Masewera a chess ndi masewera ovuta omwe amagwiritsa ntchito ziro sum, njira zopikisana za Machiavellian kuteteza akuluakulu andale kapena ankhondo. Cholinga cha masewerawa ndikuyang'ana mfumu ya mdaniyo, ndikuteteza mfumukazi, chidutswa champhamvu kwambiri pamasewera, motalika momwe mungathere. Mmodzi yemwe adagwa pa bolodi la chessboard pa Flint, Michigan vuto la madzi ndi Susan Hedman, EPA Regional 5 Administrator yemwe kunyalanyaza thanzi ndi chitetezo cha nzika za Flint zidamupangitsa kusiya ntchito yake mokakamizidwa, ngakhale adathawa mangawa aliwonse.

Hedman adaperekedwa nsembe kuti ateteze Mfumukazi ya EPA, Gina McCarthy, yemwe akanatha kugwiritsa ntchito mphamvu zake zadzidzidzi zomwe adaloledwa ndi msonkhano pansi pa Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) kuti alande mapulani owopsa a Flint omwe adapangidwa ndi bwanamkubwa komanso dipatimenti yoona za chilengedwe ku Michigan. Kongeresi yapatsa Mtsogoleri wa EPA pansi pa SDWA Gawo 1431 mphamvu izi:

"... atalandira chidziwitso kuti choyipitsa chomwe chilipo kapena chomwe chingalowe m'madzi a anthu onse kapena gwero lamadzi akumwa mobisa, kapena pali chiwopsezo cha zigawenga kapena zochitika zina mwadala, zomwe zitha kuwonetsa posachedwa komanso zazikulu. kuyika miyoyo ya anthu pachiwopsezo, Woyang’anira EPA angachite chilichonse chimene angafune kuti ateteze thanzi la anthu.” [akugogomezedwa]

Chifukwa chake, Administrator McCarthy adalephera kugwiritsa ntchito mphamvu zake pa Michigan department of Environmental Quality ndi Michigan Governor Synder. Chotsatira chake, zikwi za nzika za Flint zidali ndi poizoni ndi mazana a ana omwe akukumana ndi zovuta zachipatala ndi zanzeru.

Sabata ino, CNN inanena kuti antchito apansi pa Michigan Environmental Quality Commission anaimbidwa mlandu wopereka nsembe poteteza Mfumu, Kazembe wa Michigan Rick Snyder. Masewera a chess akuyambika tsopano ku Flint. Komabe, kunena zomveka, sikuti McCarthy kapena Snyder ali ndi zotulukapo zilizonse monga aliyense payekhapayekha, koma mphamvu yomwe amatumikira mwachangu ndiyomwe imafuna chitetezo.

Mfumu ndi Mfumukazi muzochitika izi amasangalala ndi "chitetezo chodziyimira pawokha." Politicos izi zomwe zimagwira ntchito m'malo mwa "wolamulira" zimagwira ntchito pamwamba pa lamulo pomwe bwalo lankhondo lili ndi magazi ndi matumbo a otsatira awo. Ngakhale madzi apoizoni amachokera ku mipope mkati mwa nyumba, a Royals amakhalabe osatsutsika, ngati safufuzidwa. Malinga ndi malipoti, Bwanamkubwa waku Republican Rick ku Michigan Snyder sichinafunsidwe ndi ozenga milandu (ngakhale boma kapena boma) pokhudzana ndi vutoli.

Mofananamo, palibe chomwe chikuwonetsa kuti Unduna wa Zachilungamo udayika Woyang'anira EPA Gina McCarthy kuti afufuzidwe ngati akumuimba mlandu.

Koma zopusa ndikumverera kulimba kwa mkhalidwe wawo komanso ndi masomphenya a ndende m'tsogolo mwawo. Palibe kukayikira, aliyense wokhudzidwa ndikupha anthu zikwizikwi a Flint ayenera kuyimbidwa mlandu. Koma, panthawiyi, omwe amatetezedwa ndi mphamvu adachotsedwa pa ndondomeko yomwe tsopano ikutsutsidwa motsutsana ndi apansi awo omwe akutsutsidwa.

