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ka waiwai
ʻO Care Without Harm kahi hui kaiapuni i hoʻokumu ʻia ma Wakinekona, DC
ua oi aku mamua o kona mahele o ka wela mai ka oihana kemika
ma luna o kāna mau hoʻolaha kūʻē i ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka mercury i nā mea lapaʻau,
ka puhi ʻana i nā ʻōpala lapaʻau ʻona loa, a me ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā pesticides,
nā mea hoʻomaʻemaʻe, a me nā disinfectants.
hopena o
i ka makahiki i hala aku nei, ua hoʻouka ʻia kahi hui kulekele aupuni conservative
ʻaʻole wale i ka hui, akā ʻo nā alakaʻi hoʻomana e kākoʻo
ka hoʻoikaika ʻana o ka hui i ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka PVC, a i ʻole vinyl plastic—ka
ʻoi loa i hoʻohana nui ʻia i ka plastic i nā lāʻau lapaʻau e mālama ola ʻole
ʻO ka mālama ʻana he "pōʻino i nā maʻi, ke kaiapuni, a
olakino lehulehu.
Rev.
Gerald Zandstra, ka luna o ka Center for Entrepreneurial Stewardship
ma ka Acton Institute (www.acton.org), i kākau i kahi mamao
ākea, e aʻo ana i nā alakaʻi hoʻomana e makaʻala
"hoʻohana ʻia e ka radical environmental, leftist hui
ka mea a lakou i haawi ai i ka pono pono” no ko lakou ku e i ka hui
paipai aʻo kai eʻe.
In
he ʻatikala i kapa ʻia ʻo “Religious Leaders and Social Activism: Prophets
a i ʻole nā pio?” Rev. Zandstra, he kahunapule i hoonohoia ma ka aoao Kristiano
ʻO ka Reformed Church in North America, mālama ʻia, "Nā alakaʻi hoʻomana
e pilikia mau ana ke 'hopu 'ia e kekahi me
he kumu" no ka mea ua lilo lākou i mea pāʻani koʻikoʻi, pinepine
ka hāʻawi ʻana i ka "pono pono" i kahi hoʻolaha.
Rev.
ʻO Zandstra a me ka Acton Institute for the Study of Religion and Liberty
ke hāʻawi nei i kā lākou "pono pono" i nā hui
no na makahiki he umi. I Mei 2003, Zandstra lāua ʻo Pāpā Robert
Sirico, ka pelekikena o ka Grand Rapids, Michigan-based Institute,
ʻōlelo kūʻē i nā ʻōlelo hoʻoholo kaiapuni a me nā pono kanaka i lawe ʻia
e kekahi mau hui haipule ma ka makahiki makahiki o Exxon Mobil
halawai o na mea kuleana.
At
ka halawai, Rev. Zandstra —ka mea i hooiaio ole mai
ʻōlelo kūʻē i nā kāhuna "hopu" a me nā nun - koi ʻia
e ho'āʻo ana ka poʻe hoʻomana haipule e "hoʻonohonoho i ka pono
leo no Exxon Mobil no ka mea [manaʻo lākou] ʻaʻole hiki iā ʻoe [ka hui].
e hana no oukou iho. Manaʻo ka poʻe hana hoʻomana, "ʻO kā mākou
nation [sic] alakaʻi pāʻoihana pono ʻole he ʻuhane ʻole, naʻau ʻole
ʻO ka mea, inā e waiho wale ʻia i kā lākou manaʻo ponoʻī e hoʻopaʻa wale a hao wale.
He
hoʻomaikaʻi pū aku i ka hui no kāna moʻolelo "maikaʻi" "ma
pono kanaka" a me kāna moʻolelo "maikaʻi" i ke kaiapuni.
In
kekahi 'atikala, kuhikuhi mai o Rev. Zandstra i na kahunapule Kalawina
ʻO ka pane ʻana i kāna noiʻi ua ʻae nui ʻia me ka ʻōlelo,
“Me ka nānā ʻole o ke aupuni, e hana ʻino nā hui
ko lakou mana. ʻOiai e ʻae ana ʻo Enron a me WorldCom scandals
ua hoʻoulu paha i ka kānalua o nā hui, manaʻoʻiʻo ʻo Zandstra
ʻO nā alakaʻi o ka ʻoihana i hoʻopunipuni ʻia e like me ka mea nui
pili i ka loaʻa kālā, ka laina lalo, a me ka hoʻohui ʻana i kā lākou
nā waihona pilikino.
So
no ke aha ke kaua ʻana o ka Acton Institute i ka poʻe hana hoʻomana?
"ʻO wau
e noʻonoʻo i ka hoʻouka kaua ʻana i kā mākou holomua i ka hana ʻana me ka hoʻomana
kaiāulu," ʻo Stacy Malkan, Luna Hoʻokele no ke Ola
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Care Without Harm i kahi ninaninau kelepona. “Ua hala mākou
holomua loa ka hoʻoulu ʻana i ke kaiāulu hoʻomana no kā mākou hoʻolaha
no ka mea, hopohopo nui lākou i nā pilikia mālama ola a me ka
kaiapuni. ʻAʻole kānalua ʻia kā mākou mau hoa hoʻomana
ke hoʻopiʻi nei he poʻe hoʻopunipuni lākou no ka hui a me ka hoʻolaha.
