Lub lim tiam no, cov neeg tua hluav taws tau thov thawj zaug rau kev sim ywj pheej ntawm PFAS, cov tshuaj lom neeg muaj feem cuam tshuam txog kev mob qog noj ntshav hauv cov cuab yeej, thiab hais kom lub koomhaum tso tseg kev txhawb nqa ntawm cov tuam txhab tshuaj thiab khoom siv.
Sean Mitchell, tus thawj coj ntawm Nantucket Fire Department, ua haujlwm txhua hnub rau 15 xyoo.Hnav khaub ncaws loj tuaj yeem tiv thaiv nws ntawm tshav kub thiab nplaim taws thaum ua haujlwm.Tab sis xyoo tas los, nws thiab nws pab neeg tau ntsib kev cuam tshuam kev tshawb fawb: tshuaj lom neeg ntawm cov cuab yeej siv los tiv thaiv lub neej tuaj yeem ua rau lawv mob hnyav.
Lub lim tiam no, Tus tauj ncov loj Mitchell thiab lwm tus tswvcuab ntawm International Firefighters Association, lub koom haum tua hluav taws loj tshaj plaws hauv Tebchaws Meskas, hais kom cov neeg ua haujlwm hauv koomhaum ua haujlwm.Lawv vam tias yuav ua qhov kev ntsuam xyuas ywj pheej ntawm PFAS thiab cov tshuaj uas nws siv, thiab hais kom lub koomhaum tshem tawm kev txhawb nqa ntawm cov tuam txhab tsim khoom thiab kev lag luam tshuaj.Hauv ob peb hnub tom ntej no, nws xav tias cov neeg sawv cev sawv cev ntau dua 300,000 tus tswv cuab ntawm lub koomhaum yuav pov npav rau qhov ntsuas- thawj zaug.
"Peb raug cov tshuaj no txhua hnub," Tus Thawj Tub Rog Mitchell tau hais."Thiab qhov ntau kuv kawm, qhov ntau kuv xav zoo li tib tus uas ua cov tshuaj no hais cov tshuaj no."
Nrog rau qhov kev cuam tshuam ntawm kev hloov huab cua phem zuj zus, kev nyab xeeb ntawm cov neeg tua hluav taws tau dhau los ua qhov teeb meem ceev uas yuav tsum tau daws.Kev hloov huab cua tau nce qhov kub thiab txias thiab ua rau lub teb chaws raug kev kub ntxhov ntau zuj zus, ua rau cov kev xav tau no.Thaum Lub Kaum Hli, kaum ob tus neeg tua hluav taws hauv California tau foob 3M, Chemours, EI du Pont de Nemours thiab lwm lub tuam txhab.Xyoo tas los, cov ntaub ntawv 4.2 lab acres raug hlawv hauv lub xeev, thov tias cov tuam txhab no txhob txwm tsim nws rau ntau xyoo lawm.Thiab kev muag khoom ntawm cov khoom siv tua hluav taws.Muaj tshuaj lom yam tsis muaj kev ceeb toom txog kev phom sij ntawm cov tshuaj.
"Kev tua hluav taws yog ib txoj haujlwm txaus ntshai thiab peb tsis xav kom peb cov neeg tua hluav taws tua hluav taws.Lawv xav tau kev tiv thaiv no. "Linda Birnbaum, yav dhau los tus thawj coj ntawm National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences."Tab sis tam sim no peb paub tias PFAS tuaj yeem ua haujlwm, thiab nws yuav tsis ua haujlwm ib txwm."
Dr. Birnbaum tau hais ntxiv tias: "Ntau lub tshuab ua pa tsiv tawm thiab nkag mus rau saum huab cua, thiab qhov ua pa ntawm tes thiab ntawm lawv lub cev."“Yog tias lawv nqa tsev mus ntxuav, lawv yuav nqa PFAS mus tsev.
DuPont tau hais tias nws yog "kev poob siab" nrog cov neeg tua hluav taws nrhiav kev txwv tsis pub muaj kev txhawb nqa, thiab nws txoj kev mob siab rau txoj haujlwm yog "tsis muaj kev hloov pauv."3M tau hais tias nws muaj "lub luag haujlwm" rau PFAS thiab txuas ntxiv ua haujlwm nrog cov koomhaum pabcuam.Chemours tsis kam tawm tswv yim.
