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Lona umlayezo izishoshovu ze-โCancer Alleyโ yase-Louisiana - indawo enezimboni kakhulu, engamakhilomitha angu-85 eduze koMfula i-Mississippi, phakathi kwe-New Orleans ne-Baton Rouge - eziwuthole emandleni endawo mayelana nokuzimisela kwazo ukuvimbela ukwakhiwa. inkimbinkimbi enkulu, enobuthi obukhulu, enezitshalo eziyi-14 zokukhiqiza amapulasitiki phakathi kwazo.
Lesi sikhungo sizokwakhiwa yiFormosa Plastics, inkampani yaseTaiwan, e-St. James Parish, enye yezifunda zase-Louisiana River, okuwumphakathi wabantu abamnyama abahola kancane osuvele unengxenye yawo yokungcoliswa kwezimboni. Ngakho igama: Cancer Alley. Isikhungo esihlongozwayo, iFormosa esisibiza nge-Sunlight Project (eqanjwe ngebhuloho lendawo), sizoba ngesinye sezitshalo zepulasitiki ezinkulu kakhulu emhlabeni. Inikezwe imvume yombuso neyendawo - phela imele ukutshalwa kwezimali kwezigidigidi ezingama- $ 9.4 - ngakho-ke kukuzakhamizi ukuthi zizilwele zodwa ukuze zisindise umphakathi wazo.
Lona kube umsebenzi weqembu lezakhamuzi zendawo elibizwa ngokuthi i-RISE St. James, elilokhu lihlehla kulo msebenzi ngosizo lwezinhlangano ezehlukene zezemvelo, kuhlanganise ne-Centre for Biological Diversity, eyafaka icala lombuso ngokumelene ne-Formosa Plastics futhi ukwazile ukumisa okwesikhashana ukwakhiwa.
Ngokusho the Centre: โImvume ivumela i-Formosa ukuthi ikhiphe izinkulungwane zamathani ezinto ezingcolisa umoya ezinobuthi minyaka yonke, okungaphezu kokuphindwe kabili ukungcoliswa komoya kuzo zonke izikhungo zezimboni endaweni kakade eyaziwa ngokuthi yi-'Cancer Alley' ngenxa yezinkinga zezempilo ezihlobene nokungcoliswa kwezimboni. IFormosa ingase futhi ikhiphe amathani afinyelela ezigidini ezingu-13 zamagesi abamba ukushisa njalo ngonyaka, okulingana nezizinda ezintathu zokuphehla amandla ngamalahle.โ
Lo msebenzi uzophinda kabili inani lokukhishwa komoya onobuthi e-St. James Parish kanye namazinga angaphezu kokuphindwe kathathu amakhemikhali abangela umdlavuza esifundeni, iSikhungo siphawula, siphawula: โPhakathi kokungcola okungakhishwa inxanxathela ye-Formosa Plastics kukhona i-ethylene oxide. , i-benzene ne-formaldehyde โ zonke izinhlobo ze-carcinogens ezaziwayo.โ
Lesi sakhiwo sizokwakhiwa endaweni eyikhilomitha ukusuka esikoleni samabanga aphansi sendawo. Futhi, okwenza kube nzima ukwesabeka kwalesi siphakamiso, ingxenye yezwe elizohlala kuyo iyindawo yamathuna amadala - ezigqila, ezazisebenza emasimini aseduze. Futhi indida ayigcini lapho.
