Garina yana zaune a gefen yammacin wani ruwa wanda ya yi girma a tarihin al'ummar, tafkin Erie. Ni da matata mun yi sa’a muna zama a yankin Toledo inda tafkin ke a zahiri filin gabanmu.
Azuzuwan tarihin makaranta, wanda ya ƙunshi galibi na haddar yaƙe-yaƙe da janar-janar, sun koyar da cewa a farkon yaƙin Lake Erie wani ƙaramin jirgin ruwa na Amurka da aka gina a Erie, Pennsylvania, wanda Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry ya yi, ya ci Ingila a yaƙin 1812 da shi ya sa Michigan da Ohio ba iyakar kudancin Kanada ba ne.
Algal mai guba na lokacin bazara akan tafkin Erie
The yaƙi na uku don Lake Erie yana faruwa a yanzu.
Ceto tafkin a karshen shekarun 70s, yana nufin daukar nauyin masu gurbata muhalli da samar da dubunnan ayyuka masu kyau don gina ababen more rayuwa da za su sarrafa sharar masana'antu da na birni. Yawancin nau'ikan flora da fauna sun dawo kuma Erie ya zama sananne a matsayin babban birnin duniya ban da kasancewar ruwan sha ga mutane miliyan goma sha ɗaya.
Wannan jinkirin ya kasance kawai shekaru 20. A tsakiyar 90s. noma masana'antu ya sami gindin zama a cikin tafkin yammacin tafkin murabba'in mil 8,000 na yamma wanda ke magudana mafi yawa ta kogin Maumee a Toledo.
wasu 25,000,000 shanu, kaji da alade yanzu ana tsare a cikin “gonana” masana'anta, ko kuma daidai, masana'antar ciyar da dabbobi.
Suna shake da hayaƙin sharar nasu, suna cunkushe wuri ɗaya suna samar da abinci mai ɗauke da ƙwayoyin cuta don rigakafin cututtuka da rayuwa. zullumi zama babu wani mahaluki da ya kamata ya jure. Illa guda ɗaya kawai na wannan tsarin shine haɓakar ƙwayoyin ƙwayoyin cuta masu jurewa. Ba abin mamaki bane lokacin da kashi 80% na amfani da ƙwayoyin cuta a Amurka yana cikin abincin dabbobi kuma kashi 98% na naman da ake ci a ƙasar nan ana samar da su a waɗannan masana'antu.
Wani abu kuma ya faru A cikin waɗannan manyan rumfuna da ke bayan ƙasa berms ko kuma baya da nisa daga hanyar da tsoffin sojoji za su gane. Halin da ke cikin su yana wulakanta ma'aikata kamar yadda suke zaluntar dabbobi. faifan bidiyo da aka yi rikodi a boye fallasa laifuffukan cin zarafin dokokin dabbobi masu kama da sojoji da suka aikata laifukan cin zarafin bil adama da yarjejeniyar Geneva.
Shekaru goma bayan gogewar aikina na soja a lokacin yaƙin Vietnam, na ɗauki dalilin tafkin Erie kuma na fara bincikar gaskiyar samar da dabbobin masana'antu. Na saba da cewa dabbobi suna zama na rashin mutuntaka amma sai da na gani faifan bidiyo na ma'aikata suna zaluntar dabbobi cewa na yi alaka da yaki.
Tsohon soji don zaman lafiya ya daɗe da yarda da Kotun Nuremberg cewa yaƙi shine babban laifi domin yana haifar da yanayin da mutane ke aikata ayyukan da ba su taɓa tunanin za su yi ko za su iya yi ga wasu halittu masu rai ba. Ma’ana, idan ba kwa son ’yan kasar ku su aikata laifukan yaki, kada ku tura su yaki domin daya na bin daya kai tsaye.
Yanayin da ke cikin tsarinmu na samar da madara, nama da ƙwai a masana'antu, yana haifar da yanayin da mutane ke yin abubuwan da ba su taɓa tunanin za su yi ko za su iya yi ga wasu halittu masu rai ba.
Kungiyar mu, Lake Erie Advocates, ya fara ne a ƙarshen 2015 kuma tsawon shekaru da yawa yana mai da hankali sosai kan yadda masana'antun ciyar da dabbobi ke guba tafkin da shararsu. Wataƙila kun ji game da Toledo ya gaya wa abokan cinikin ruwa 400,000 cewa kada su sha, tafasa ko wanka a cikin ruwan birnin na tsawon kwanaki uku a cikin 2014. Hakan ya ta da mutane da yawa kuma girgizar ba ta lafa ba gaba ɗaya.
Da gangan mun guje wa yin magana game da yanayin dabbobi saboda ba ma son samar da abin da ake sa ran “kada ku gaya mani abin da zan ci”. Amma yayin da muka ƙara koyo game da tafkin, mun ƙara koyo game da dabbobi. Shekaru uku da suka wuce, mun yi kira ga dakatarwa kuma wannan lokacin rani ya yanke shawarar cewa babu "gyara" wannan masana'antar, yana buƙatar dakatar da shi saboda dalilai masu yawa.
Misali, Phosphorus da dabbobi ke fitarwa, gami da mutane, shine babban direban abin da ake kira “algae mai guba” yana fure a tafkin kowane lokacin rani – girmansa ana iya gani daga sararin samaniya.