Loaʻa
ma 1990 na Makua Sirico a me Kris Alan Mauren, ka Acton Institute
ua lilo i mea pāʻani koʻikoʻi i nā kūkākūkā pili aupuni a kōkua
alakaʻi i ka hoʻouka kaua ʻana i nā kāhuna haipule kuleana. Makuakane Sirico
ua aʻo aku iā Pelekikena Bush i ka "koho aloha" a
he kākoʻo mua i ka "hoʻoponopono hou"; hoʻoponopono ʻo ia
he puke no ka Vatican i manaʻo e hoʻonohonoho hou i ka hale pule Katolika
nā aʻo ʻana i ka hoʻoponopono pilikanaka; a ua kōkua i ka hoʻokumu ʻana i ka ʻaha kūkā waena
no Environmental Stewardship (ICES), he hui o ka ʻēheu ʻākau
nā alakaʻi hoʻomana e manaʻo ana e kūʻē i nā hui kaiapuni liberal.
No ka
kona hookumu ana i ka Institute ua hanai nui ia e ka gaggle o
kahua ʻēheu ʻākau. Ma waena o 1991 a me 2001, ua loaʻa hou
ma mua o $2.5 miliona i nā haʻawina mai ka Lynde a me Harry Bradley Foundation,
ka Earhart Foundation, ka Scaife Family Foundation, a me John M.
ʻO Olin Foundation, e like me ka Media Transparency, kahi pūnaewele
tracks "ke kālā ma hope o ka media."
In
he op-ed i ka
Nūhou Detroit
,
Ua wehewehe ʻo Sirico i kāna
philosophy: "Hoʻoponopono pono ʻole" a me ka koi ʻana i nā ʻoihana
"e hāʻawi i kā lākou hoʻokele aupuni i ka lāhui a me ka supra-national
nā mana" hoʻoikaika i ka "hoʻokumu hana" e "hoʻololi
me ka passivity… ma mua o ka hana hou. I ka hopena, kēia
"ʻo ka hopena o ka hoʻokūkū liʻiliʻi, ka nalowale o ka māhele mākeke, kiʻekiʻe
nā kumukūʻai mea kūʻai aku a me ka hoʻonui ʻana i ka hana ʻole.
oiai
Kākoʻo ʻo Zandstra i ke komo ʻana o nā alakaʻi hoʻomana i ka nohona
nā pilikia, ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia he pono lākou e nīnau i ka papahana o nā hui
hana pū lākou me. “Inā ʻo nā manaʻo i hāpai ʻia mai ke kani
nā manaʻo hoʻohiki, a laila kū ka ʻōlelo hoʻomana
kahua paʻa,” i kākau ai ʻo Rev. Zandstra. “Inā naʻe, ʻo ka
kumu he secular maoli, hiki ke ʻike ʻia ke alakaʻi hoʻomana
ke hoʻāʻo wale nei e hoʻokomo i ka ʻōlelo hoʻomana i loko o kahi ʻōlelo ʻole (a anti-)
papahana hoʻomana."
Heaha
ʻO nā pilikia o Rev. Zandstra me ka mālama ola kino ʻole,
Building In Good Faith—kekahi o na hoa paio anti-PVC—a
ka neʻe ola kino? Hoʻomaka lākou "mai ka hapa nui
ʻikepili pili honua a ʻimi e hoʻokomo i ka hoʻomana hoʻomana,"
kākau ʻo ia. A, hoʻopaʻapaʻa ʻo ia, "ʻo kēia hoʻolaha e hoʻopau i ka vinyl
ʻO nā mea kūkulu hale hoʻokahi wale nō ʻāpana o ka neʻe anti-vinyl nui aʻe.
ka
ʻO ka papahana maoli o ka Health Care Without Harm ka hoʻopau ʻana i
ʻO PVC mai nā keʻena mālama ola kino, ma ka hopena e hōʻeha i nā maʻi
pono i nā mea, wahi a Zandstra. "He mea maʻalahi kēia
ʻAʻole pili i ka manaʻo no ke kanaka, akā
ma ke ʻano hoʻohālikelike ʻole i nā mea a pau 'artificial',"
Hoopii o Rev. Zandstra.
