I-Ohio train dereilment ibangela uloyiko phakathi kwabahlali bedolophu encinci malunga nezinto eziyityhefu

I-Ohio train dereilment ephethe i-vinyl chloride iphakamisa ungcoliseko kunye neenkxalabo zempilo

Kwiintsuku ezilishumi elinesibini emva kokuba uloliwe othwele imichiza eyityhefu ephumile kwidolophu encinci yaseOhio eMpuma Palestine, abahlali abanexhala basafuna iimpendulo.

“Kuyamangalisa kakhulu ngoku,” utshilo uJames Figley, ohlala kumganyana nje wesiganeko. Idolophu yonke ikwisiphithiphithi.

UFigley oneminyaka engama-63 ubudala ngumyili wemizobo. Ngorhatya lwe-3 kaFebruwari, wayehleli esofeni xa ngequbuliso weva isandi esoyikekayo sentsimbi..

“Kwakukho uthotho loqhushumbo olwaluqhubeka kwaye amavumba aye aqhubeka emanyumnyezi,” utshilo uFigley.

"Ngaba ukhe wayitshisa iplastiki kwindawo yakho yangasemva kwaye (kwakukho) umsi omnyama? Yiloo nto," watsho. "Yayimnyama, imnyama bhuqe. Ubunokubona ukuba livumba lekhemikhali. Ikutshise amehlo. Ukuba ujongene nomoya, inokuba kubi kakhulu."

Esi siganeko sibangele umlilo othe waphakuzela abahlali abahlala kwiindawo ezikude.

Kuqhume umsi kuloliwe othuthayo ophumileyo ephethe imichiza eyingozi eMpuma Palestine, eOhio.

Kwiintsuku kamva, kwavela umsi onetyhefu phezu kwedolophu njengoko amagosa ayezama ukutshisa imichiza eyingozi ebizwa ngokuba yivinyl chloride ngaphambi kokuba iqhume.

Kwiintsuku ezimbalwa ezalandelayo, iintlanzi ezifileyo zavela emlanjeni. Amagosa kamva aqinisekisa ukuba elo nani lafikelela kumawaka. Abahlali abangabamelwane baxelele amajelo eendaba ukuba iinkukhu zabo zafa ngequbuliso, iimpungutye zoyika kwaye nezinye izilwanyana zasekhaya zagula. Abahlali bakhalaze ngokuqaqanjelwa yintloko, ukutshisa amehlo kunye nomqala obuhlungu.

I-Ohio Gov. uMike DeWine uthe ngoLwesithathu ngelixa umgangatho womoya wedolophu ukhuselekile, abahlali abakufutshane nendawo yokuchitheka okunetyhefu kufuneka basele amanzi asebhotileni njengento yokuphepha. Amagosa karhulumente kunye ne-federal athembisa abahlali ukuba bayawucoca umhlaba ongcolisekileyo kwindawo kwaye umoya kunye nomgangatho wamanzi kamasipala ngoku ubuyele kwisiqhelo.

Umahluko omkhulu phakathi koko abanye abahlali basixelela kona kunye nezithembiso zamagosa aqhubeka nokuzikhupha kukhokelele kwisiphithiphithi kunye noloyiko kwimpuma yePalestina. Ngeli xesha, iingcali zokusingqongileyo kunye nezempilo ziye zaphakamisa imibuzo malunga nokuba indawo leyo ikhuselekile ngokwenene. Abanye abasebenzisi bemithombo yeendaba zoluntu bathi nangona amagosa karhulumente ebesoloko ehlaziya le meko kwaye ebonakalisa umsindo kwinkampani kaloliwe, amagosa ebengabaxeleli inyani abahlali.

Abanye abantu basekuhlaleni balwamkela olo lwalathiso. “Kuninzi esingakwaziyo,” watsho uFigley.

Amagosa ase-US aqikelela ukuba iintlanzi ezingama-3,500 ezivela kwiintlobo ezahlukeneyo ze-12 zafa kwimilambo ekufutshane ngenxa yokuphazamiseka..