As change.org uveza, kuyilapho iFormosa Plastics ithi imboni entsha izodala izinkulungwane zemisebenzi, inkampani ihlela ukwakha izindlu zokulala ukuze kuhlaliswe abasebenzi abangaphandle kwezwe. Ngakho: โKusobala ukuthi izakhamuzi zaseSt. James zizothola ukungcola, kodwa hhayi imisebenzi.โ
Futhi ekugcineni, endaweni ye-irony: Izwe laseTaiwan liqinise imithetho ezinkampanini ze-petrochemical, ngokusho kombiko. Izindaba ze-Bloomberg, okuphoqa iFormosa Plastics ukuthi ibheke kwenye indawo ukuze yanelise izidingo zayo zokunwetshwa. Usihlalo wenkampani uthe inkampani yakhe ingonga imali eningi โngokutshala imali eTexas naseLouisiana kunokuba ibe sekhaya. Ithani le-ethylene libiza u-$300 ukwenza e-US, cishe ingxenye yesithathu yezindleko e-Taiwan. Futhi izikhulu zikhululekile e-US. . . 'E-Taiwan uhulumeni ubheka ukutshalwa kwezimali kwe-petrochemical njengemboni engcolisayo futhi uyasicwasa.'โ
Isishoshovu sendawo u-Anne Rolfes sakubeka ngale ndlela: โBasibheka njengekoloni.โ
Futhi konke lokhu kuyingxenye eyodwa yemboni enkulu kaphethiloli โwe-plastic pivot,โ njengoba New York Times beka. Imboni, yesaba ukwehla okukhulu kwesidingo samafutha ezinsalela ngenxa yenkathazo yokuguquguquka kwesimo sezulu, ibona ukukhiqizwa kwepulasitiki, okuvela endaweni yayo enkulu yokugcina uphethiloli, njengekusasa layo, noma empeleni, kusheshisa ukucekelwa phansi kwawo wonke umuntu. esizayo.
"Umklamo we-Formosa uyingxenye yohlelo lwemboni lokukhulisa kakhulu ukukhiqizwa kwepulasitiki yase-US kule minyaka eyishumi ezayo," ngokusho kwe-Center for Biological Diversity. โBangaphezu kuka-300 amaphrojekthi amasha emboni ye-petrochemical ahlongozwayo kusukela ngo-2010, iningi lawo emiphakathini empofu kanye nemiphakathi yamabalabala eduze neGulf Coast nase-Appalachia.โ
Futhi ukukhiqiza ipulasitiki kubangela isihogo semvelo kuzo zombili iziphetho zenqubo: Imvume yomoya namanzi, isifundazwe saseLouisiana esayinika iFormosa, โiyimvume yobuthi,โ njengoba umsunguli we-RISE St. James uSharon Lavigne wangitshela. Futhi ohlangothini lwe-post-production yenkinga, ipulasitiki . . . ahm, akasoze ahambe. Izinsalela zepulasitiki - izigidi zethu zamathani epulasitiki esetshenziswa kanye - kanye nama-microplastic, noma ama-nurdles, ama-pellets amancane asetshenziselwa ukwenza imikhiqizo yepulasitiki, ayaminyanisa futhi abulala imifula yethu, amachibi nezilwandle.
Isibonelo: โIsiphakamiso seFormosa sizodala ipulasitiki engadingeki kakhudlwana, okuwuhlobo oluvame kakhulu lokunukubezeka olwandle. Ngaphandle kokuthi siyeke ukwakha izitshalo ezifana nohlelo oluhlongozwayo lweFormosa, ipulasitiki kulindeleke ukuthi ibe ngaphezu kwazo zonke izinhlanzi ezisolwandle emhlabeni ngo-2050,โ njengoba change.org kukhomba.
Kodwa labo abakhuluma ngale ndaba yibona abangena enkingeni. U-Rolfes kanye nesishoshovu akanye naye, u-Kate McIntosh, baboshwa ezinyangeni ezimbalwa ezedlule ngemuva kokushiya ibhokisi lama-nurdles, ababebuthelwe ogwini lwase-Texas, emzini we-lobbyist kawoyela negesi e-Baton Rouge. Ukuqoqwa kwama-microplastic pellets bekuyingxenye yomcimbi wokuqwashisa owabanjwa ngoDisemba odlule obizwa ngokuthi โI-Nurdlefest. "
Futhi uLavigne wasongelwa ngokuboshwa lapho ebeka izimbali emathuneni ezigqila ukuthi uFormosa uhlose ukumba. Wagomela wathi ngeke athule. Lena impilo yaseCancer Alley kulezi zinsuku.
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