Ichitaura nezvekunetseka kwakanyanya kwehutano, National Nurses United yakazivisa nhasi kuti iri kubatana nevezvezvakatipoteredza, mibatanidzwa nemamwe masangano kubva kumativi ese enyika kupikisa Keystone XL Pipeline - iyo 1,700 mamaira yetar sands pombi yemafuta kubva kuCanada kuenda kunzvimbo dzekunatsa muTexas. Iine nhengo 185,000, NNU ndiro sangano guru uye mubatanidzwa wevanamukoti vakanyoreswa.
Iyo Keystone XL inogona kuve nekukanganisa kwakakosha kuhutano hwenharaunda munzvimbo dzekugadzira tar sands munzira yayo uye yekunatsa fenzi nharaunda nharaunda uko inorema sour crude ichagadziriswa. Pamusoro pezvo, kuburitswa kwejecha retar kuchawedzera kushanduka kwemamiriro ekunze izvo zvinokanganisa hutano hweveruzhinji zvakanyanya kunyangwe kupfuura zvakapararira zvakanangana neindasitiri yejecha re tar.
"Vanamukoti vanochengeta varwere zuva rega rega vanonetsekana nematambudziko ehutano akawedzerwa nekusvibiswa kwezvakatipoteredza nenzira dzakawanda," akadaro NNU Co-President Deborah Burger, RN. โSevanhu tinofanira kuderedza kukanganiswa kwezvakatipoteredza zvinosanganisira kusanduka kwemamiriro ekunze, izvo zviri kurwarisa vanhu pamwe nekuisa ramangwana revana vedu panjodzi. Ndosaka tichipikisa pombi yeKeystone XL. "
NNU inonyanya kunetsekana nekukanganisa kwekuchinja kwemamiriro ekunze mukukurumidza kupararira kwechirwere chinotapukira, hutachiona hwemvura uye chikafu chinotakura, uye kusvibiswa kwemhepo izvo zvinototungamira kumatambudziko akakosha ehutano muUS.
Nhasi, vanopfuura 40 muzana yevaAmerica vanogara munzvimbo dzakakanganiswa nekusvibiswa kwemhepo nemazinga ekusvibiswa kwezvikamu zvinogona kukonzera zviitiko zvepamusoro zveasthma, kurwisa kwemoyo, uye kufa nguva isati yakwana. Chirwere cheAsma chatova dambudziko riri kuramba richikura muUS The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention inoti chikamu gumi kubva muzana chevana vese vekuUS vanorwara neasthma.
Hutsi hwecarbon ndiyo chinhu chikuru mukusimbisa shanduko yemamiriro ekunze. Kupisa kwemhepo kwepamusoro kunogona kuwedzera chepfu yezvokudya zvine mabhakitiriya, zvakadai sesalmonella, uye zvirwere zvinokonzerwa nemhuka zvakadai seWest Nile virus. Ground level ozone zvinosvibisa zvinogona kukuvadza tishu dzemapapu, kuderedza kushanda kwemapapu, uye kuwedzera zvirwere zvekufema.
Pamusoro pekuburitswa kwegasi rine muchetura, NNU yakataurawo nezvenjodzi huru yekuteuka munzira yakarongwa yepombi.
Musi waChikunguru 25, 2010, pombi yemafuta yetar sands yakaputika pedyo neMarshall, Mi. Bhitumini yakacheneswa yakafamba mamaira makumi mana ichidzika neRwizi rweKalamazoo kuenda kuMorrow Lake. Anopfuura mwedzi gare gare, vatapi vehutano vakashuma varwere ve40 vane zviratidzo zvine chekuita nekuteuka. Vakuru vehurumende vakaongorora vanhu 145 kubva munharaunda dziri pedyo nerwizi vakawana 550 muzana yevagari vakashuma matambudziko ehutano - musoro, kusvotwa uye zvirwere zvekufema.
Dhipatimendi reMichigan reCommunity Health rakashuma kuwedzera kwehuwandu hweakaonekwa kenza yemapapu nebronchus munharaunda kumaodzanyemba kwakadziva kumadokero kweDetroit pedyo nemafuta ekuchenesa. Vavakidzani - vazhinji varombo zvikuru kuti vafambe - vari kunetseka zvakanyanya sezvo vanochenesa vachatanga kugadzira oiri yetar sands kubva kuCanada, maererano neCentre for Public Integrity.
"Vatungamiri vedu vanofanira kuisa pfungwa pakutsvaga simba rakachengeteka, rakasimba rinobatsirawo kumisa kuwedzera kwekusvibiswa kwezvakatipoteredza uye kuchinja kwemamiriro ekunze," akadaro Burger. "Hutano hwenyika yedu hunotsamira pazviri."
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