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Amagosa anike iinkcukacha ezithile malunga nokususwa kwe-3 kaFebruwari kaloliwe waseNorfolk oMazantsi kwindlela eya ePennsylvania.

UDeWine uthe kwinkomfa noonondaba ngoLwesibini, lo loliwe uneemoto ezimalunga ne-150, kwaye ezingama-50 kuzo ziphumile endleleni. Ezimalunga ne-10 kuzo zazinezinto ezinokuba yityhefu.

Ibhodi yeSizwe yoKhuseleko kwezoThutho ayikhange ichaze oyena nobangela wokuphuma kwesi siporo, kodwa isebe lathi kusenokwenzeka ukuba yayinxulumene nomba womatshini nge-asi enye.

Izinto ezithwalwa ngoololiwe ziquka ivinyl chloride, igesi engenambala neyingozi esetyenziswa ekwenzeni iiplastiki zePVC kunye neemveliso zevinyl.

I-vinyl chloride nayo i-carcinogen. Ukubonakaliswa okukrakra kwikhemikhali kunokubangela ukuba nesiyezi, ukozela kunye neentloko, ngelixa ukubonakaliswa kwexesha elide kunokubangela umonakalo wesibindi kunye nohlobo olunqabileyo lomhlaza wesibindi.

NgoFebruwari 6, emva kokushiya indawo ekufutshane, amagosa atshisa i-vinyl chloride. UDeWine uthe i-federal, urhulumente kunye neengcali zikaloliwe zigqibe kwelokuba kukhuseleke kakhulu kunokuvumela izinto ziqhume kwaye zithumele inkunkuma ebhabha kuyo yonke idolophu, awayibiza ngokuba bubuncinci kububi obubini.

Ukutsha okulawulwayo kwavelisa umsi we-apocalyptic kwimpuma yePalestina. Le mifanekiso yasasazwa kumajelo osasazo oluntu, abafundi abaninzi bothukile beyithelekisa nomboniso bhanyabhanya wentlekele.

Kwiintsuku kamva, i-Gov. DeWine, i-Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro kunye ne-Norfolk Southern babhengeze ukuba ukuvutha kube yimpumelelo kwaye abahlali bavunyelwe ukubuya xa amagosa ekubona kukhuselekile.

“Kuthi bathe xa besithi ilungisiwe, sagqiba kwelokuba sibuye,” utshilo umhlali wasePalestine uJohn Myers, nohlala nosapho lwakhe kwindlu ekufutshane nesiza.

Uthe akazange abe neziphumo ebezingalindelekanga ezibi. “Umoya unuka njengesiqhelo,” watsho.

NgoLwesibini, i-Arhente yoKhuseleko lokusiNgqongileyo yase-US yathi ayikhange ibone nawaphi na amanqanaba abalulekileyo ezinto eziyingozi emoyeni. Isebe lithe lihlole amakhaya aphantse abe ngama-400 ukuza kuthi ga ngoku kwaye akukho michiza ifunyenweyo, kodwa liyaqhubeka nokuhlola amakhaya amaninzi kulo mmandla kunye nokujonga umgangatho womoya.

Emva kwengozi, i-Arhente yoKhuseleko lweNdalo yase-US ifumene imikhondo yeekhemikhali kwiisampulu zamanzi ezikufutshane, kubandakanywa noMlambo waseOhio. Le arhente ithi amanzi angcolisekileyo angenile kwimisele yezaqhwithi. Amagosa ase-Ohio athi azakuvavanya amanzi abahlali okanye agrumbe amaqula amatsha ukuba kuyimfuneko.

NgoLwesithathu, i-Arhente yoKhuseleko lweNdalo yase-Ohio yaqinisekisa abahlali ukuba amaqula akwinkqubo yamanzi asekuhlaleni avavanywe ngaphandle kweekhemikhali kwi-derailment kwaye amanzi kamasipala akhuselekile ukusela.

Ukungathembi kunye namathandabuzo kakhulu

Abahlali banenkxalabo malunga nefuthe lemichiza eyityhefu enokuba nayo kwimpilo yabo. (Umfanekiso apha ngumfanekiso womqondiso ongaphandle kweshishini eMpuma Palestine othi "Thandazela i-East Palestine kunye nekamva lethu.")

