Ko te whāinga o ngā ture hou a te Tari Tiaki Taiao he pehi i te parahanga hau paitini mai i ngā kaihanga maitai o Amerika mā te whakawhāiti i ngā parahanga pēnei i te mercury, te benzene me te mata kua roa nei e paitini ana i te hau i ngā takiwa e karapoti ana i ngā wheketere.
E aro ana ngā ture ki ngā poke e tukuna ana e ngā oumu kōka o ngā whare hanga maitai. E 50 i roto i te 1,000,000 te mōrearea o te mate pukupuku ki te hau huri noa i ngā whare hanga maitai, e ai ki ngā kaitautoko hauora tūmatanui he morearea tēnei mō ngā tamariki me te hunga whai raruraru hauora.
Kāore e tawhiti te haere o ngā matū mai i te tipu, engari e ai ki ngā kaitautoko he kino rawa atu ēnei matū ki te hauora o te marea i ngā takiwa "e karapoti ana" i te hunga rawakore e karapoti ana i ngā whare maitai, ā, he take tika mō te taiao.
"Kua roa te iwi e pāngia ana e ngā mōrearea hauora nui, pērā i te mate pukupuku, nā te parahanga o te oumu kōka," te kī a Patrice Simms, te tumuaki tuarua o Earthjustice mō ngā hapori hauora. He mea nui ngā ture "mō te tiaki i ngā hapori me ngā kaimahi e tata ana ki ngā oumu kōka".
He rūma ngā oumu kōka e whakamahana ana i te waro hei hanga kōka, he putunga mārō e whakamahia ana hei hanga maitai. E ai ki te EPA, ko te hau e puta mai ana i ngā oumu he mate pukupuku tangata, ā, kei roto he ranunga o ngā matū kino, ngā konganuku taumaha me ngā matū pūngāwerewere.
He maha ngā matū e pā ana ki ngā raruraru hauora nui, tae atu ki te ekisema kino, ngā raruraru manawa me ngā whara o te nakunaku.
I waenganui i te piki haere o ngā taunakitanga mō te paitini o te hau i ngā tau tata nei, kāore i nui te mahi a te EPA ki te aukati i te parahanga, e ai ki ngā kairīti. Kua akiaki ngā rōpū taiao kia whai herenga hou me te aroturuki pai ake, ā, i te tau 2019 i whakawakia e Earthjustice te EPA mō te take.
Kua tino pāngia ngā tāone nui o ngā rohe ahumahi o te raki o te uru me Alabama e ngā oumu Coke. I Detroit, kei waenganui tonu o te tautohe tonu tētahi wheketere coke kua takahi i ngā paerewa kounga hau mō te tekau tau, e ai ki te whakapae kua pāngia ngā kainoho tata e te hauhā whanariki i hangaia e te hau oumu coke e te mate, ahakoa kāore ngā ture hou e kapi i taua poke.
Ko ngā ture, i whakaputaina i te Paraire, e hiahia ana kia whakamātauria te "taiapa" huri noa i ngā tipu, ā, ki te kitea he poke e hipa ana i ngā rohe hou, me tautuhi e ngā kaihanga rino te pūtake ka mahi i ngā mahi hei whakaiti i ngā taumata.
Ka tangohia hoki e ngā ture ngā ara kore i whakamahia i mua e te umanga hei karo i te ripoata i ngā tukunga, pērā i te whakakore i ngā here tukunga i te wā e hē ana te mahi.
I roto i ngā whakamātautau i waho o tētahi tipu i Pittsburgh e whakahaerehia ana e US Steel, tētahi o ngā kaihanga nui rawa atu o te motu, i kitea he taumata o te benzene, he matū whakaputa mate pukupuku, he 10 ngā wā teitei ake i ngā herenga hou. I kōrero tētahi kaikorero mō US Steel ki te Allegheny Front kāore e taea te whakatinana i ngā ture, ā, ka pā mai he "utu kāore i kitea i mua, me ngā pānga kino pea ki te taiao".
"He mea kāore i kitea i mua ngā utu, ā, kāore hoki e mōhiotia ana nā te mea kāore he hangarau whakahaere kua whakamātauhia mō ētahi parahanga hau morearea," te kī a te kaikorero.
I kōrero a Adrienne Lee, he rōia mō te mahi tika o te whenua, ki te Guardian, i ahu mai te ture i ngā raraunga ahumahi i tukuna ki te EPA, ā, i kī ia ko te tikanga o ngā ture kāore e whakaiti i ngā tukunga, engari ka ārai i te nui rawa o ngā tukunga.
"He uaua ki ahau te whakapono ka uaua te whakatutuki [i ngā here]," te kī a Lee.
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Wā tuku: Pipiri-03-2024