Akɛ Center for Public Integrity, ni ji adafitswaa nitsumɔhe ko ni taooo shika ni taoɔ mɛi ni kɛ amɛhe kpaaa gbee lɛ amli lɛ fee ekome kɛkala sane nɛɛ.
hejuu. srɔtoisrɔtoi. baisikle. Kevin Hartley, Drew Wynn, kɛ Joshua Atkins miitsu nitsumɔi srɔtoi beni amɛgboi ni eshɛɛɛ nyɔji 10, shi nɔ ni ha amɛwala bafee kuku lɛ ji nɔ kome: tsofa ko ni yɔɔ penti ni haa tsɔne lɛ mli tseɔ lɛ mli kɛ nibii krokomɛi ni ahɔ̃ɔ yɛ shwapoi amli yɛ maŋ lɛ mli fɛɛ lɛ.
Yɛ amɛ awerɛhoyeli kɛ gbeyeishemɔ lɛ mli lɛ, weku lɛ wo shi akɛ amɛbaafee nɔ fɛɛ nɔ ni amɛbaanyɛ koni methylene chloride lɛ akagbe mɔ ekoŋŋ.
Shi yɛ U.S., ni eyɛ yinɔsane ni mli ewo wu ni kɔɔ nitsulɔi kɛ jarayelɔi ahebuu he lɛ, naakpɛɛ sane ji akɛ tsofai fioo ko pɛ ena nakai shihilɛ lɛ. Nɛkɛ ji bɔ ni methylene chloride batsɔ gbɔmɔgbee ni sɛɛ tsɛɔ, yɛ kɔkɔbɔɔi ni kɔɔ osharai ni yɔɔ e-lasu lɛ mli lɛ he be saŋŋ dani afɔ́ Hartley, Wynn, kɛ Atkins lɛ fɛɛ sɛɛ. Agbe mɛi nyɔŋmai abɔ, kɛ jeee nakai lɛ, yɛ afii nyɔŋmai ni eho lɛ amli ni nitsumɔhe ko kɛ ehe wooo mli.
Yɛ niiamlitaomɔ ko ni Center for Public Integrity lɛ fee kɛ nibimɔi ni jɛ mɛi ni fĩɔ shweshweeshwefeemɔ sɛɛ lɛ adɛŋ lɛ sɛɛ lɛ, naagbee lɛ, U.S. Shihilɛ He Buumɔ Nitsumɔhe lɛ wo ŋaa akɛ abaagu ekɛ nitsumɔ babaoo yɛ nibii ni akɛjieɔ pɛnte mli lɛ amli.
No mli lɛ, eji January afi 2017, ni ji Obama nɔyeli lɛ naagbee gbii lɛ. Hartley gbo yɛ nakai afi lɛ April mli, Wynn gbo yɛ October mli yɛ nakai afi lɛ mli, Atkins gbo yɛ February mli yɛ afi ni nyiɛ sɛɛ lɛ mli yɛ Trump nɔyeli lɛ mlai ni ajieɔ kɛjɛɔ mlai ahe lɛ mlifu lɛ mli, ni Trump nɔyeli lɛ miisumɔ ni ejie mlai lɛ, shi jeee ni ekɛfata he, titri lɛ yɛ Shihilɛ He Buu Nitsumɔhe lɛ. Methylene chloride he susumɔ lɛ bafee yaka.
Shi, yɛ Atkins gbele sɛɛ nyɔji 13 sɛɛ lɛ, Trump Shihilɛ He Buumɔ Nitsumɔhe lɛ, yɛ nɔnyɛɛ shishi lɛ, kpɛ eyiŋ akɛ ebaakpa pɛnte ni akɛwoɔ tsɔne mli ni methylene chloride yɔɔ mli lɛ jarayeli. Yɛ April mli lɛ, Biden Shihilɛ He Buu Nitsumɔhe lɛ wo ŋaa akɛ agu tsofa nɛɛ kɛjɛ nibii fɛɛ ni mɛi yeɔ kɛ nitsumɔhei babaoo amli.
Dr. Robert Harrison, ni ji helatsamɔhe tsɔɔlɔ ni tsɔɔ nitsumɔ kɛ shihilɛ mli tsofafeemɔ he nii yɛ California Yunivɛsiti, San Francisco lɛ kɛɛ akɛ: “Wɔfɔɔɔ enɛ feemɔ yɛ U.S. “Wekui nɛɛ ji mihewalɛtsɛmɛi.”