Piv nrog cov nplaim taws tuag, cov tsev nyob ib puag ncig los ntawm cov pa taws lossis hav zoov ntuj txiag teb tsaus uas cov neeg tua hluav taws sib ntaus sib tua, qhov txaus ntshai ntawm cov tshuaj hauv cov khoom siv tua hluav taws zoo li daj ntseg.Tab sis nyob rau hauv peb lub xyoos dhau los, mob qog noj ntshav tau dhau los ua qhov ua rau cov neeg tua hluav taws tuag thoob plaws lub tebchaws, suav txog 75% ntawm cov neeg tua hluav taws tuag hauv 2019.
Kev tshawb fawb los ntawm National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health hauv Tebchaws Meskas tau pom tias cov neeg tua hluav taws muaj kev pheej hmoo mob qog noj ntshav yog 9% siab dua li cov pej xeem hauv Tebchaws Meskas thiab kev pheej hmoo tuag los ntawm tus kabmob yog 14% siab dua.Cov kws paub txog kev noj qab haus huv tau taw qhia tias cov neeg tua hluav taws muaj kev pheej hmoo siab tshaj plaws ntawm qog nqaij hlav qog noj ntshav, mesothelioma thiab non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, thiab qhov xwm txheej tsis tau txo qis, txawm hais tias cov neeg tua hluav taws Asmeskas tam sim no siv lub hnab airbags zoo ib yam li cov cuab yeej dhia dej los tiv thaiv lawv tus kheej los ntawm hluav taws muaj pa taws.
Jim Burneka, tus tua hluav taws hauv Dayton, Ohio, hais tias: “Qhov no tsis yog kev tuag ntawm txoj haujlwm ib txwm muaj.Cov neeg tua hluav taws poob rau hauv pem teb lossis lub ru tsev tawg ntawm ib sab ntawm peb. "Thoob Ntiaj Teb Txo cov mob qog noj ntshav ntawm cov neeg ua haujlwm.“Qhov no yog hom tshiab ntawm lub luag haujlwm tuag.Nws tseem yog txoj hauj lwm uas tua peb.Nws tsuas yog tias peb tshem peb cov khau thiab tuag. "
Txawm hais tias nws nyuaj rau tsim kom muaj kev sib txuas ncaj qha ntawm kev raug tshuaj lom neeg thiab mob qog noj ntshav, tshwj xeeb tshaj yog nyob rau hauv ib tus neeg mob, cov kws paub txog kev noj qab haus huv ceeb toom tias kev kis tshuaj lom neeg ua rau muaj kev pheej hmoo mob qog noj ntshav rau cov neeg tua hluav taws.Cov neeg ua txhaum: cov npuas dej siv los ntawm cov neeg tua hluav taws los tua cov nplaim taws tshwj xeeb.Qee lub xeev tau nqis tes los txwv tsis pub siv lawv.
Txawm li cas los xij, ib txoj kev tshawb fawb luam tawm xyoo tas los los ntawm cov kws tshawb fawb los ntawm University of Notre Dame pom tias cov khaub ncaws tiv thaiv hluav taws muaj ntau cov tshuaj zoo sib xws kom cov khaub ncaws tiv thaiv tsis zoo.Cov kws tshawb fawb tau pom tias cov tshuaj no poob ntawm cov khaub ncaws, lossis qee zaum tsiv mus rau txheej txheej hauv lub tsho loj.
Cov tshuaj nyob rau hauv nqe lus nug yog nyob rau hauv ib chav kawm ntawm cov khoom hluavtaws hu ua perfluoroalkyl thiab polyfluoroalkyl tshuaj, los yog PFAS, uas muaj nyob rau hauv ntau yam khoom, nrog rau cov khoom noj txom ncauj thiab rooj tog.PFAS qee zaum hu ua "cov tshuaj nyob mus ib txhis" vim tias lawv tsis muaj kev puas tsuaj tag nrho hauv ib puag ncig thiab yog li ntawd cuam tshuam nrog ntau yam kev noj qab haus huv, suav nrog mob qog noj ntshav, mob siab, txo qis fertility, mob hawb pob, thiab thyroid kab mob.
