Sibhala njengomama ababili, omunye izingane zakhe zadliswa ushevu ngokunganaki ngamabomu nokunganaki izakhamuzi, futhi ikakhulukazi izingane zaseFlint, eMichigan. Omunye umsholozi we-EPA owadalula ubudedengu be-EPA ngokudliswa ushevu komphakathi waseNingizimu Afrika. Uma ubuholi namasiko e-EPA kungashintshi, i-Flint izomela ikhekheba leqhwa esiqongweni sentaba yeqhwa.
Akungabazeki ukuthi uFlint wayeyisisulu sokunganakwa kobugebengu yizikhungo eziningi zikahulumeni. Kodwa-ke, isikhungo sikahulumeni esibhekele ukwengamela kohulumeni basekhaya nohulumeni bezifundazwe yi-Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) kanti inhloko yaleyo nhlangano ngu-Gina McCarthy. Ngesikhathi se-Congressional Hearing yakamuva, uNksz McCarthy umemezele ngendlela emangalisayo ukuthi i-EPA ayinacala ngenkinga yamanzi e-Flint. UMcCarthy ubize u-Administrator we-EPA Region 5 uSusan Hedman, owaphoqeleka ukuthi asule esikhundleni ngenxa yobuthi e-Flint “ngesibindi.” UNksz Hedman wengamele ingxabano ye-Flint ngaphakathi kwe-EPA, futhi watshela abezombangazwe ababebuza ngokuphepha kwamanzi e-Flint ukuthi kwakungekho ukukhathazeka okubalulekile, ngisho nangemva kokuba i-whistleblower ye-EPA iveze ingozi ezinganeni zikaFlint.
Ngenxa yobudedengu besikhungo sikaNksz McCarthy izingane zithole ukulimala okungenakulungiseka kwengqondo okuzoshintsha umkhondo wempilo yazo nemindeni yazo. Izingane ezimnyama esezivele zisengcupheni yepayipi lesikole samabanga aphezulu ukuya ejele manje zizoba sengcupheni nakakhulu kulokho kuxhashazwa. Abantu abadala abanobuthi bangase baphathwe izifo zesibindi nezinso ezingase zibulale.
Ngesikhathi esifanayo, uMcCarthy akakawushintshi umkhuba ku-EPA ovuna futhi okhuthaza ukuziphindiselela kwabakhuluma okubi, abazama ukuxwayisa imiphakathi ngezingozi zezempilo zomphakathi. E-Flint, umpempe othulisiwe we-EPA unikeze ubufakazi obuqand' ikhanda bamazinga ayingozi omthofu emanzini ka-Flint cishe unyaka ngaphambi kokuba uMongameli ayalele Isimo Sezimo Eziphuthumayo e-Flint.
Ngenxa yokuthi izingane zami zadliswa ushevu ngamabomu ngenxa yezenzo zokuqhosha ze-EPA, manje ngilwela izingane zenu ukuze ziqinisekise ukuthi zinamanzi okuphuza aphephile nekusasa eliqhakazile.
Futhi njenge-whistleblower ye-EPA, ngilwela ukuqinisekisa ukuthi abasebenzi bakahulumeni bangadalula ngokuphephile umthofu emanzini, i-arsenic ekudleni noma i-vanadium endaweni ngaphandle kokwesaba ukuziphindiselela nokuxoshwa. Kungaba iphutha ukukholelwa ukuthi i-Flint iyisimo esizimele.
Kamuva USA Today ibika ukuthi “kunezinhlelo zamanzi ezengeziwe ezingaphezu kuka-2,000 50 ezihlanganisa zonke izifundazwe ezingu-5,000 lapho ukuhlola kuye kwabonisa khona amazinga eqile okungcoliswa komthofu phakathi neminyaka emine edlule. …Amaleveli omthofu amaningi abikwe kakhulu atholwe ezikoleni nasezikhungweni zokunakekela izingane …Esikoleni samabanga aphansi e-Ithaca, NY, isampula elilodwa elihlolwe kulo nyaka ngenani elimangalisayo elingu-XNUMX ppb lomthofu, umkhawulo we-EPA “wodoti oyingozi.”
Yimpi yakho le. Lena impi yethu. Ukwehluleka ngeke kube inketho. Sicela uhlanganyele nathi namuhla futhi usayine isicelo sokuthi uMongameli Obama axoshe u-Administrator we-EPA u-Gina McCarthy.
U-Lee-Ann Waters
Umama Wezingane Ezinoshevu
U-Marsha Coleman-Adebayo, Ph.D
I-EPA Whistleblower
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