Na bɔ ni amɛye shihilɛi ni mli wawai anɔ kunim koni amɛná yibii nɛɛ, kɛ amɛ ŋaawoo kɛji akɛ oyɛ gbɛ ni wa nɛɛ nɔŋŋ nɔ, kɛji shihilɛ lɛ kɔɔ nibii ni yɔɔ oshara, nitsumɔ mli shihilɛi ni bɛ shweshweeshwe, mujiwoo, loo osharai krokomɛi ahe.
Brian Wynn, ni enyɛmi nuu Drew ni eye afii 31 lɛ he tsofa ko ni atsɛɔ lɛ dichloromethane koni ekɛsaa e-beer ni mli ejɔ ni ekɛwoɔ kɔfi mli yɛ South Carolina lɛ kɛɛ akɛ: “Google nɔ fɛɛ nɔ.” “Kɛ kpatamɔ kɛha maŋbii lɛ.”
Na bɔ ni ekase maŋ sanebimɔ ni akala afii enyɔ dani enyɛmi nuu lɛ gbo lɛ he sane, ni ekɛ ŋaalɔi kpe ni ekase nɔ fɛɛ nɔ kɛjɛ he ni abaanyɛ ahe nibii yɛ kɛyashi nɔ hewɔ ni gbelei nɛɛ asɛɛdii wa waa lɛ nɔ. (Methylene chloride lasu lɛ gbeɔ mɔ kɛ́ ebua ehe naa yɛ shia mli, ni nyɛmɔ ni eyɔɔ ni ekɛ tsui helai baa lɛ tamɔ adebɔɔ mli gbele kɛji mɔ ko mɔ ko efeee tsofai fɔji ahe kaa.)
Ŋaawoo ni jɛ Kevin nyɛ, Wendy Hartley ŋɔɔ: “Nikasemɔ” ji wiemɔ titri ni akɛtsuɔ nii yɛ taomɔ mli. Ekolɛ niiamlitaomɔi babaoo yɛ ni miimɛ bo kɛkɛ. Eŋma yɛ e-mail ko mli akɛ: “Enɛ baaye abua ni ajie susumɔ kɛjɛ anɔkwale mli.”
Lauren Atkins, ni ji Joshua ni eye afii 31 ni gbo beni ebɔɔ mɔdɛŋ ni esaa e-BMX baisikle lɛ hiɛ tsɔne lɛ nyɛ lɛ kɛ UCSF Harrison wie shii abɔ. Yɛ February 2018 lɛ, ena ebinuu lɛ ni egbo yɛ snow mli yɛ lita kome ni akɛjieɔ pɛnte lɛ masɛi.
Nilee ni Harrison yɔɔ yɛ methylene chloride he lɛ ye ebua lɛ ni etsɔɔ ebi lɛ tsofai fɔji ahe nikasemɔ kɛ gbonyo lɛ he amaniɛbɔɔ lɛ shishi kɛtee nɔ ko ni kɛ gbele lɛ ba diɛŋtsɛ mli. Nɛkɛ mlitsɔɔmɔ ni mli ka shi faŋŋ nɛɛ ji shishitoo nɔ ni ma shi shiŋŋ kɛha nifeemɔ.
Bei pii lɛ, tsofai ni akɛwoɔ mɔ mli lɛ haa awuiyeli ni baa gbɔmɛi anɔ lɛ sɛɛ tsɛɔ, ni ekɛ hewalɛnamɔ he naagbai ni ekolɛ ejeŋ kpo afii babaoo baa. Mujiwoo baanyɛ afee sane ko ni tamɔ nakai nɔŋŋ. Shi nikasemɔ mli niiamlitaomɔ ji shishijee kpakpa lolo kɛji oosumɔ ni nɔyelii afee nɔ ko yɛ osharai nɛɛ ahe.
Nɔ titri ni haa amɛyeɔ omanye ji akɛ, wekui nɛɛ kɛ kui ni miitsu tsofafeemɔ he shweshweeshwefeemɔ he nii momo lɛ yɔɔ tsakpaa, ni amɛyɛ tsakpaa.
Akɛ nɔkwɛmɔ nɔ lɛ, Lauren Atkins na wolo ko ni kɔɔ methylene chloride nibii ni akɛtsuɔ nii yɛ mli lɛ ahe yɛ Change.org lɛ nɔ kɛjɛ kuu ni fĩɔ tsofai fɔji ni yɔɔ shweshweeshwe ni ji Safer Chemicals Healthy Families lɛ asɛɛ, ni amrɔ nɛɛ efata Toxin-Free Future lɛ he lɛ, ni ekɛ enine wo shishi koni ekɛwo ebinuu ni gbo nyɛsɛɛ nɛɛ hiɛ nyam. Brian Wynn kpã enine mli oya.
