Neke atu i te 200 ngā whare hanga matū puta noa i te motu — tae atu ki ngā tekau i Texas i te takutai moana — ka hiahiatia kia whakaitihia ngā tukunga paitini ka pāngia ai te hunga e noho tata ana e te mate pukupuku i raro i tētahi ture hou a te Tari Tiaki Taiao i panuitia i te Tūrei.
Ka whakamahia e ēnei whare ngā matū morearea hei hanga kirihou, peita, papanga hangai, patupatu me ētahi atu hua matū hinu. E whakaatu ana te rārangi a te EPA e 80, 40% rānei o rātou, kei Texas, ko te nuinga kei ngā tāone takutai moana pēnei i a Baytown, Channelview, Corpus Christi, Deer Park, La Porte, Pasadena me Port Arthur.
Ko te ture hou e arotahi ana ki te whakawhāiti i ngā matū e ono: te ethylene oxide, te chloroprene, te benzene, te 1,3-butadiene, te ethylene dichloride me te vinyl chloride. E mōhiotia ana ka whakapiki ake i te mōrearea o te mate pukupuku me te kino ki ngā pūnaha io, ngā pūnaha ngakau me te pūnaha ārai mate i muri i te whakamahinga roa.
E ai ki te EPA, mā te ture hou e whakaiti i te neke atu i te 6,000 tāne o ngā poke hau paitini i ia tau, ā, ka whakaitihia te maha o ngā tāngata he nui ake te mōrearea ki te mate pukupuku mā te 96% puta noa i te motu.
Ka hiahiatia hoki e te ture hou kia tāutahia e ngā whare ngā taputapu aroturuki hau i ngā rārangi taiapa e ine ana i ngā kukū o tētahi matū motuhake i te rārangi whenua o tētahi papa hanga.
Ka taea e mātou te whakarato i ngā pūoko hau maha-tawhā ka taea te aroturuki i ngā momo hau.
I roto i tētahi kōrero, i kī a Harold Wimmer, te perehitini me te Tumu Whakarae o te American Lung Association, mā ngā taputapu tirotiro hau "e āwhina ki te tiaki i ngā hapori tata mā te whakarato i ngā mōhiohio tika ake mō te kounga o te hau e manawahia ana e rātou."
E whakaatu ana ngā rangahau he nui ake te tūponotanga o ngā hapori kiri mangu ki te pāngia e te parahanga mai i ngā whare hanga matū.
I roto i tētahi kōrero tuhituhi, i kī a Cynthia Palmer, he kaitātari matua mō ngā matū hinu me te rōpū taiao kore-moni Moms Clean Air Force, he ture hou "he mea whaiaro ki ahau. I tipu ake taku hoa pai tata ki te iwa o ngā whare hanga matū i Texas ka hipokina e tēnei ture hou. I mate ia i te mate pukupuku i te wā e kuraina ana āna tamariki."
I kī a Palmer he taahiraa nui whakamua te ture hou mō te tika taiao.
I puta te panuitanga o te Tūrei i te marama i muri i te whakaae a te EPA ki tētahi ture hei whakaiti i ngā tukunga ethylene oxide mai i ngā whare whakahoromata arumoni. I Laredo, e ai ki ngā kainoho kua whai wāhi aua tipu ki te pikinga o ngā reiti mate pukupuku o te tāone.
I roto i tētahi īmēra, i kī a Hector Rivero, te perehitini me te Tumu Whakarae o te Texas Chemistry Council, ka nui te pānga o te ture hou a te EPA ki te hanga o te ethylene oxide, he mea nui tēnei mō ngā hua pēnei i ngā motuka hiko me ngā maramara rorohiko, tae atu ki te whakahoromata i ngā hua hauora.
I kī a Rivero ka tutuki i te kaunihera, e tohu ana i ngā whare hanga matū neke atu i te 200, ngā ture hou, engari e whakapono ana ia he hē te huarahi i aromatawai ai te EPA i ngā mōrearea hauora o te ethylene oxide.
"Nā te whakawhirinakitanga o te EPA ki ngā raraunga tukunga tawhito kua hua ake he ture whakamutunga e hangai ana ki ngā mōrearea kua whakanuia me ngā painga whakapae," te kī a Rivero.
Ka whai mana te ture hou i muri tata mai i te whakaputanga ki te Federal Register. Ko te whakahekenga nui rawa atu o te mōrearea mate pukupuku ka puta mai i te whakaiti i ngā tukunga o te ethylene oxide me te chloroprene. Me tutuki i ngā whare ngā whakaritenga mō te whakaiti i te ethylene oxide i roto i ngā tau e rua i muri i te whai mana o te ture, ā, me tutuki hoki i ngā whakaritenga mō te chloroprene i roto i ngā rā 90 i muri i te rā whai mana.
I roto i tētahi kōrero, i kī a Victoria Cann, he kaikorero mō te tari taiao o te kawanatanga, te Komihana Kounga Taiao o Texas, ka whakahaerehia e te tari he rangahau hei aromatawai i te tutuki i ngā whakaritenga o te ture hou hei wāhanga o tana kaupapa tutuki me te whakatinana.
E aro ana te ture ki ngā taputapu i ngā whare hanga matū e tuku ana i te parahanga hau pērā i ngā pūnaha whakawhiti wera (ngā taputapu e whakamahana ana, e whakamatao ana rānei i ngā wai), me ngā tukanga pērā i te whakaputa hau me te mura e tuku ana i ngā hau ki te rangi.
He maha ngā wā ka puta te mura i ngā wā o ngā tīmatanga, ngā kati me ngā hapa mahi. I Texas, i kōrero ngā kamupene mō te tukunga o te 1 miriona pauna o te parahanga nui i te wā makariri o Hānuere. Kua kīia e ngā kaitautoko taiao ko aua huihuinga he arai i roto i te whakatinanatanga taiao e āhei ai ngā whare ki te parahanga me te kore whiu, me te kore whaina rānei i raro i ētahi āhuatanga pēnei i te wā o te huarere kino, i ngā āhuatanga matū rānei.
E hiahiatia ana e te ture kia whakahaerehia e ngā whare he pūrongo atu mō ngā tutukitanga ture me ngā aromatawai mahi i muri i ēnei huihuinga.
Wā tuku: 11 Paenga-whāwhā 2024