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bath. layer. bhasikoro. Kevin Hartley, Drew Wynn, naJoshua Atkins vaishanda mabasa akasiyana pavakafa vari pakati pemwedzi isingasviki gumi, asi chikonzero chekupfupisa hupenyu hwavo chaive chimwe chete: kemikari iri mupendi thinner nezvimwe zvigadzirwa zvinotengeswa muzvitoro munyika yese.
Mukurwadziwa kwavo nekutya, mhuri iyi yakapika kuita zvese zvainogona kuti methylene chloride isauraye zvakare.
Asi muUS, nenhoroondo yayo isina kunaka yekuchengetedzwa kwevashandi nevatengi, zvinoshamisa kuti makemikari mashoma akatambura nenjodzi iyoyo. Izvi ndizvo zvakaita kuti methylene chloride ive mhondi inouraya vanhu vakawanda, pasinei nenyevero pamusoro pengozi dzeutsi hwayo kare kare Hartley, Wynn, naAtkins vasati vaberekwa. Vanhu vazhinji, kana vasiri kupfuura, vakaurayiwa mumakumi emakore apfuura pasina kupindira kwesangano.
Mushure mekuferefetwa neCenter for Public Integrity uye zvikumbiro kubva kuvanotsigira kuchengetedzeka, US Environmental Protection Agency yakazopedzisira yakurudzira kurambidza kushandiswa kwayo muzvishandiso zvekubvisa pendi.
Yaiva Ndira 2017, mazuva ekupedzisira ehutongi hwaObama. Hartley akafa muna Kubvumbi wegore iroro, Wynn muna Gumiguru wegore iroro, Atkins muna Kukadzi wegore rakatevera pakati pehutongi hwaTrump hwekusagadzirisa mitemo, uye hutongi hwaTrump hunoda kusiya mitemo, kwete kuiwedzera, kunyanya kuEnvironmental Protection Agency. Chikumbiro chemethylene chloride chakashaya basa.
Zvisinei, mwedzi gumi nemitatu mushure mekufa kwaAtkins, sangano reTrump Environmental Protection Agency, rakamanikidzwa, rakasarudza kumisa kutengeswa kwemishonga yekupenda ine methylene chloride muzvitoro. Muna Kubvumbi, sangano reBiden reEnvironmental Protection Agency rakaronga kurambidza kemikari iyi kubva muzvigadzirwa zvese zvevatengi nenzvimbo zhinji dzebasa.
"Hatiwanzoiti izvi muUS," akadaro Dr. Robert Harrison, purofesa wekiriniki wezvekurapa nezvemabasa nezvakatipoteredza paYunivhesiti yeCalifornia, kuSan Francisco. "Mhuri idzi idzo magamba angu."
Heino nzira dzavanokunda nayo mikana yekuwana mhedzisiro iyi, uye zano ravo kana uri munzira imwe chete yakaoma, ingave mamiriro acho ezvinhu ane njodzi, mamiriro ekushanda asina kuchengetedzeka, kusvibiswa kwemhepo, kana dzimwe njodzi.
"Fungidzirai zvese paGoogle," akadaro Brian Wynn, ane mukoma wake ane makore 31 ekuberekwa, Drew, akatenga chigadzirwa che dichloromethane kuti agadzirise chitoro chake chekofi chinotonhora muSouth Carolina. "Uye zvinokwezva vanhu."
Heino maziviro aakaita nezveongororo yeruzhinji yakaburitswa makore maviri mukoma wake asati afa, achitaurirana nenyanzvi uye achidzidza zvese kubva kwekutenga zvekudya kusvika pakuti sei kufa uku kwakaoma kuwana. (Utsi hweMethylene chloride hunouraya kana hukaungana mumba, uye kugona kwavo kukonzera kurwara kwemoyo kunoita serufu rwechisikigo kana pasina anoita bvunzo dzechepfu.)
Zano rinobva kuna amai vaKevin, Wendy Hartley: "Academic" ndiro izwi guru mukutsvaga. Panogona kunge paine tsvakurudzo yakawanda yakakumirira. "Izvi zvichabatsira kusiyanisa pfungwa nechokwadi," akanyora mu email.
Lauren Atkins, amai vaJoshua, ane makore 31 okuberekwa, vakafa vachiedza kugadzirisa forogo yebhasikoro rake reBMX, vakataura naUCSF Harrison kakawanda. Muna Kukadzi 2018, vakawana mwanakomana wavo akafa akafa ari padyo negaba remuchina wekupenda.
Ruzivo rwaHarrison nezve methylene chloride rwakamubatsira kushandura mishumo yekuongorora chepfu yemwanakomana wake uye yekuongororwa kwechitunha kuita chikonzero chaicho cherufu. Kujeka uku ndiko hwaro hwakasimba hwekuita chimwe chinhu.