Kuu mli nitsumɔ kɛ amɛhewalɛi lɛ tsuɔ nii. Yɛ be mli ni EPA lɛ efeee nɔ ko lɛ, ehe ehiaaa ni wekui nɛɛ aje shishi ekoŋŋ koni amɛnyɛ jarayelɔi anɔ koni amɛjie nibii kɛjɛ amɛshwapoi lɛ amli: Safer Chemicals Healthy Families je “Think Store” nitsumɔ lɛ shishi yɛ tsɛmɔi ni tamɔ nɛkɛ hetoohamɔ mli.
Ni ehe ehiaaa ni amɛ diɛŋtsɛ amɛsusu nitsumɔhe nine lɛ mlai ahe nitsumɔ loo mɛi ni tswaa mɛi anaa yɛ Capitol Hill lɛ amli nitsumɔi ahe. Tsofai ni yɔɔ shweshweeshwe Wekui ni yɔɔ hewalɛ kɛ Shihilɛ He Buu Shika lɛ yɛ ŋaalee yɛ nɛkɛ nitsumɔ nɛɛ mli.
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Wiemɔ taomɔ yɛ kɔɔyɔŋ tsakemɔ he Heather McTeer Toney wuɔ kɛha shihilɛ mli jalɛsaneyeli yɛ Anaigbɛ
Brian Wynn kɛɛ akɛ: “Kɛ́ obaanyɛ okɛ kuu ko ni tamɔ nɛkɛ ato he... oyɛ hewalɛ diɛŋtsɛ,” ni ekadi Natural Resources Defense Council, ni ji kuu kroko ni tsuɔ nii waa yɛ sane lɛ he lɛ.
Jeee mɔ fɛɛ mɔ ni yɔɔ nɛkɛ nɔmɔ nɛɛ he miishɛɛ lɛ baanyɛ atsu maŋ gbɛfaŋnɔ ko he nii yɛ mli. Akɛ nɔkwɛmɔnɔ lɛ, gbɔi ni eba maŋ lɛ mli ni amɛbɛ mla naa gbɛhe ni hiɔ shi daa lɛ yɛ oshara babaoo yɛ nitsumɔhe, ni gbɛhe ni amɛbɛ lɛ baanyɛ aha ewa loo amɛnyɛŋ amɛwie.
Nɔ ni yɔɔ naakpɛɛ ji akɛ, kɛji wekui nɛɛ kɛ amɛjwɛŋmɔ fɛɛ ma Shihilɛ He Buu Nitsumɔhe lɛ nɔ lɛ, ekolɛ nitsumɔhe lɛ tsuuu nii, titri lɛ yɛ Trump nɔyeli beaŋ.
Amɛmiitsɔ Mind the Store lɛ nɔ amɛmiitsɛ jarayelɔi koni amɛhere mɛi awala kɛtsɔ tsɔnei ni akɛjieɔ pɛnte ni methylene chloride yɔɔ mli lɛ ni amɛkahɔ̃ɔ lɛ nɔ. Nibii ni abiɔ kɛ shitee-kɛ-woo tsu nii. Nitsumɔhei tamɔ Home Depot kɛ Walmart kpɛlɛ nɔ komekomei akɛ amɛbaakpa nitsumɔ lɛ.
Kɛtsɔ Tsofai ni yɔɔ shweshweeshwe, Wekui ni yɔɔ hewalɛ kɛ Shihilɛ He Buu Shika lɛ nɔ lɛ, amɛmiitsɛ maŋkwramɔŋ kuu lɛ mli bii lɛ koni amɛtsu he nii. Amɛkɛ weku mfoniri ko tee Washington. Amɛkɛ adafitswaa woji aŋmalalɔi wie, ni adafitswaa woji lɛ ha amɛhe fee oya fe tsutsu lɛ.
Senators ni jɛ South Carolina kɛ maŋkwramɔŋ kuu lɛ mlinyo kome ŋma Scott Pruitt, ni no mli lɛ eji Shihilɛ He Buu Nitsumɔhe lɛ nɔkwɛlɔ lɛ wolo. Kpee lɛ mlinyo kroko wo Pruitt shi koni ejie ehe kɛjɛ sane lɛ he sanegbaa mli yɛ April 2018 saneyeli ko mli. Brian Wynn kɛɛ akɛ, enɛɛmɛi fɛɛ ye ebua wekui lɛ ni amɛkɛ Pruitt to kpee ko he gbɛjianɔ yɛ May 2018.
