Kuwonongeka kwa sitima yapamtunda ku Ohio kumayambitsa mantha pakati pa anthu okhala m'tawuni yaying'ono za zinthu zapoizoni

Kuwonongeka kwa sitima ya ku Ohio yonyamula vinyl chloride kumadzetsa kuipitsidwa ndi nkhawa zaumoyo

Patadutsa masiku khumi ndi awiri sitima yonyamula mankhwala oopsa itadutsa m'tauni yaing'ono ya Ohio ku East Palestine, anthu omwe ali ndi nkhawa akufunabe mayankho.

"Ndizodabwitsa kwambiri pakadali pano," atero a James Figley, omwe amakhala kutali ndi zomwe zidachitikazi. “M’tauni yonse muli chipwirikiti.

Figley wazaka 63 ndi wojambula zithunzi. Madzulo a February 3, iye atakhala pa sofa mwadzidzidzi anamva phokoso lowopsya ndi lachitsulo..

"Panali kuphulika kotsatizana komwe kunkapitilira ndipo fungo lidakhala loyipa kwambiri," adatero Figley.

"Kodi munayamba kuwotcha pulasitiki kumbuyo kwanu ndipo (kunali) utsi wakuda? Ndi zimenezo, "adatero. "Unali wakuda, wakuda kotheratu. Ukanatha kuona kuti ndi fungo lamankhwala. Unawotcha maso ako. Ukanayang'anizana ndi mphepo, ukhoza kuipiratu."

Nkhaniyi idayaka moto womwe udachititsa mantha anthu okhala kutali.

Utsi unatuluka m'sitima yonyamula katundu yomwe yasokonekera yonyamula mankhwala oopsa ku East Palestine, Ohio.

Patatha masiku angapo, utsi wapoizoni udayamba kuphulika m'tauniyo pamene akuluakulu a boma ankafuna kuwotcha mankhwala oopsa otchedwa vinyl chloride asanaphulike.

Patapita masiku angapo, nsomba zakufa zinaonekera mumtsinjemo. Akuluakulu pambuyo pake anatsimikizira kuti chiwerengerocho chinali zikwi zikwi. Anthu oyandikana nawo adauza atolankhani kuti nkhuku zawo zidamwalira mwadzidzidzi, nkhandwe zidachita mantha ndipo ziweto zina zidadwala. Anthu okhalamo adadandaula ndi mutu, maso akuyaka ndi zilonda zapakhosi.

Boma la Ohio, Mike DeWine, adanena Lachitatu kuti ngakhale kuti mpweya wa tawuniyi ndi wotetezeka, anthu okhala pafupi ndi malo omwe atayikirapo poizoni ayenera kumwa madzi a m'mabotolo ngati njira yodzitetezera. Akuluakulu aboma ndi aboma adalonjeza anthu okhalamo kuti akuchotsa dothi loyipa pamalopo komanso kuti mpweya ndi madzi amtawuniyi zabwerera mwakale.

Kusiyana kwakukulu pakati pa zomwe anthu ena akutiuza ndi malonjezo omwe akuluakulu akupitiriza kupereka kwadzetsa chipwirikiti ndi mantha kummawa kwa Palestine. Pakadali pano, akatswiri azachilengedwe komanso azaumoyo afunsa ngati malowa ndi otetezekadi. Ena ogwiritsa ntchito pawailesi yakanema adati ngakhale akuluakulu aboma amapereka zosintha pafupipafupi komanso kukwiyira kampani ya njanjiyi, akuluakulu aboma samauza nzika zowona.

Anthu ena akumaloko analandira chisamaliro chowonjezereka. "Pali zambiri zomwe sitikudziwa," adatero Figley.

Akuluakulu aku US akuyerekeza kuti nsomba za 3,500 zochokera ku mitundu 12 yamitundu yosiyanasiyana zidafa m'mitsinje yapafupi chifukwa cha kusokonekera..