Graham F. Peaslee, tus xibfwb ntawm kev sim nuclear physics, chemistry thiab biochemistry ntawm Notre Dame de Paris, uas yog tus saib xyuas kev tshawb fawb, tau hais tias txawm hais tias qee hom PFAS tab tom raug txiav tawm, lwm txoj hauv kev tsis tau muaj pov thawj tias muaj kev nyab xeeb dua.
Dr. Peaslee tau hais tias: "Qhov no yog qhov kev pheej hmoo loj dua, tab sis peb tuaj yeem tshem tawm qhov kev pheej hmoo no, tab sis koj tsis tuaj yeem tshem tawm txoj kev pheej hmoo ntawm kev tawg mus rau hauv lub tsev kub hnyiab."“Thiab lawv tsis tau qhia cov neeg tua hluav taws txog nws.Yog li lawv hnav nws, taug kev ntawm kev hu. "Nws hais tias."Qhov ntawd yog kev sib cuag mus ntev, qhov tsis zoo."
Doug W. Stern, tus thawj coj ntawm kev sib raug zoo xov xwm rau International Firefighters Association, tau hais tias tau ntau xyoo, nws tau ua txoj cai thiab kev coj ua uas cov tswv cuab tsuas yog hnav cov khoom tua hluav taws thaum muaj hluav taws kub lossis kub ntxhov.
Biden tus thawj coj tau hais tias nws yuav ua rau PFAS qhov tseem ceeb.Hauv nws cov ntaub ntawv kev sib tw, Thawj Tswj Hwm Biden tau cog lus tias yuav xaiv PFOS ua cov khoom siv phom sij kom cov tuam txhab tsim khoom thiab lwm cov pa phem yuav them rau kev ntxuav thiab teeb tsa cov qauv dej haus hauv tebchaws rau cov tshuaj.New York, Maine thiab Washington twb tau nqis tes los txwv PFAS hauv kev ntim khoom noj, thiab lwm yam kev txwv tseem nyob hauv cov raj xa dej.
"Nws yog ib qho tsim nyog kom tshem tawm PFAS los ntawm cov khoom siv niaj hnub xws li zaub mov, tshuaj pleev ib ce, textiles, ntaub pua plag," said Scott Faber, tus lwm thawj ntawm tsoomfwv cov haujlwm rau Environmental Working Group, ib lub koom haum tsis muaj txiaj ntsig koom nrog kev huv huv ib puag ncig."Tsis tas li ntawd, feem pua ntawm cov neeg tua hluav taws raug nthuav tawm kuj yog siab heev."
Lon.Ron Glass, tus thawj tswj hwm ntawm Orlando Professional Fire Workers Association, tau ua tus tua hluav taws rau 25 xyoo.Nyob rau hauv lub xyoo dhau los, ob ntawm nws tus khub tau tuag los ntawm mob qog noj ntshav.Nws hais tias: "Thaum kuv raug ntiav ua ntej, tus naj npawb ntawm qhov ua rau tuag yog hluav taws kub hnyiab tom haujlwm thiab tom qab ntawd lub plawv nres.""Tam sim no nws yog mob qog noj ntshav."
"Thaum xub thawj, txhua leej txhua tus tau cem cov khoom sib txawv lossis cov npuas uas hlawv.Tom qab ntawd, peb pib kawm nws qhov tob thiab pib kawm peb cov khoom siv bunker. "Nws hais tias."Cov chaw tsim khoom thawj zaug tau hais rau peb tias tsis muaj dab tsi tsis raug thiab tsis muaj kev phom sij.Nws hloov tawm tias PFAS tsis yog tsuas yog nyob rau ntawm lub plhaub sab nraud xwb, tab sis kuj tawm tsam peb cov tawv nqaij hauv ob sab hauv. "
Lieutenant Glass thiab nws cov npoj yaig tam sim no tau hais kom International Firefighters Association (uas sawv cev rau cov neeg tua hluav taws thiab cov kws kho mob hauv Tebchaws Meskas thiab Canada) ua qhov kev sim ntxiv.Lawv txoj kev daws teeb meem raug xa mus rau lub koom haum lub rooj sib tham txhua xyoo nyob rau lub lim tiam no, thiab lawv kuj tau hais kom lub koomhaum koom siab ua haujlwm nrog cov tuam txhab tsim khoom tsim kev nyab xeeb dua.