Kazhinji, kushandiswa kwemakemikari kunononotsa kukuvadza vanhu, zvichikonzera migumisiro yehutano isingaonekwe kwemakore. Kusvibiswa kunogona kuva nyaya yakafanana. Asi tsvakiridzo yezvedzidzo ichiri nzvimbo yakanaka yekutanga kana uchida kuti hurumende dziite chimwe chinhu nezvenjodzi idzi.
Chinhu chikuru chakaita kuti vabudirire ndechekuti mhuri idzi dzakabatana nemapoka ari kutoshanda pakuchengetedza makemikari uye akabatana.
Semuenzaniso, Lauren Atkins akawana chikumbiro paChange.org nezvezvigadzirwa zvemethylene chloride kubva kuboka rekutsigira reSafer Chemicals Healthy Families, iro rava chikamu cheToxin-Free Future, ndokuchisaina achiremekedza mwanakomana wake achangobva kufa. Brian Wynn akakurumidza kutambanudza ruoko rwake.
Kushanda pamwe chete kunoshandisa simba ravo. Kana pasina chiito cheEPA, mhuri idzi hadzifanirwe kutanga patsva kumanikidza vatengesi kubvisa zvigadzirwa mumasherufu avo: Safer Chemicals Healthy Families yakatanga mushandirapamwe we "Think Store" vachipindura kurudziro dzakadaro.
Uye havafanirwe kufunga nezve mashandiro emukati mekugadzira mitemo yedhipatimendi kana kukurudzira vanhu kuti vabatane neCapitol Hill ivo pachavo. Safer Chemicals Healthy Families neEnvironmental Defense Fund vane ruzivo munyaya iyi.
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"Kana ukakwanisa kugadzira timu yakaita seiyi ... une simba chairo," akadaro Brian Wynn, achitaura nezveNatural Resources Defense Council, rimwe boka riri kushanda panyaya iyi.
Havasi vese vanofarira hondo iyi vachakwanisa kuita basa reveruzhinji mairi. Semuenzaniso, vanhu vanobva kune dzimwe nyika vasina mvumo yekugara vari panjodzi huru yekukuvadzwa pabasa, uye kushaya mvumo kunogona kuita kuti zviomere kana kuti zvisakwanise kuti vataure.
Zvinoshamisa kuti kana mhuri idzi dzikanyanya kuisa pfungwa dzadzo dzose paEnvironmental Protection Agency, sangano iri rinogona kunge risingashande, kunyanya panguva yehutongi hwaTrump.
Kuburikidza neMind the Store, vari kukumbira vatengesi kuti vaponese hupenyu nekurega kutengesa mapendi ane methylene chloride. Zvikumbiro nekuratidzira zvakashanda. Rimwe nerimwe, makambani akaita seHome Depot neWalmart akabvumirana kurega.
Kuburikidza neSafer Chemicals, Healthy Families neEnvironmental Defense Fund, vari kukumbira nhengo dzeCongress kuti dzitore matanho. Vakaenda kuWashington nemufananidzo wemhuri. Vakataura nevatori venhau, uye nhau dzakavakurudzira zvakanyanya.
Maseneta anobva kuSouth Carolina nemumwe wenhengo yeCongress vakanyorera Scott Pruitt, uyo panguva iyoyo aive maneja weEnvironmental Protection Agency. Imwe nhengo yeCongress yakakurudzira Pruitt kuti abve pakukurukura nyaya iyi panguva yekunzwa nyaya muna Kubvumbi 2018. Zvese izvi, sekureva kwaBrian Wynn, zvakabatsira mhuri kuronga musangano naPruitt muna Chivabvu 2018.
"Varindi vekuchengetedza vakashamisika nekuti hapana akaenda kunoona," akadaro Brian Wynn. "Zvakafanana nekusangana neOz hombe uye ine simba."
Munzira, mhuri dzakaenda kumatare. Vakashandisa social media kunyevera vanhu kuti vasazviise panjodzi. Lauren Atkins akaenda kuchitoro chemidziyo yemagetsi kuti azvionere kana vakange vanyatsoita zvavakataura kuti vari kuita kuti vabvise zvigadzirwa zvemethylene chloride mumasherufu. (Dzimwe nguva hongu, dzimwe nguva kwete.)
Kana zvese izvi zvichinzwika sekunge zvinonetesa, hamuna kukanganisa. Asi mhuri dzakajekesa zvaizoitika kana dzikasapindira.
"Hapana chichaitwa," akadaro Lauren Atkins, "sezvo pasina chakamboitwa."
Kubudirira kudiki kunowedzera. Chimwe chinhu chinotungamira kune chimwe sezvo mhuri isingaregi. Kazhinji kugadzirisa kwenguva refu kunodiwa: kugadzira mitemo yenyika kunononoka.