“Algae,” wanda shine ainihin ƙwayoyin cuta na Microcystis, yana fitar da dafi mai ƙarfi, Microcystin, lokacin da yake damuwa ko ya mutu. A cikin jerin abubuwan guba, Microcystin yana ƙasa da dioxin kuma ya fi muni fiye da DDT ko Cyanide. Don haka ne, a shekarar 2014, kashi 6 kan kowane biliyan ya bayyana a masana'antar sarrafa magunguna ta birnin, an sanar da hana ruwa.
wadanda Dabbobi 25,000,000 da aka tsare a cikin magudanar ruwa adadin phosphorus kwatankwacin yawan jama'ar Ohio, Indiana, Chicago da Atlanta suna yin juji a filayen da ke kwarara zuwa tafkin Erie, ba tare da wani magani ba. Abin mamaki tafkin yana zama mai guba a duk lokacin rani lokacin dumi, ruwa mara zurfi yana haɗuwa da ton na Phosphorus, E. coli bacteria, Nitrogen, feces, fitsari, maganin rigakafi, jini da ubangiji ya san abin da kuma.
Shekaru hudu da suka gabata, LEA ta amince ta zama mai shigar da kara a wata kara ta tarayya da Cibiyar Dokokin Muhalli da Muhalli ta shigar, tare da manufar tilasta wa US EPA aiwatar da Dokar Tsabtace Ruwa tare da fara rike ma'aikatan "gona" masana'anta da alhakin ayyukansu na gurbatawa. . Har yanzu muna kotu.
Shekaru biyu da suka wuce, Toledoans don Amintaccen Ruwa, haɗin gwiwa na Asusun kare muhalli da shari'a na al'umma, ya tattara sa hannun 10,000 kan koke-koke don sanya batun "yancin yanayi" kan kuri'ar Toledo, wanda ake kira da Lake Erie Bill of Rights. Ta gyara dokar birnin don baiwa 'yan kasa damar kai karar masu gurbata muhalli a madadin tafkin da ta ba ta damar bunkasa da bunƙasa, wanda ya ɗaukaka shi sama da matsayin "dukiya." Kamar yadda mutane da yawa suka sani a yanzu, kamfanoni sun sami kariyar tsarin mulki kamar na ɗan adam fiye da karni. The LEBOR ya ce lokaci ya yi da za a bi da yanayi aƙalla daidai.
Ya sami kulawar ƙasa da ƙasa kuma an wuce shi da kashi 60 zuwa 40 cikin ɗari. A cikin sa'o'i 24, ƙungiyar kamfanoni guda ɗaya waɗanda suka biya $ 320,000 "Vote No" kamfen, sun biya fayil kwat a kotun tarayya suna zargin cewa wanda suke karewa, manomi mai nisan mil 50 a wajen Toledo, za a cutar da shi idan dokar ta fara aiki. Bayan sallama bukata daga masu shirya na matakin zama wani bangare na shari'ar, Alkalin Kotun Tarayya Zouhary ya bayyana LEBOR a matsayin wanda ya sabawa kundin tsarin mulki. Birnin Toledo, a matsayin wanda ake tuhuma, ya yi aiki mai ban sha'awa jayayya don aunawa, amma ya kasa daukaka karar hukuncin da alkalin ya yanke.
Lokacin da ko magajin garin Toledo ya tuhumi majalisar wani reshe ne na Ma'aikatar gona gabaɗaya, Lokacin da cin hanci da rashawa na siyasa ya ba Ohio damar ba da izini da yawa daga cikin waɗannan wurare, lokacin da kotuna suka hana yunƙurin kare tafkin da masu mulki suka ƙi yin haka, mun yanke shawarar ƙaddamar da cewa babu "gyara" wannan masana'antar ya kamata a bayyana a cikin yakin neman zabe. "rubuta babba" akan allunan talla.
Mun zarce burin farko na $10,000 na allunan tallace-tallace a Toledo, inda muka fadada zuwa biyu a Cleveland da biyu a Columbus, tare da shirye-shiryen tashi da banner da ke neman "Ban Factory' Farms" sama da bikin bude gasar cin kofin duniya ta mata ta golf da aka gudanar a Solheim. wannan shekara a Toledo.
Babu wani abu da ya canza har sai mutane sun fara magana game da shi kuma wannan shine abin da kungiyarmu ke tada hankali.
A cikin “Brave New World Revisited,” Aldous Huxley ya lura cewa “Waɗanda ke fama da tabin hankali ana samun su a cikin waɗanda suka fi zama al’ada. Yawancin su na al'ada ne saboda an daidaita su sosai da yanayin rayuwarmu, saboda an rufe muryar ɗan adam tun farkon rayuwarsu, ta yadda ba sa kokawa ko wahala ko bayyanar cututtuka kamar yadda neurotic ke yi… (su ne kawai. na al'ada) dangane da wata al'umma mara kyau. Daidaitawar su ga waccan al'umma mara kyau shine ma'aunin ciwon hauka. Wadannan miliyoyin mutane na al'ada, suna rayuwa ba tare da hatsaniya ba a cikin al'ummar da, idan sun kasance cikakkun mutane, bai kamata a daidaita su ba."
Idan Lake Erie Advocates, tare da allunan talla, ƙalubalen shari'a, layin tsinke da banners na jirgin sama sun yi nasara, zai kasance har za mu sami isassun mutane su daina, kamar yadda Huxley ya ce, "rayuwa ba tare da hayaniya ba a cikin al'ummar da… bai kamata su kasance ba. a gyara.”
Mike Ferner tsohon memba ne na Majalisar Birnin Toledo kuma shugaban Veterans For Peace na kasa. Wannan labarin ya fara fitowa a ciki Zaman Lafiya Da Labaran Duniya, bugun New York City VFP.
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