ʻatikala i kākau ʻia e Teresa Bertossi, i hoʻopuka ʻia e Gabriel Caplett
ʻO Malaki ka mahina mōʻaukala wahine. Ua hōʻike ka mōʻaukala i ka wā e hui ai nā wahine i nā loli kūpono. He mau alakaʻi nā wāhine a puni ka honua i ka pale ʻana i nā kaiāulu. No laila, ma ke ʻano he wahine, manaʻo wau he kuleana paʻa koʻu e pale aku i kaʻu ʻo Kennecott a me nā mines pilikia a pau i manaʻo ʻia ma ka U.P.
I loko o koʻu ola ʻana, ua hālāwai au i nā wahine he nui, e like me aʻu, e loaʻa ana nā pilikia o ka hānau ʻana, e like me ka cysts, ka maʻi ovarian, ka maʻi maʻi umauma a me ka endometriosis. Pilikia ka ʻōnaehana hānau o ka wahine i nā mea haumia kaiapuni. Hānau ʻia nā kamaliʻi i loko o nā mea ʻawaʻawa a me nā helu kamaliʻi o ka hānō, nā maʻi kanesa, nā kīnā hānau a me nā maʻi ulu. ʻO ka make ʻana i nā lālā hala ʻole o ko kākou kaiāulu ʻo ia ka hewa hope loa i ke kanaka.
No laila, no ke aha ka nui o ka poʻe i ʻona?
Pahū mau mākou i nā mea kemika. Ma luna o 700 mau kemika hou i hana ʻia i kēlā me kēia makahiki. ʻOiai kā mākou mau koho olakino ponoʻī, ke hana pū nei nā aupuni a me nā ʻoihana, e hoʻoholo ana he mea maikaʻi ia no ka ʻoihana e hoʻohaumia i nā helu palekana. Hoʻololi lākou i kā lākou mea i kapa ʻia he "palekana" ka nui o ka pollution ma ke ʻano he "pae hoʻohaumia kiʻekiʻe" a i ʻole "ka nui o nā ukana o kēlā me kēia lā."
No ka laʻana, ʻoiai nā aquifers ma ke komohana U.P. Ua ʻike ʻia ʻo ia kekahi o nā ʻōnaehana wai maʻalahi loa i ka US, ua hāʻawi aku ka DEQ iā Kennecott i kahi ʻae e "hoʻokuʻu ... 184,000,000 galani i kēlā me kēia makahiki o ka hana ʻana i ka wai ʻino mai ka ... Mine Wastewater Treatment System ... i ka wai lepo o ka mokuʻāina o Michigan. " ʻAʻole hiki ke hoʻopau i nā mea haumia a pau mai kēia wai ʻino, akā na ke aupuni a me ka ʻoihana e haʻi iā ʻoe he "palekana" ke koena o ka wai.
Akā, no wai ka palekana o kēia mau mea "ʻae"? Loaʻa i nā kānaka nā pae hoʻolaha like ʻole i hiki i ko lākou kino ke mālama.
ʻO ka hapa nui o nā kūlana palekana e pili ana i ka hopena o nā kāne makua. Akā ʻokoʻa nā kino wahine a me nā keiki.
Ua minamina au i koʻu aupuni, a ke kaumaha nei au iā ʻoukou e hāʻawi i ke olakino lehulehu a me nā ʻāina no kahi hana eli.
ʻAʻole wau makemake e hoʻoweliweli i kekahi ma kēia ʻike, akā ke manaʻo nei au e hoʻokahe ʻoe i ka huhū a me ka huhū i kahi mea i kūkulu ʻia. Ua lōʻihi ka hoʻololi ʻana a i kekahi manawa ʻo ke ala maʻalahi loa e hoʻololi i ka honua ke hoʻomaka i kou kaiāulu. E kū kākou iā Kennecott; hiki i nā kānaka ke hoʻopau i kēia papahana. Hiki iā mākou ke hoʻololi i ke ala laina a mākou e hele nei, akā pono mākou a pau e hui. E ʻoluʻolu e noʻonoʻo i ka honua hiki iā mākou ke loaʻa, a e hoʻokō mākou.
Teresa Bertossi
ʻO Marquette
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