Tib lub sijhawm, Captain Mitchell tab tom hais kom cov koomhaum tsis lees txais kev txhawb nqa yav tom ntej los ntawm cov tuam txhab tshuaj thiab khoom siv.Nws ntseeg tias cov nyiaj tau ua rau qeeb qeeb ntawm qhov teeb meem.Cov ntaub ntawv qhia tias xyoo 2018, lub koomhaum tau txais kwv yees li $ 200,000 hauv cov nyiaj tau los ntawm cov tuam txhab suav nrog cov chaw tsim khoom WL Gore thiab cov chaw tsim khoom MSA Safety.
Mr. Stern tau taw qhia tias lub koomhaum txhawb nqa kev tshawb fawb txog PFAS kev tshawb fawb txog kev tua hluav taws thiab koom tes nrog cov kws tshawb fawb txog peb qhov kev tshawb fawb loj, ib qho cuam tshuam nrog PFAS hauv cov neeg tua hluav taws cov ntshav, thiab ib qho kev kawm plua plav los ntawm lub chaw tua hluav taws los txiav txim siab PFAS cov ntsiab lus, thiab qhov kev sim thib peb ntawm PFAS cov khoom siv tua hluav taws.Nws hais tias lub koomhaum tseem txhawb nqa lwm tus kws tshawb fawb uas thov nyiaj pabcuam los kawm txog PFAS cov teebmeem.
WL Gore tau hais tias nws tseem muaj kev ntseeg siab ntawm kev nyab xeeb ntawm nws cov khoom.MSA Kev Ruaj Ntseg tsis teb rau qhov kev thov tawm tswv yim.
Lwm qhov teeb meem yog tias cov tuam txhab lag luam tuav txoj haujlwm tseem ceeb hauv National Fire Protection Association, uas saib xyuas cov khoom siv hluav taws xob.Piv txwv li, ib nrab ntawm cov tswv cuab ntawm pawg thawj coj saib xyuas cov qauv kev tiv thaiv khaub ncaws thiab khoom siv los ntawm kev lag luam.Tus cev lus rau lub koom haum tau hais tias cov pawg neeg no sawv cev rau "kev sib npaug ntawm kev txaus siab, suav nrog lub tuam tsev tua hluav taws."
Diane Cotter tus txiv Paul, tus tua hluav taws hauv Worcester, Massachusetts, tau hais rau xya xyoo dhau los tias nws muaj mob qog noj ntshav.Nws yog ib tus thawj coj los txhawb kev txhawj xeeb txog PFAS.Tom qab 27 xyoo ntawm kev ua haujlwm, nws tus txiv tsuas yog nce mus rau lieutenant thaum lub Cuaj Hlis 2014. "Tab sis lub Kaum Hli, nws txoj haujlwm tau xaus," Ms. Kotter tau hais.Nws raug kuaj mob cancer.Thiab kuv tsis tuaj yeem qhia koj tias nws txaus ntshai npaum li cas.“
Nws hais tias cov neeg tua hluav taws nyob sab Europe tsis siv PFAS lawm, tab sis thaum nws pib sau cov chaw tsim khoom hauv Tebchaws Meskas, tsis muaj "tsis muaj lus teb."Nws hais tias cov kev nqis tes ua los ntawm lub koomhaum tseem ceeb, txawm tias nws lig dhau rau nws tus txiv.Ms. Kurt tau hais tias: "Qhov nyuaj tshaj plaws yog nws tsis tuaj yeem rov qab mus ua haujlwm."
Post lub sij hawm: Feb-04-2021