Zvinogona kutora makore akati wandei kana kupfuura kuti sangano ripedzise tsvakiridzo inodiwa kuti rigadzire mutemo. Chirongwa chacho chaifanira kupfuura nezvipingamupinyi chisati chapedzwa. Zvisinei, chero zvirambidzo kana zvinodiwa zvitsva zvingangoonekwa zvishoma nezvishoma nekufamba kwenguva.
Chakabvumira mhuri idzi kuti dzikurumidze kurambidzwa kweEPA ndechekuti sangano iri rakaburitsa chikumbiro ichi risati rachiisa padivi. Asi muganho weEPA hauna kushanda kusvika makore maviri nehafu mushure mekufa kwaKevin Hartley. Uye havabhadharise kushandiswa kwebasa - saKevin ane makore makumi maviri nerimwe ekuberekwa achitamba nechimbuzi kubasa.
Zvisinei, sangano iri rinogona kuita sarudzo dzakasiyana zvichienderana nekuti ndiani ari kutungamira. Chikumbiro cheEPA chazvino, chakarongerwa Nyamavhuvhu 2024, chicharambidza kushandiswa kwemethylene chloride munzvimbo zhinji dzebasa, kusanganisira kunatsiridza matabhu emvura.
"Unofanira kuva nemoyo murefu. Unofanira kuramba uchitsungirira," anodaro Lauren Atkins. "Kana zvikaitika muhupenyu hwemumwe munhu, kunyanya kana vari vana vako, unozviwana. Zviri kuitika izvozvi."
Kuchinja zvinhu kwakaoma. Kutsvaga shanduko nekuti iwe kana munhu waunoda akarwadziwa kunogona kuoma, kunyangwe zvichigona kupa nyaradzo isingagoni kunyaradzwa nevamwe.
Lauren Atkins anonyevera kuti: "Vanhu vanogara vachindibvunza kuti sei ndichiramba ndichiita izvi, kunyangwe zvichindinetsa uye zvichindishungurudza? Mhinduro yangu yagara iri uye icharamba iri yekuti: "Saka haufanirwe kugara panzvimbo yangu. Handifanirwe kunge ndiri pandiri."
"Unonzwa sei kana ukarasikirwa nehafu yako? Dzimwe nguva zvinoita sekunge moyo wake wakamira pazuva rimwe chete newangu," akadaro. "Asi sezvo ndisingade kuti pave nemunhu anosangana neizvi, handidi kuti pave nemunhu anorasikirwa nezvakarasikirwa naJoshua, uye ndicho chinangwa changu. Ndakagadzirira kuita chero chinotora."
Brian Wynn, ane chido chakafanana, anopa nguva yekuderedza kushushikana kuti akubatsire kupedza marathon yako. Jimu ndeyake. "Unofanira kutsvaga nzira yekusunungura manzwiro ako," akadaro.
Wendy Hartley anotenda kuti kuratidzira kwechisimba kuri kuporesa pachako kuburikidza nerutsigiro rwedzimwe mhuri uye mhedzisiro yavanowana pamwe chete.
Semunhu aipa nhengo dzemuviri, mwanakomana wake akabatsira zvikuru vamwe. Zvinofadza kuona nhaka yake ichipararira zvakanyanya mumasherufu ezvitoro nemahofisi ehurumende.
“Kevin akaponesa hupenyu hwakawanda,” akanyora kudaro, “uye acharamba achiponesa hupenyu kwemakore anotevera.”
Kana uri kukurudzira shanduko, zviri nyore kufunga kuti vanhu vanobhadhara kuti zvinhu zvirambe zviripo vachagara vachikunda. Asi ruzivo rwako muhupenyu rune simba risingatengwi.
"Kana uchiziva kutaura nyaya yako, saka chikamu chehupenyu hwako, saka unogona kuzviita - uye kana uchigona kutaura nyaya iyoyo, rombo rakanaka kwauri, murongi," akadaro Brian Wayne. "Takauya nechido nerudo zvisingaenzaniswi."
Zano raWendy Hartley: “Usatya kuratidza manzwiro ako.” Taura nezvekukanganisa kwazvinoita iwe nemhuri yako. “Varatidze kukanganiswa kwazvinoita iwe pachako nemifananidzo.”
"Makore matanhatu apfuura, dai mumwe munhu akati, 'Kana ukadanidzira zvinonzwika kudai, hurumende ichakuteerera,' ndingadai ndakaseka," akadaro Lauren Atkins. "Unofunga kuti chii? Vhoti imwe chete inogona kuita mutsauko. Ndinofunga kuti chikamu chenhaka yemwanakomana wangu."
Jamie Smith Hopkins mutori wenhau weCenter for Public Integrity, sangano risingabatsiri rinoongorora kusaenzana kwevanhu.