"The
ʻO ka mea pōʻino ka manaʻo o ka nui o kēia mau alakaʻi hoʻomana e hana
maikaʻi," kākau ʻo Zandstra. “ʻAʻole ʻike i ka waiwai a i ʻole ka ʻepekema
ʻoiaʻiʻo, ʻaʻole lākou e helu i nā 'hopena i manaʻo ʻole ʻia'
nā kulekele a lākou e kākoʻo nei. Pilikia lākou e hoʻohana ʻia e nā mea hou aku
poʻe akamai ma ka ʻaoʻao hema e hoʻopili ana i kā lākou papahana
hoomana. Pono nā alakaʻi hoʻomana e makaʻala i ka hāʻawi ʻole
pono kūpono i nā kulekele hoʻokele waiwai a me ke kaiapuni
ʻo ia, inā e hoʻokō piha ʻia, e loaʻa nā hopena pōʻino.
ka
ʻO ka subtext o ka papahana a Zandstra he mea liʻiliʻi e pili ana i ke kaiapuni a
ʻoiaʻiʻo mālama olakino a ʻoi aku ka pili i ka ʻoihana pale. In
i ka hopena o ʻOkakopa, he hōʻike ʻo Acton Institute i kapa ʻia ʻo "Health Care
Me ka ʻole o ka pōʻino—a i ʻole ka hōʻino ʻana i ka mālama ola kino?" ua kākau ʻia e Doug
ʻO Bando, he hoa kiʻekiʻe ma ka Cato Institute (www.cato.org) a
he kolamu hui aupuni. Ua mālama ʻo Bandow, "He lōʻihi
e holo ana i ka hooikaika e hoopau i na halemai a me na keena malama ola e ae
o nā huahana vinyl lāʻau lapaʻau…ua hoʻomāhuahua i ka pilikia
pili me ka hoʻohana vinyl a hoʻohuli i ka manaʻo mai nā mea ʻē aʻe
nā hoʻoweliweli olakino koʻikoʻi."
Health
Nā helu helu ʻo Care Without Harm e ka US Food and Drug Administration
a me ka National Toxicology Program ua ʻōlelo ʻo DEHP, kahi mea hoʻohui ʻona
ʻO ka leaches mai nā lāʻau lapaʻau vinyl, hiki ke hōʻeha i kekahi
nā poʻe maʻi, me nā pēpē maʻi a me nā wahine hāpai e hele ana i ke kiʻekiʻe
nā kaʻina hana pilikia. "No ke aha e lilo ai ka poʻe maʻi palupalu
ʻike ʻia i nā mea hana ʻino inā ʻaʻole-vinyl plastic
Loaʻa nā mea ʻaʻole e hoʻoheheʻe i nā mea hoʻohui ʻona?,"
Nīnau ʻo Stacy Malkan.
ka
ʻO ka pūnaewele HCWH (www.no harm.org) mālama ʻo ia "he honua
ka hui ʻana o nā hui 431 ma 52 mau ʻāina e hana nei e hoʻololi
ka ʻoihana mālama ola kino no laila ʻaʻole ia he kumu e pōʻino ai
kanaka a me ke kaiapuni. Wahi a Malkan, ka hui
Loaʻa iā ia ka "papa kuhikuhi pili i ke kaiapuni a me ka noʻonoʻo maʻamau, kahi
e komo pū ana me ka Environmental Protection Agency on Hospitals
no ke Kaiapuni Ola—he hui eha me ka Amerika
ʻAhahui Halemai a me ka ʻAhahui Nurses ʻAmelika—ʻo ia
ke manaʻo nei e ʻae nā keʻena mālama ola e hoʻopau i ka
ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka mercury a hoʻemi i nā ʻōpala, a hoʻemi i nā mea kūlohelohe mau
nā mea haumia.”
“Ke ola kino
Ua kūpaʻa ʻo Care Without Harm i ka hui pū ʻana i kahi hui ākea
o nā poʻe me nā mea mālama ola kino, nā uniona, nā alakaʻi hoʻomana,
a me nā mea hana kaiapuni," wahi a Stacy Malkan. "ʻo mākou
he hui e pili ana i ka pilikia a ʻaʻole nā mea i kapa ʻia he mea hoʻopiʻi maʻamau
e like me kā Acton Institute i hoʻopiʻi ai.
He manawa pōkole
ma hope o ka hoʻouka ʻana o ka Acton Institute i ka Health Care Without Harm,
Health
Holomua
, ka puke pai o ka Ahahui Ola Katolika
o ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa (www.chausa.org), hoʻolaʻa i kahi ʻāpana kūikawā
o kāna pukana ʻo Nowemapa/Kekemapa i ka “Kuleana Kūlohelohe
a me ke Kuhina."
Sr.
ʻO Sharon Zayac, ka luna o ka Benincasa Ministries i hoʻokumu ʻia ma Illinois,
i kākau: "ʻAʻole mākou e hoʻolako i ka mālama olakino a hiki i
maopopo iā mākou aia ko mākou pono i ka ea maʻemaʻe a
ka wai, ka lepo maikaʻi a me ka meaʻai, nā lole ʻawaʻawa ʻole a me nā plastic
a me nā metala a me nā mea kūkulu hale…. He kuleana ko mākou
e ʻōlelo no ke olakino o ka ʻohana holoʻokoʻa.
"A
ina aole maikai na hale a kakou e houluulu ai i ka poe mai.
He aha ka lawelawe a mākou e hāʻawi ai? Pono mākou e lawe i ka hana ho'ēmi
a i ʻole ka hoʻopau ʻana i ka mea hiki iā mākou a me ka hoʻokūkū i nā ʻoihana he nui
hāʻawi mai iā mākou e ola e like me kā lākou mau kuleana.
Bill Berkowitz
he mea kākau kūʻokoʻa e uhi ana i nā neʻe conservative.