Melao e Ncha ea Ts'ireletso ea Tikoloho e ikemiselitse ho thibela tšilafalo ea moea e chefo e tsoang ho baetsi ba litšepe ba US ka ho fokotsa lintho tse silafatsang tse kang mercury, benzene le lead tseo e leng khale li chefo moeeng libakeng tse haufi le limela.
Melao e shebane le litšila tse lokollotsoeng ke lionto tsa li-coke tsa lisebelisoa tsa tšepe. Khase e tsoang ka ontong e baka kotsi ea mofets'e moeeng ho potoloha limela tsa tšepe tsa 50 ho tse 1,000,000, tseo babuelli ba bophelo bo botle ba sechaba ba reng li kotsi ho bana le batho ba nang le mathata a bophelo bo botle.
Lik'hemik'hale ha li tsamaee hole le semela, empa babuelli ba re ba 'nile ba senya bophelo ba sechaba libakeng tsa "fenceline" tse nang le chelete e tlaase ho pota-pota lisebelisoa tsa tšepe,' me li emela taba ea toka ea tikoloho.
"Ke khale batho ba tobane le likotsi tse kholo tsa bophelo bo botle, joalo ka mofets'e, ka lebaka la tšilafalo ea ontong ea coke," ho boletse Patrice Simms, motlatsi oa mopresidente oa Earthjustice bakeng sa sechaba se phetseng hantle. Melao e "bohlokoa bakeng sa ho sireletsa sechaba le basebetsi haufi le lionto tsa coke".
Lionto tsa coke ke liphaposi tse futhumatsang mashala ho hlahisa coke, e leng depositi e thata e sebelisetsoang ho etsa tšepe. Khase e hlahisoang ke liontong e khetholloa ke EPA e le kankere e tsebahalang ea motho 'me e na le motsoako oa lik'hemik'hale tse kotsi, litšepe tse boima le metsoako e sa tsitsang.
Lik'hemik'hale tse ngata li amahanngoa le mathata a tebileng a bophelo bo botle, ho kenyelletsa le eczema e matla, mathata a ho hema le liso tsa tšilo ea lijo.
Har'a bopaki bo ntseng bo eketseha ba chefo ea khase lilemong tsa morao tjena, EPA e entse ho fokolang ho thibela tšilafalo, bahlahlobisisi ba re. Lihlopha tsa tikoloho li ntse li phehella meeli e mecha le ho beha leihlo le betere mme Earthjustice ka 2019 e ile ea qosa EPA ka taba ena.
Li-oveni tsa Coke li atile haholo litoropo tse libakeng tse kaholimo-limo tse bohareng ba indasteri le Alabama. Detroit, semela sa coke seo ka lilemo tse leshome se tlōtseng litekanyetso tsa boleng ba moea ka makhetlo a likete se bohareng ba linyeoe tse tsoelang pele tse bolelang hore sulfur dioxide e hlahisoang ke khase ea coke oven e ile ea kulisa baahi ba haufi sebakeng sa batho ba bangata ba Batšo, leha melao e mecha e sa koahele litšila tseo.
Melao, e hatisitsoeng ka Labohlano, e hloka tlhahlobo ea "fenceline" ho pota-pota limela, 'me, haeba ho fumanoa hore ho na le litšila tse fetang meeli e mecha, baetsi ba tšepe ba tlameha ho khetholla mohloli le ho nka khato ho theola maemo.
Melao e boetse e tlosa liindasteri tsa likheo tse neng li sebelisoa pele ho qoba ho tlaleha likhase, joalo ka ho lokolla meeli ea likhase nakong ea ho se sebetse hantle.
Ho etsa liteko ka ntle ho polante ea Pittsburgh e sebelisoang ke US Steel, e leng e 'ngoe ea bahlahisi ba baholo ka ho fetisisa naheng, ho ile ha fumanoa maemo a benzene, e leng carcinogen, e neng e phahame ka makhetlo a 10 ho feta meeli e mecha. 'Muelli oa US Steel o bolelletse Allegheny Front hore melao e ke ke ea khona ho e sebelisa mme e tla ba le "litšenyehelo tse neng li sa lebelloa le litlamorao tse mpe tse ka bang teng tikolohong".
"Litšenyehelo e ne e tla ba tse e-s'o ka tsa e-ba teng ebile li sa tsejoe hobane ha ho na mahlale a tiisitsoeng a ho laola lintho tse ling tse silafatsang moea," ho boletse 'muelli.
Adrienne Lee, 'muelli oa molao oa Earthjustice, o bolelletse Guardian hore molao ona o thehiloe ho data ea indasteri e fanoeng ho EPA, mme o hlokometse hore melao ka kakaretso e ke ke ea fokotsa tlhahiso, empa e thibela ho feta.
Lee o itse: "Ke fumana ho le thata ho lumela hore [meeli] ho tla ba thata ho e fihlela.
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Nako ea poso: Jun-03-2024