Source: The Intercept
Kima na maganin kashe kwari da Hukumar Kare Muhalli ta fitar a shekarar da ta gabata na damfara ne, a cewar wata korafi da kungiyar ma’aikatan kula da muhalli ta kasa ta mika wa ofishin Sufeto Janar na EPA a yau. The ƙara ya zargi manyan manajoji a Ofishin Shirye-shiryen Magungunan Magunguna na hukumar da yin watsi da "sanannen hujjoji" da kuma ba da wakilci na karya da yaudara game da kimiyya akan 1,3-Dichloropropene, ko 1,3-D, wanda Dow AgroSciences, kwanan nan ya sake masa suna Corteva Agriscience, yana siyarwa. karkashin sunan Telone. Koken ya yi zargin cewa da sane ma’aikatan hukumar sun yi watsi da binciken da ke nuna cewa maganin kashe kwari na haifar da cutar daji. PEER na neman babban sufeton EPA ya binciki lamarin.
Ƙididdigar haɗarin lafiyar ɗan adam na Telone, wanda ya kasance wallafa a cikin daftarin tsari a ranar 4 ga Fabrairu, 2020, ya ɗauki matakin da ba a saba gani ba na rage darajar cutar sankara ta magungunan kashe qwari. A cikin 1985, Cibiyar Nazarin Toxicology ta ƙasa ta sami "shaida bayyananniya" na cutar sankara na sinadari a cikin berayen da berayen, wanda ya haifar da ciwan huhu da mafitsara bayan fallasa. EPA ta bayyana sinadari a matsayin mai yuwuwar cutar sankarau a wannan shekarar kuma ta ci gaba da tabbatar da wannan nadi a cikin 1996, 2000, da 2005. Cibiyoyin Kula da Cututtuka da Rigakafin Cututtuka, jihar California, da kuma National Toxicology Program sun kuma gano su akai-akai. Telone ya zama "mai yiwuwa carcinogen na mutum."
Amma daftarin daftarin kwanan nan ya kwatanta Telone a matsayin mafi ƙarancin haɗari. Kodayake yawan binciken da ke danganta maganin kashe kwari da kansa ya karu a cikin shekarun da suka wuce, wannan lokacin hukumar ta dauki sinadarin a matsayin "shaida mai ban sha'awa na yuwuwar cutar kansa."
Bisa ga korafin PEER, EPA ta cimma wannan matsaya a wani bangare saboda ta cire cikakken sunan sinadari daga binciken wallafe-wallafen likitanci, ta amfani da kalmomin “1,3-D” da “Telone” amma ba “1,3 - Dichloropropene. Sakamakon haka, ba a yi la'akari da abubuwan da suka dace ba 85 a cikin kimantawa, gami da a 2015 nazarin nazari na tsara wanda ya gano sinadarin da ke haifar da lalacewar DNA a cikin ƙwayoyin hanta a cikin berayen. A cewar PEER, wannan keɓancewar ya jagoranci EPA don yanke hukunci ba daidai ba cewa Telone ba genotoxic bane.
"Waɗannan ba kuskure ba ne na gaskiya kuma suna ɗauke da alamun rashin gaskiya da gangan."
Kungiyar ta kuma zargi kwamitin binciken cutar daji na EPA, wanda rahotonsa na watan Satumba na shekarar 2019 ya ba da tushe ga binciken da hukumar ta gano cewa Telone ba shi da guba, da yin watsi da hujjojin da ke nuna cewa maganin kashe kwari ya haifar da ciwan huhu a cikin beraye. A baya, EPA ta yi watsi da wata hujja da masana kimiyyar Dow suka gabatar cewa wani abu banda maganin kashe kwari ya haifar da fallasa dabbobin lab don kamuwa da cutar kansa. A wannan karon, hukumar ta karɓi sabuwar ka'idar mara tallafi daga Dow don ware ciwan huhu a cikin beraye.
Tim Whitehouse, babban darektan PEER ya ce: "Waɗannan ba kurakurai ba ne na gaskiya kuma suna ɗauke da alamun rashin gaskiya da gangan."
