Umushinga wo gucukura Luisier yatangiye gucukura iriba ryimbitse ahitwa Andrea Maxwell ahitwa Peshtigo ku ya 1 Ukuboza 2022. Tyco Fire Products itanga serivisi zo gucukura kubuntu kubafite amazu nkigisubizo gishoboka cyo kwanduza PFAS kumitungo yabo. Abandi baturage bafite amakenga kandi bahitamo ubundi buryo bwo kunywa amazi meza. Ifoto tuyikesha Igenzura rya Tyco / Johnson
Iriba ry'urugo rwe muri Peshtigo riri iruhande rw'ishuri rishinzwe kurwanya inkongi y'umuriro ya Marinette, aho imiti yari isanzwe ikoreshwa mu ifuro yo kuzimya umuriro yinjiye mu mazi y'ubutaka igihe. Tyco Fire Products, ifite iki kigo, yagerageje amariba agera kuri 170 muri kariya gace ka PFAS (izwi kandi nka "imiti ihoraho").
Abashinzwe kugenzura inzobere n’inzobere mu buzima bagaragaje impungenge z’imiti ibihumbi n’ibinyabuzima kuko bifitanye isano n’ibibazo bikomeye by’ubuzima, birimo impyiko na kanseri y’inda, indwara ya tiroyide, n’ibibazo by’uburumbuke. PFAS cyangwa perfluoroalkyl na polyfluoroalkyl ntabwo biodegrade neza mubidukikije.
Muri 2017, Tyco yagejeje ku nshuro ya mbere urwego rwa PFAS mu mazi yo mu butaka. Umwaka ukurikira, abaturage bareze iyi sosiyete kuba yaranduye amazi yo kunywa, maze mu mwaka wa 2021. miliyoni 17.5 z’amadolari y’Amerika zishyurwa. Mu myaka itanu ishize, Tyco yahaye abaturage amazi y’amacupa ndetse n’uburyo bwo kweza amazu.
Ikirere cyerekanwe na rwiyemezamirimo ucukura iriba ryimbitse ahitwa Andrea Maxwell ahitwa Peshtigo ku ya 1 Ukuboza 2022. Tyco Fire Products itanga serivisi zo gucukura kubuntu kubafite amazu nkigisubizo gishobora kwanduza PFAS kumitungo yabo Abandi batuye umujyi barabishidikanyaho. hitamo kandi uhitemo ubundi buryo bwiza bwo gukoresha amazi yo kunywa. Ifoto tuyikesha Tyco / Johnson Igenzura
Abashinzwe ibidukikije bavuga ko rimwe na rimwe, ariko atari byose, amariba maremare ashobora gukemura ikibazo cyo kwanduza PFAS. Iyi miti irashobora no kwinjira mu mazi maremare, kandi ntabwo isoko y’amazi yimbitse ishobora gutanga amazi meza kandi arambye y’amazi yo kunywa atavuwe neza. Ariko nkuko abaturage benshi bavumbuye ko urugero rwa PFAS mumazi yo kunywa rushobora kutagira umutekano, bamwe barimo kureba niba amariba maremare ashobora kuba igisubizo. Mu majyepfo y’iburengerazuba bwa Wisconsin umujyi wa Campbell muri Ile de France, ibizamini byakozwe mu 2020 byerekanye urugero rwa PFAS mu mariba yigenga. Ubu umujyi uzacukura neza ikizamini mu mazi maremare yo muri ako karere kugira ngo harebwe niba gishobora kuba isoko y’amazi meza.
Mu majyaruguru y'uburasirazuba bwa Wisconsin, Tyco ihura n'imanza nyinshi zijyanye no kwanduza PFAS. Mu ntangiriro z'uyu mwaka, Ishami ry’Ubutabera rya Wisconsin ryareze Johnson Controls n’ishami ryayo Tyco kubera ko rimaze imyaka myinshi ridatanga raporo ku rwego rwo hejuru rwa PFAS mu mazi y’ubutaka bwa leta. Abayobozi b'ikigo bavuze ko bizera ko umwanda ugarukira ku kibanza cya Tyco, mu gihe abanenga bavuga ko abantu bose bazi neza amazi yo mu butaka.
“Hari ikintu gishobora gukorwa vuba? Ntubizi. Birashoboka. ”Maxwell yagize ati. Ati: “Umwanda uzakomeza kubaho? Yego. Bizahora bihari kandi barimo gukora ibishoboka byose kugira ngo babisukure ubu. ”
Ntabwo buri muturage wibasiwe n’umwanda wa PFAS yemeranya na Maxwell. Abantu bagera kuri 20 bashyize umukono ku cyifuzo gisaba abaturage bo mu cyaro cyo mu majyaruguru y’amajyaruguru ya Wisconsin kwifatanya na Marinette hafi y’amazi yo muri uyu mujyi. Abandi bahitamo kugura amazi mumujyi wa Peshtigo cyangwa kubaka umujyi wabo bwite wamazi.