Brian Wynn kɛɛ akɛ: “Shweshweeshwefeemɔ he nitsulɔi lɛ ahe fee amɛ yaa ejaakɛ mɔ ko mɔ ko eyaaa ni eyakwɛ lɛ. “Etamɔ Oz kpeteŋkpele ni he wa lɛ ni akɛkpeɔ lɛ waa.”
Yɛ gbɛ lɛ nɔ lɛ, wekui tsɔ amɛhe kɛtee kojomɔhei lɛ. Amɛtsɔ social media nɔ amɛbɔ mɛi kɔkɔ koni amɛkɛ amɛhe akawo oshara mli. Lauren Atkins tee shwapo ni ahɔ̃ɔ nibii ni akɛtsuɔ nii yɛ tsɔne mli lɛ mli lɛ diɛŋtsɛ koni eyakwɛ kɛji amɛfee nɔ ni amɛkɛɛ amɛfeɔ koni amɛjie methylene chloride nibii kɛjɛ shwapoi lɛ amli lɛ diɛŋtsɛ. (Bei komɛi lɛ hɛɛ, bei komɛi hu lɛ daabi.)
Kɛji akɛ enɛɛmɛi fɛɛ tamɔ nɔ ni haa mɔ tsui nyɔɔ emli lɛ, no lɛ otɔmɔko. Shi wekui lɛ ha efee faŋŋ nɔ ni baaba kɛji amɛkɛ amɛhe wooo mli.
Lauren Atkins kɛɛ akɛ: “Afeŋ nɔ ko nɔ ko, taakɛ afeeko nɔ ko dã lɛ.”
Kunimyelii bibii yaa hiɛ. Nɔ kome kɛ mɔ kroko baa be mli ni weku lɛ nijiaŋ ejeee wui lɛ. Bei pii lɛ, be kakadaŋŋ mli shihilɛ he miihia: maŋ mlai ahe nitsumɔ lɛ yaa hiɛ oya kɛjɛ fɔmɔ mli.
Ekolɛ ebaahe afii babaoo loo nɔ ni fe nakai dani nitsumɔhe lɛ agbe niiamlitaomɔ ni he hiaa koni akɛfee mla ko lɛ naa. Ehe bahia ni susumɔ lɛ atsɔ gbɛtsii nii amli dani agbe naa. Shi kɛlɛ, ekolɛ naatsii loo taomɔ nii heei fɛɛ baaje kpo fiofio yɛ be ni sa mli.
Nɔ ni ha wekui lɛ ná EPA lɛ fã ko ni tsi amɛnaa lɛ oya ji akɛ, nitsumɔhe lɛ jie susumɔ lɛ kpo dani ekɛwo shĩa lɛ mli diɛŋtsɛ. Shi EPA naatsii lɛ bɔi nitsumɔ kɛyashi afii 2.5 sɛɛ beni Kevin Hartley gbo lɛ. Ni amɛhaaa nɔ ni akɛtsuɔ nii yɛ nitsumɔhe lɛ he nyɔmɔwoo – tamɔ Kevin ni eye afii 21 lɛ ni kɛ hejuuhe lɛ miitswa shwɛmɔ yɛ nitsumɔhe lɛ.
Shi kɛlɛ, nitsumɔhe lɛ baanyɛ akpɛ yiŋ srɔtoi yɛ mɔ ni kwɛɔ nɔ lɛ nɔ. EPA lɛ yiŋkpɛɛ hee ni ato he gbɛjianɔ akɛ abaatsu nii yɛ August 2024 lɛ baatsi methylene chloride ni akɛtsuɔ nii yɛ nitsumɔhei babaoo lɛ naa, ni nɔ ni fata he ji bathtub ni atsakeɔ lɛ.
Lauren Atkins de ke: “E sa nɛ o to o tsui si. “Kɛ́ eba yɛ mɔ ko shihilɛ mli, titri lɛ, kɛ́ eba lɛ obii lɛ, onaa.Emiiya nɔ bianɛ.”
Tsɔne kudɔmɔ tsakemɔ wa. Tsakemɔ taomɔ akɛni bo loo osuɔlɔ ko eye awui hewɔ lɛ baanyɛ afee nɔ ni wa fe no, kɛji akɛ ebaanyɛ ekɛ miishɛjemɔ ni nɔ ko nɔ ko nyɛŋ afee lɛ aha po.