Kwabanye, imifanekiso eyothusayo yomsi enetyhefu yayibonakala ingavisisani nokufuduka kwabasemagunyeni kutshanje besiya empuma Palestina.

Abasebenzisi bemithombo yeendaba zentlalo kwi-Twitter kunye neTikTok ngokukodwa bebelandela iingxelo zezilwanyana ezonzakeleyo kunye nevidiyo yokutshisa i-vinyl chloride. Bafuna iimpendulo ezingaphezulu kumagosa.

Emva kokuba abantu bethumele iividiyo zeentlanzi ezifileyo kumajelo eendaba ezentlalo, amagosa avumile ukuba le nto yayiyinyani. ISebe lezeNdalo lase-Ohio lathi malunga neentlanzi ze-3,500 zeentlobo ze-12 ezahlukeneyo zafa kumlambo omalunga neekhilomitha ezili-7.5 kumzantsi we-East Palestine.

Nangona kunjalo, amagosa athi awafumananga ngxelo yokuphazamiseka okanye ukuvutha kweekhemikhali ezibangela ngokuthe ngqo ukufa kwemfuyo okanye ezinye izilwanyana zomhlaba.

Ngaphezu kweveki emva kokuba iikhemikhali zitshisiwe, abahlali baselumelwaneni bakhalaza ngentloko ebuhlungu kunye nesicaphucaphu, ngokutsho kweWashington Post, iRiphabhlikhi eNtsha kunye neendaba zasekhaya.

Iingcali zokusingqongileyo zixelele iBBC ukuba zixhalabile malunga nesigqibo sikarhulumente sokuvumela abantu ukuba babuyele empuma Palestine kamsinya nje emva kwengozi kunye nokutsha okulawulwayo.

 "Ngokucacileyo abalawuli belizwe kunye nabasekhaya banika abantu ukukhanya okuluhlaza ukuba baye ekhaya ngokukhawuleza," kusho uDavid Masur, umlawuli olawulayo wePenn Environment Research & Policy Centre.

“Lo nto idala ukungathembani namathandabuzo phakathi koluntu malunga nokuthembeka kwala maziko, yingxaki leyo,” utshilo.

Ukongeza kwivinyl chloride, ezinye izinto ezininzi koololiwe zinokwenza iikhompawundi eziyingozi xa zitshisiwe, ezinjengeedioxins, utshilo uPeter DeCarlo, unjingalwazi kwiYunivesithi yaseJohns Hopkins ofunda ngongcoliseko lomoya.

"Njengekhemisti yasemoyeni, le yinto endifuna ukuyiphepha ngokwenene." Wongeze ukuba unethemba lokuba isebe lokhuseleko lokusingqongileyo liza kukhupha iinkcukacha ezithe vetshe ngomgangatho womoya.

Abahlali base-East Palestine bafake ubuncinane amatyala amane eklasi-amanyathelo ngokuchasene neNorfolk Southern Railroad, besithi babonakaliswe kwizinto ezinobuthi kwaye bafumana "uxinzelelo olunzima lweemvakalelo" ngenxa yokuphazamiseka.

"Uninzi lwabathengi bethu bacinga ngenyani malunga ... ngokuphuma kule ndawo," utshilo uHunter Miller. Uligqwetha elimele abahlali base-East Palestine kwisimangalo samanyathelo odidi ngakunkampani kaloliwe.

“Le kufanele ibe yindawo yabo ekhuselekileyo nendawo eyonwabileyo, ikhaya labo,” utshilo uMiller. "Ngoku baziva ngathi ikhaya labo lingenisiwe kwaye abasaqinisekanga ukuba yindawo ekhuselekileyo."

NgoLwesibini, intatheli yabuza uDeWine ukuba naye angaziva ekhuselekile xa ebuyela ekhaya ukuba uhlala eMpuma Palestine.

“Ndiza kuhlala ndiphaphile kwaye ndixhalabile,” utshilo uDeWine. "Kodwa ndicinga ukuba ndingabuyela endlwini yam."