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Akuluakulu a boma apereka tsatanetsatane wokhudza kuchoka pa Feb. 3 kwa sitima yapamtunda ya Norfolk Southern popita ku Pennsylvania.

DeWine adanena pamsonkhano wa atolankhani Lachiwiri kuti sitimayo inali ndi magalimoto pafupifupi 150, ndipo 50 mwa iwo adachoka. Pafupifupi 10 mwa iwo anali ndi zinthu zomwe zingakhale poizoni.

Bungwe la National Transportation Safety Board silinadziwe chomwe chinachititsa kuti derali liwonongeke, koma dipatimentiyi inati mwina ikugwirizana ndi vuto la makina ndi imodzi mwa ma axles.

Zinthu zonyamulidwa ndi masitima apamtunda ndi monga vinyl chloride, mpweya wopanda utoto komanso wovulaza womwe umagwiritsidwa ntchito popanga pulasitiki ya PVC ndi zinthu za vinyl.

Vinyl chloride nayenso ndi carcinogen. Kuwonekera kwambiri kwa mankhwala kungayambitse chizungulire, kugona ndi mutu, pamene kuwonetseredwa kwa nthawi yaitali kungayambitse kuwonongeka kwa chiwindi ndi mtundu wosowa wa khansa ya chiwindi.

Pa February 6, atasamuka m'dera lomwelo, akuluakulu adawotcha vinyl chloride. DeWine adati akatswiri aboma, aboma ndi njanji adawona kuti zinali zotetezeka kuposa kulola kuti zinthu ziphulike ndikutumiza zinyalala zikuwuluka mtawuniyo, zomwe adazitcha zazing'ono zoyipa ziwiri.

Kuwotcha koyendetsedwa kumatulutsa utsi waposachedwa kum'mawa kwa Palestine. Zithunzizi zinafalitsidwa kwambiri pa malo ochezera a pa Intaneti, ndipo owerenga ambiri odabwa amaziyerekeza ndi kanema watsoka.

Patadutsa masiku angapo, Gov. DeWine, Gov. Pennsylvania, Josh Shapiro ndi Norfolk Southern adalengeza kuti kuwombana kwa motowo kwayenda bwino ndipo anthu akuloledwa kubwerera pomwe akuluakulu awona kuti ndi otetezeka.

"Kwa ife, pamene adanena kuti zathetsedwa, tinaganiza zobwerera," anatero John Myers, yemwe amakhala ku East Palestine, yemwe amakhala ndi banja lake m'nyumba yomwe ili pafupi ndi malo owonongeka.

Anati sanakumanepo ndi zotsatirapo zoipa. "Mpweya umanunkhiza ngati nthawi zonse," adatero.

Lachiwiri, bungwe la US Environmental Protection Agency lidati silinazindikire kuchuluka kwazinthu zoyipa mumlengalenga. Dipatimentiyi yati yayendera nyumba pafupifupi 400 mpaka pano ndipo palibe mankhwala omwe apezeka, koma ikupitiriza kuyendera nyumba zambiri m'derali ndikuwunika momwe mpweya ulili.

Pambuyo pa ngoziyi, bungwe la US Environmental Protection Agency linapeza mankhwala m'madzi apafupi, kuphatikizapo mtsinje wa Ohio. Bungweli lati madzi oipa alowa m’ngalande zamphepo. Akuluakulu aku Ohio ati ayesa madzi omwe amakhalapo kapena kubowola zitsime zatsopano ngati pangafunike.

Lachitatu, bungwe la Ohio Environmental Protection Agency linatsimikizira anthu kuti zitsime zomwe zili m'madzi am'deralo zimayesedwa zopanda mankhwala kuchokera ku derali komanso kuti madzi amtawuni ndi abwino kumwa.

Kusakhulupirirana ndi kukayika kwambiri

Anthu okhalamo akhala akuda nkhawa ndi momwe mankhwala oopsa angakhudzire thanzi lawo. (Chithunzi apa ndi chithunzi cha chikwangwani kunja kwa bizinesi ku East Palestine chomwe chimati "Pempherani Kum'mawa kwa Palestine ndi tsogolo lathu.")