Lauren Atkins bɔ kɔkɔ akɛ, nyɛtswaa nyɛhe ejaakɛ enɛ baafee henumɔŋ oketeke ni fiteɔ nii. “Mɛi biɔ mi be fɛɛ be nɔ hewɔ ni miyaa nɔ mifeɔ enɛ, yɛ anɔkwale ni eji akɛ eji henumɔŋ nifeemɔ ni wa lɛ fɛɛ sɛɛ?Mihetoo ji be fɛɛ be ni ebaafee nakai be fɛɛ be akɛ: “No hewɔ lɛ ehe ehiaaa ni ota migbɛhe. Ehe ehiaaa ni mahi he ni miyɔɔ lɛ.”
Ekɛɛ akɛ: “Te onuɔ he ohaa tɛŋŋ kɛ́ ofite ohe fã? Bei komɛi lɛ, etamɔ nɔ ni etsui kpa yɛ gbi kome nɔ kɛ minɔ lɛ nɔŋŋ.” “Shi akɛni misumɔɔɔ ni mɔ ko atsɔ enɛ mli hewɔ lɛ, misumɔɔɔ ni nɔ ni Joshua ŋmɛɛ lɛ lɛ aŋmɛɛ mɔ ko he, ni no ji oti ni ma mihiɛ, mifee klalo akɛ mafee nɔ fɛɛ nɔ ni he baahia.”
Brian Wynn, ni hu kanyaa bo nakai nɔŋŋ lɛ kɛ be ko ni haa mɔ tsui nyɔɔ emli haa koni eye ebua bo ni ogbe o-marathon lɛ naa. Gym lɛ ji lɛ nɔ. Ekɛɛ akɛ: “Esa akɛ otao gbɛ ni oootsɔ nɔ ojie ohenumɔi lɛ akpo.”
Wendy Hartley heɔ eyeɔ akɛ nitsumɔ mli nifeemɔ ji tsamɔ yɛ lɛ diɛŋtsɛ emli kɛtsɔ wekui krokomɛi ayelikɛbuamɔ kɛ nɔ ni jɛɔ mli baa ni amɛfeɔ ekome kɛnáa lɛ nɔ.
Ákɛ mɔ ni kɛ gbɔmɔtso lɛ mli nibii haa lɛ, ebinuu lɛ ná mɛi krokomɛi ashihilɛ nɔ hewalɛ tɛ̃ɛ. Ehi waa akɛ ooona egboshinii lɛ gbɛ eshwa babaoo yɛ shwapoi amli kɛ nɔyeli nitsumɔhei lɛ amli.
Eŋma akɛ: “Kevin ehere mɛi babaoo awala, ni ebaaya nɔ ehere mɛi babaoo awala afii babaoo ni baaba lɛ amli.”
Kɛji ootswa tsakemɔ he adafi lɛ, ewaaa akɛ ooosusu akɛ mɛi ni woɔ nyɔmɔ koni shihilɛ ni yɔɔ lɛ ahi shi lɛ baaye kunim be fɛɛ be. Shi oshihilɛ mli niiashikpamɔ lɛ hiɛ muji ni anyɛɛɛ ahe.
“Kɛ́ ole bɔ ni ogbaa osane lɛ, no lɛ eji oshihilɛ fã, no lɛ obaanyɛ ofee – ni beni obaanyɛ ogba nakai sane lɛ, shweremɔ aha bo, lobbyist,” Brian Wayne kɛɛ. “Wɔkɛ suɔmɔ kɛ suɔmɔ ni nɔ bɛ ba.”
Wendy Hartley ŋaawoo nɛɛ: “Kaashe gbeyei akɛ obaajie ohenumɔi akpo.” Wiemɔ bɔ ni ená bo kɛ oweku lɛ nɔ hewalɛ eha lɛ he. “Tsɔɔmɔ amɛ bɔ ni amɛ diɛŋtsɛ amɛnáa mɔ nɔ hewalɛ kɛtsɔ mfonirii anɔ.”
Lauren Atkins kɛɛ akɛ: “Afii enumɔ ni eho nɛ lɛ, eji mɔ ko kɛɛ akɛ, ‘Kɛ́ obolɔ nɛkɛ waa bɔ ni sa lɛ, nɔyeli lɛ baabo bo toi’ kulɛ, mikɛ ŋmɔlɔ baaŋmɔ.” "Kwɛmɔ nɔ? Oshiki kome baanyɛ aha srɔtofeemɔ aba. Misusuɔ akɛ eji mibi nuu gboshinii lɛ fã."
Jamie Smith Hopkins ji adafitswaa woloŋmalɔ kɛha Centre for Public Integrity, ni ji adafitswaa nitsumɔhe ko ni taooo shika ni taoɔ mɛi ni kɛ amɛhe kpaaa gbee lɛ amli lɛ.
Be ni akɛbaatsu nii: Manyawale-29-2023