Zidzangokhala chifukwa cha ndale komanso zionetsero zosalekeza kuti osewera enieni a ndale-omwe ntchito zawo ziyenera kufotokozedwa ndi "chiwombankhanga pano" - adzayimbidwa mlandu ndikuyankha.

Sabata ino ogwira ntchito m'boma awiri adaimbidwa mlandu wosocheretsa boma la US ponena za poizoni: ogwira ntchito ku Michigan Department of Environmental Quality Stephen Busch ndi Michael Prysby. Kuphatikiza apo, wogwira ntchito ku Flint, Michael Glasgow, adaimbidwa mlandu wosintha zotsatira za mayeso a madzi.

Mmodzi mwa ngwazi za vuto la madzi a Flint wakhala Dr. Marc Edwards. Dr. Edwards ndi Pulofesa wa Civil and Environmental Engineering ku Virginia Tech. Iye ndi katswiri pa mankhwala a madzi ndi dzimbiri. Unali kafukufuku wa Edwards pamiyeso yokwezeka yotsogolera mu Washington, DCMalo operekera madzi a mu municipalities omwe adalandira chidwi cha dziko lonse ndikupangitsa kuti Maziko a Kuletsa ndi Kuteteza Matenda kuvomereza kufalitsa lipoti lodzala ndi zolakwa kotero kuti kafukufuku wa bungwe la Congress anatcha kuti “chosatsimikizirika mwasayansi.” Amadziwika kuti ndi m'modzi mwa akatswiri odziwika bwino padziko lonse lapansi pazambiri zakuwonongeka kwamadzi m'mapaipi a m'nyumba, komanso ndi katswiri wodziwika padziko lonse lapansi pazambiri zamkuwa. Atafunsidwa ndi BAR kuti afotokozepo za milandu yaposachedwa yomwe idaperekedwa kwa ogwira ntchito m'boma, adapereka:

"Tidamva kuyambira pachiyambi kuti ziwawa zachilengedwe zidachitika ku Flint ndi MDEQ ya boma komanso woyang'anira wamkulu wa EPA. Zikuwoneka kuti ena tsopano akumva chimodzimodzi, makamaka malinga ndi MDEQ ya boma. Kutengera zomwe takumana nazo komanso umboni womwe ndawona, wogwira ntchito wa Flint yemwe adamuimba adalakwitsa, koma adayikidwanso m'malo osatheka ndipo sali mumpikisano womwewo ndi osewera ena oyipa. "

Atafunsidwa za lingaliro la Bwanamkubwa waku Michigan kuti amwe madzi a Flint kwa masiku 30, Dr. Edwards anawonjezera kuti, "Ngakhale lingaliro la Bwanamkubwa kumwa madzi a Flint kwa masiku 30 silingakhutiritse omwe amamutsutsa, akulimbitsa uthenga wofunikira komanso wovomerezeka waumoyo wa anthu - zonse zomwe zilipo zikuwonetsa kuti zosefera zikupanga madzi okhala ndi mtovu wochepa kwambiri. "

Zikadakhala kuti nzika za Flint zikadalandira chenjezo komanso zosefera madzi vutoli likadapewedwa. Koma ochita ndale omwewo omwe tsopano alandila chitetezo chokwanira komanso chitetezo azikhalabe pamwamba pa lamulo pokhapokha nzika m'dziko lonselo zikufuna kuyankha.

Dr. Marsha Coleman-Adebayo ndiye mlembi wa Mphotho ya Pulitzer yosankhidwa: Opanda MANTHA: Oimba Ambizi Apambana Ziphuphu ndi Kubwezera pa EPA. Adagwira ntchito ku EPA kwa zaka 18 ndikuyimba mluzu ku bungwe lamayiko osiyanasiyana la US lomwe lidayika pachiwopsezo ogwira ntchito kumigodi ya vanadium ku South Africa. Mlandu wopambana wa Marsha unapangitsa kukhazikitsidwa ndi kuperekedwa kwa lamulo loyamba laufulu wachibadwidwe ndi whistleblower lazaka za zana la 21: Chidziwitso cha Federal Employees Anti-Discrimination and Retaliation Act cha 2002 (No FEAR Act). Iye ndi Director of Transparency and Accountability for the Green Shadow Cabinet, akutumikira pa Advisory Board of ExposeFacts.com ndipo amayang'anira Hands Up Coalition, DC.