Umphathi we-EPA Scott Pruitt uthathe isinyathelo sakhe sokuqala esisemthethweni njengenhloko yale nhlangano ngokwenqaba ukuvala isibulala-zinambuzane i-EPA osekunesikhathi eside inquma ukuthi iyingozi empilweni yomphakathi.
U-Pruitt umenyezelwe ku-a isitatimende izolo (March 29) ukuthi usayine umyalelo wokuphika izikhalazo zezinhlangano zezemvelo ezikhishwe ngo-2007 zokuvimbela i-chlorpyrifos, isibulala-zinambuzane esingabangela ikhanda, isicanucanu, isiyezi kanye nokuquleka ezimweni ezimbi kakhulu. I-EPA ithe, kuleso sitatimende, isibulala-zinambuzane "sibalulekile kwezolimo zase-US."
Kodwa-ke, le nhlangano yayihlongoze ngaphambilini, ngo-Okthoba 2015, ukuthi ihoxise imingcele yensalela yokudla esibulala-zinambuzane. Ukuhlaziywa kwe-EPA kaNovemba 2016 yaqinisekisa ukuthi isibulala-zinambuzane seqe โizinga lokuphepha elingaphansi kwe-Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act.โ Lokho kuhlaziya kwakwenza kwacaca ukuthi i-chlorpyrifos ilethe ubungozi emanzini okuphuza nakulabo abaphatha lo mkhiqizo owaziwa njengezisebenzi zasepulazini.
Abaphathi bamanje bayaphikisana.
"Kudingeka sinikeze isiqiniseko sokulawula ezinkulungwaneni zamapulazi aseMelika athembele ku-chlorpyrifos, ngenkathi sisavikela impilo yabantu kanye nemvelo," kusho uPruitt esitatimendeni. โNgokuhlehlisa izinyathelo zoMnyango Wezokuphatha zokuvimbela esinye sezibulala-zinambuzane ezisetshenziswa kakhulu emhlabeni, sibuyela ekusebenziseni isayensi enengqondo ekuthatheni izinqumoโkunokuba sibe nemiphumela enqunywe kusengaphambili.โ
Amaqembu akhiphe incwadi yezikhalazo, okuhlanganisa i-Natural Resources Defence Council kanye ne-United Farm Workers, manje bayasibalekela isinqumo se-Pruitt kanye nesinqumo se-ejensi, bebasola ngokudala โukulimala okubi kwe-neurodevelopmental ezinganeni,โ njengoba kushiwo isitatimende sephephandaba by Earthjustice. Izingane zisengozini kakhulu ngenxa yokuthambekela kokudlala ukungcola, ukubeka izandla emlonyeni futhi zidle izithelo nemifino eminingi ngesisindo sazo, ngokweEarthjustice.
"Ukwenqaba kwe-EPA ukuvala lesi sibulala-zinambuzane esiyingozi kuyinto engenangqondo," kusho uPatti Goldman, ummeli ophethe leli cala, ekukhululweni. โI-EPA yephula isibopho sayo esingokomthetho sokuvikela izingane emithini yokubulala izinambuzane engaphephile. Sizobuyela emuva futhi sicela inkantolo ukuthi iyalele i-EPA ukuthi ithathe izinyathelo manje, kunokuthi kweminye iminyaka emihlanu.โ
Lapho amaqembu wasifaka kabusha isicelo ngoSepthemba 2016, izinhlangano ezilwela amalungelo abasebenzi basemapulazini nazo zazwakalisa ukukhathazeka ngomphakathi wakwaLatinx, owakha 76 amaphesenti yabasebenzi basemapulazini.
"Abasebenzi basemapulazini, abampofu kakhulu futhi iningi labo kungabantu abanemibala, bathwele kanzima ngenxa yobuthi obuvela ku-chlorpyrifos," kusho uVirginia Ruiz, umqondisi we-Occupational and Environmental Health e-Farmworker Justice, esitatimendeni esithunyelwe ngaphambilini kwaColorlines. "I-EPA kumele iqhubekele phambili ngokushesha endleleni eya ebulungiswa bezemvelo futhi ivimbele konke ukusetshenziswa kwe-chlorpyrifos."
Ukuvinjelwa kukaPruitt cishe kuzomisa noma yikuphi ukuvinjelwa kwezibulala-zinambuzane kuze kube ngu-2022, lapho i-ejensi igunyazwe ngokusemthethweni ukuthi ihlole kabusha i-chlorpyrifos.
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