Kwa ena, zithunzi zochititsa mantha za utsi wapoizoni zinkawoneka ngati zosemphana ndi kusamuka kumene kwaposachedwapa kwa akuluakulu a boma kum’maŵa kwa Palestine.

Ogwiritsa ntchito pazama TV pa Twitter ndi TikTok makamaka akhala akutsatira malipoti a nyama zovulala komanso zithunzi zowotcha vinyl chloride. Iwo akufuna mayankho ochulukirapo kuchokera kwa akuluakulu.

Anthu atatumiza mavidiyo a nsomba zakufa kumalo ochezera a pa Intaneti, akuluakulu adavomereza kuti izi zinali zenizeni. Dipatimenti ya Zachilengedwe ku Ohio inati nsomba za 3,500 za mitundu 12 ya mitundu yosiyanasiyana zinafa mumtsinje wa makilomita pafupifupi 7.5 kum'mwera kwa East Palestine.

Komabe, akuluakulu a boma ati sanalandire malipoti okhudza kuwonongeka kwa dera kapena kuwotcha kwamankhwala komwe kumayambitsa kufa kwa ziweto kapena nyama zina zapamtunda.

Patadutsa sabata imodzi mankhwalawo atawotchedwa, anthu oyandikana nawo adadandaula ndi mutu komanso nseru, malinga ndi The Washington Post, The New Republic ndi atolankhani am'deralo.

Akatswiri azachilengedwe auza BBC kuti ndi okhudzidwa ndi ganizo la boma lololeza anthu kubwerera kummawa kwa Palestine ngoziyi itachitika komanso kuwotcha koyendetsedwa bwino.

 "N'zoonekeratu kuti olamulira a boma ndi am'deralo akupatsa anthu kuwala kobiriwira kuti apite kunyumba mofulumira kwambiri," anatero David Masur, mkulu wa bungwe la Penn Environment Research & Policy Center.

“Zimayambitsa kusakhulupirirana komanso kukayikirana pakati pa anthu za kukhulupirika kwa mabungwewa, ndipo izi ndizovuta,” adatero.

Kuphatikiza pa vinyl chloride, zinthu zina zingapo m'sitima zimatha kupanga zinthu zoopsa zikawotchedwa, monga ma dioxin, anatero Peter DeCarlo, pulofesa wa pa yunivesite ya Johns Hopkins yemwe amaphunzira za kuwononga mpweya.

"Monga katswiri wamankhwala am'mlengalenga, ichi ndichinthu chomwe ndikufunadi kuchipewa." Ananenanso kuti akuyembekeza kuti dipatimenti yoteteza zachilengedwe itulutsa zambiri zamtundu wa mpweya.

Anthu okhala ku East Palestine adapereka milandu yosachepera anayi motsutsana ndi Norfolk Southern Railroad, ponena kuti adakumana ndi zinthu zapoizoni ndipo adavutika kwambiri ndi "kupsinjika maganizo" chifukwa cha kusokonezeka.

"Makasitomala athu ambiri akuganiza za ... mwina kuchoka m'derali," adatero Hunter Miller. Iye ndi loya woimira anthu okhala ku East Palestine pamlandu wotsutsana ndi kampani ya njanji.

"Awa ayenera kukhala malo awo otetezeka komanso malo awo osangalatsa, nyumba yawo," adatero Miller. "Tsopano akuwona ngati nyumba yawo yalowetsedwa ndipo sakutsimikizanso kuti ndi malo otetezeka."

Lachiwiri, mtolankhani adafunsa a DeWine ngati angamve otetezeka kubwerera kwawo ngati amakhala ku East Palestine.

"Ndikhala watcheru komanso wokhudzidwa," adatero DeWine. "Koma ndikuganiza ndikhoza kubwerera kunyumba kwanga."