, mazaunin Gabashin Falasdinu, wanda ke zaune tare da iyalinsa a wani gida kusa da wurin da jirgin ya tashi.

Ya ce bai fuskanci wani mummunan sakamako ba. "Iskar tana wari kamar kullum," in ji shi.

A ranar Talata, Hukumar Kare Muhalli ta Amurka ta ce ba ta gano wasu muhimman abubuwa masu cutarwa a cikin iska ba. Ma’aikatar ta ce ya zuwa yanzu ta binciki gidaje kusan 400 kuma ba a gano wani sinadari ba, amma tana ci gaba da duba wasu gidajen da ke yankin tare da yin sa ido kan ingancin iska.

Bayan hatsarin, Hukumar Kare Muhalli ta Amurka ta gano alamun sinadarai a cikin samfuran ruwa da ke kusa, gami da kogin Ohio. Hukumar ta ce gurbataccen ruwa ya shiga magudanar ruwa. Jami'an Ohio sun ce za su gwada samar da ruwan sha na mazauna yankin ko kuma su hako sabbin rijiyoyi idan an bukata.

A ranar Laraba, Hukumar Kare Muhalli ta Ohio ta ba wa mazauna yankin tabbacin cewa rijiyoyin da ke cikin tsarin ruwa na gida sun gwada ba tare da sinadarai ba daga lalacewa kuma ruwan birni ba shi da haɗari a sha.

Yawan rashin amana da shakku

Mazauna garin sun damu da tasirin sinadarai masu guba kan lafiyarsu. (Hoton a nan hoton wata alama ce a wajen kasuwanci a Gabashin Falasdinu da ke cewa "Ku yi addu'a don Gabashin Falasdinu da makomarmu.")

Ga wasu, hotuna masu ban tsoro na hayaki mai guba da alama sun yi hannun riga da yunƙurin da hukumomi suka yi a gabacin Falasdinu na baya-bayan nan.

Masu amfani da shafukan sada zumunta a Twitter da TikTok musamman suna bin rahotannin dabbobi da suka ji rauni da faifan kona chloride na vinyl. Suna neman karin amsoshi daga jami'ai.

Bayan da mutane suka yada bidiyon kifin da suka mutu a shafukan sada zumunta, jami'ai sun yarda cewa lamarin gaskiya ne. Sashen Albarkatun Abubuwa na Ohio ya ce game da kifi 3,500 na jinsi 12 sun mutu a cikin kogin mil 7.5 kudu na Easterine.

Sai dai jami'ai sun ce ba su samu rahoton karkacewa ko kuma fashewar sinadari kai tsaye da ke haddasa mutuwar dabbobi ko wasu dabbobin kasa ba.

Sama da mako guda da kona sinadarin, mazauna unguwar sun koka da ciwon kai da tashin zuciya, kamar yadda jaridar Washington Post, New Republic da kuma kafofin yada labarai na cikin gida suka bayyana.

Kwararru a fannin muhalli sun shaida wa BBC cewa sun damu da matakin da gwamnati ta dauka na barin mutane su koma gabashin Falasdinu jim kadan bayan afkuwar hatsarin da kuma konawar da aka sarrafa.

 David Masur, babban darektan Cibiyar Bincike da Muhalli ta Penn ya ce "A bayyane yake masu kula da jihohi da na gida suna ba wa mutane hasken kore don komawa gida da sauri."

"Yana haifar da rashin yarda da shakku a tsakanin jama'a game da sahihancin wadannan cibiyoyi, kuma hakan matsala ce," in ji shi.

Baya ga sinadarin vinyl chloride, wasu abubuwa da dama da ke kan jiragen kasa na iya samar da sinadarai masu hadari idan aka kone su, kamar su dioxins, in ji Peter DeCarlo, farfesa a Jami’ar Johns Hopkins da ke nazarin gurbacewar iska.

"A matsayina na masanin kimiyyar yanayi, wannan wani abu ne da gaske, da gaske, nake son gujewa." Ya kara da cewa yana fatan sashen kare muhalli zai fitar da cikakkun bayanai kan ingancin iska.

Mazauna Gabashin Falasdinu sun shigar da kara a kalla hudu kararraki na mataki na mataki a kan Norfolk Southern Railroad, suna masu da'awar cewa an fallasa su da abubuwa masu guba kuma sun fuskanci "matsananciyar damuwa" sakamakon raunin da ya faru.

"Yawancin abokan cinikinmu suna tunanin gaske ... mai yiwuwa su fice daga yankin," in ji Hunter Miller. Shi ne lauyan da ke wakiltar mazauna Gabashin Falasdinu a wani mataki na shari'a a kan kamfanin jirgin kasa.

"Wannan ya kamata ya zama mafakarsu da wurin farin ciki, gidansu," in ji Miller. "Yanzu suna ji kamar an kutsa cikin gidansu kuma ba su da tabbacin cewa mafaka ce."

A ranar Talata, wani dan jarida ya tambayi DeWine ko shi da kansa zai ji lafiya ya dawo gida idan yana zaune a Gabashin Falasdinu.

"Zan kasance a faɗake kuma in damu," in ji DeWine. "Amma ina tsammanin zan iya komawa gidana."