"EPA za ta ba da cikakken haɗin kai tare da Ofishin Sufeto Janar na EPA game da korafin da PEER ta gabatar," wani mai magana da yawun hukumar ya rubuta a cikin imel zuwa The Intercept. “EPA tana goyon bayan masana kimiyyar sana’arta kuma za ta bi kimiyya da doka daidai da umarnin zartarwa na gwamnatin Biden-Harris da sauran umarni wajen yin bitar duk ayyukan da hukumar ta yi a karkashin gwamnatin da ta gabata don tabbatar da cewa sun kare lafiyar jama’a da muhalli. ”
Daftarin tantancewar da kuma rahoton da kwamitin nazarin tantance cutar daji ya gaza yin la'akari da bincike da dama da ke danganta Telone da ciwon daji a cikin mutane, a matsayin wasika zuwa EPA daga manyan lauyoyin California, Gundumar Columbia, Illinois, Minnesota, New Mexico, New York, Oregon, da Vermont sun nuna a cikin Afrilu. Daga cikin binciken da ba a haɗa shi ba har da wani binciken da ya rubuta lamuran lymphoma a cikin masu amsawa na farko da suka tsaftace bayan wata motar tanki ta zubar da maganin kashe kwari da kuma wani wanda ya danganta bayyanar da sinadarai zuwa ciwon daji na pancreatic a cikin al'ummomin noma.
Rage rarrabuwar kansa ta Telone yana buɗe hanya don sake yin rajistar maganin kashe qwari, tsarin da ke faruwa a kowace shekara 15 kuma yana ba da damar samfurin ya ci gaba da amfani da shi. Har ila yau, yana ba da damar EPA don tserewa alhakin gudanar da bincike na ciwon daji don cutar da sana'a da cin abinci daga sinadarai, tun da kawai ana buƙatar hukumar ta yi waɗancan binciken don sinadarai waɗanda ke yiwuwa ko kuma sanannun ƙwayoyin cuta. Sake yin rajistar Telone duk an kammala shi a lokacin gwamnatin Trump kuma yanzu yana jiran amincewa ta ƙarshe.
Yayin da aka dakatar da 1,3-D a Turai fiye da shekaru goma saboda matsalolin lafiya da muhalli, a cikin Amurka, game da Fam miliyan 40 An yi amfani da na Telone a cikin 2017, shekarar da ta gabata wanda bayanai ke samuwa. Ana fitar da sinadarin a matsayin tururi a cikin ƙasa don kashe kwari, tsutsotsi, da sauran halittu kafin shuka karas, dankali, dankalin turawa, inabi, strawberries, da sauran 'ya'yan itatuwa da kayan marmari. Amma sinadarin sau da yawa yana yawo, yana nuna a hadari zuwa ga al'ummomin da ke kewaye.
Jiya, Ofishin Kiwon Lafiyar Muhalli na California ya fara tsarin kafa matakin "tashar ruwa mai aminci" don Telone a ƙarƙashin Shawarar 65, dokar jihar da ke buƙatar 'yan kasuwa su yi gargaɗi ga Californians game da manyan abubuwan da ke haifar da sinadarai waɗanda ke haifar da ciwon daji da sauran matsalolin lafiya. A baya waccan ofishin ya bayar da hujjar cewa hane-hane a yanzu yana kan Telone - wanda Ma'aikatar Kula da Magunguna ta Jiha ta kafa kuma ta sa ido a babban bangare. da Dow - ba su da isasshen kariya. Yanzu za ta gudanar da nata nazarin sinadari na kansar kuma za ta yi amfani da shi don saita matakin tsaro.
Zarge-zargen game da kimantawar Telone na EPA ya biyo bayan wasu ƙalubalen kwanan nan ga yanke shawara na zamanin Trump game da sinadarai. A ranarsa ta farko a ofis, Shugaba Joe Biden sanar aniyarsa ta sake duba matakin da Trump EPA ya yi na soke shawarar da aka yanke a lokacin gwamnatin Obama na hana maganin kashe kwari. chlorpyrifos. A farkon wannan watan, EPA ta janye kimantawar 2018 na wani Farashin PFAS PFBS, Kwatanta shi a matsayin "lalacewa ta hanyar tsangwama na siyasa da kuma cin zarafi na marubuci da 'yancin kai na kimiyya na ƙarshe na marubuta."
Kuma a makon da ya gabata, bayan Cibiyar Nazarin Kimiyya ta Kasa ta fitar da wani Rahoton tare da yin Allah-wadai da hanyoyin da gwamnatin Trump ta yi amfani da su wajen yin bitar sinadarai a karkashin Dokar Kula da Abubuwan Guba, hukumar ta nisanta kanta daga wadannan hanyoyin, inda ta sanar da cewa "EPA ba ta amfani da ita, kuma ba za ta sake yin amfani da ita ba, tsarin bita na tsari wanda Cibiyar Nazarin ta yi nazari a kai. .”
Yayin da cikakkun bayanai na ainihin yadda da kuma dalilin da yasa aka lalata kimar haɗarin Telone, PEER yana da shawarwari don yadda babban sufeto na EPA zai iya samun su. korafin ya ba da shawarar cewa masu binciken su nemi jerin masu halarta a wani taro na Mayu 22, 2019 wanda aka tattauna akan kimantawa da "neman tarurruka tsakanin ma'aikatan EPA da Dow game da 1,3-D."
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