Abayobozi ba Tyco n’umujyi bamaze imyaka myinshi baganira ku mahitamo, kandi impande zombi zivuga ko kugeza ubu ibiganiro bitarashoboye kumvikana ku gisubizo gihoraho ku kibazo cy’amazi.
Muri uku kugwa, Tyco yatangiye gutanga amasezerano yimbitse kubafite amazu kugirango bamenye inyungu zabo. Isosiyete yavuze ko kimwe cya kabiri cy'abayahawe, cyangwa abaturage 45, basinye ku masezerano. Muri ayo masezerano, Tyco izacukura amariba mu mazi maremare kandi ishyireho uburyo bwo guturamo kugira ngo yoroshe amazi kandi itunganyirize radiyo nyinshi n’ibindi bihumanya biboneka mu mazi y’ubutaka. Ibizamini neza muri kariya gace byerekanye urugero rwa radium inshuro zigera kuri eshatu kugeza kuri esheshatu ugereranije n’ibipimo by’amazi yo muri leta na leta.
Umuyobozi ushinzwe iterambere rirambye muri Johnson Controls, Cathy McGinty yagize ati: "Ni ihuriro ry'ikoranabuhanga rikuraho ibyo bintu bisanzwe mu gihe bigumana ubwiza n'uburyohe bw'amazi."
Ikirere cyo mu kirere cya Tyco Fire Training Center muri Marinette. DNR yavuze ko bafite amakuru yerekana ko amazi y’amazi arimo PFAS yavuye mu bigo byigisha. Iyi miti izwiho kwirundanyiriza mu binyabuzima bikomoka ku bimera bitunganya imyanda, hanyuma bigabanywa mu mirima y’ubuhinzi. Ifoto tuyikesha Johnson Igenzura Mpuzamahanga
McGuinty yavuze ko kwipimisha byagaragaje ko nta PFAS iri mu mazi maremare, nayo akoreshwa n’abaturage baturanye nk’isoko y’amazi yo kunywa hanze y’ahantu handuye hafi y’ishuri ry’umuriro. Icyakora, nk'uko Ishami rya Wisconsin rishinzwe Umutungo Kamere ribivuga, amariba amwe n'amwe yo muri ako gace arimo urugero ruto rwa PFAS. Ikigo cyagaragaje kandi impungenge z'uko PFAS ishobora kwinjira mu mazi maremare.
Ku baturage barebwa na PFAS, DNR imaze kumenya ko gutanga amazi ya komine aribwo buryo bwiza bwo kunywa amazi meza. Icyakora, Kyle Burton, umuyobozi wa DNR ushinzwe ibikorwa byo mu murima, yavuze ko iki kigo cyabonye ko abaturage bamwe bakunda amariba maremare, ashobora kuba igisubizo kirekire. Yavuze ko Tyco na Johnson Igenzura bigabanya ibyago byo kwanduzanya muri ibi bishushanyo byiza.
Burton yagize ati: "Turabizi ko (Johnson Igenzura) yakoze umwete mu gihe cyo gutegura amariba batekerezaga ko ari yo, kandi twifuzaga kuba dushobora gutanga amazi adafite PFAS". Ati: "Ariko ntituzabimenya kugeza igihe tuzagerageza ayo mariba muri ako gace mu gihe runaka kugira ngo tumenye ko nta kwanduza kwanduye."
Amazi yo hepfo ararinzwe muri rusange, ariko Burton yavuze ko hashobora kubaho ibice mu turere tumwe na tumwe dushobora guhungabanya umwanda. Igenzura rya Tyco na Johnson rizakora buri gihembwe ibizamini byimbitse kuri PFAS nibindi byanduza kugirango isuzume imikorere ya sisitemu yisuku mumwaka wambere wubushakashatsi. Uhagarariye DNR arashobora noneho gusuzuma ko bikenewe gukurikiranwa kenshi.
Isoko yo hepfo y'amazi irashobora kuba Mutagatifu Pete Sandstone cyangwa amazi yo mukarere munsi yepfo ya bibiri bya gatatu bya leta. Ubushakashatsi bwakozwe mu mwaka wa 2020 bwerekanye ko urugero rwa radium mu gutanga amazi rusange akomoka ku mazi rwiyongereye mu myaka 20 ishize. Abashakashatsi bavuze ko amazi yimbitse yo mu butaka ahura n’ibitare igihe kirekire bityo akaba afite urugero rwinshi rwa radium. Bavuze kandi ko byari byiza gutekereza ko ibintu bigenda byiyongera kuko amariba ya komine yacukuwe cyane kugira ngo atanduza amazi y’ubutaka n’imyanda ihumanya.
Imyunyungugu ya radiyo yazamutse cyane mu burasirazuba bwa leta, ariko urwego rwazamutse mu burengerazuba no hagati ya Wisconsin. Mugihe kwibandaho kwiyongera, abaturage cyangwa banyiri amazu bifuza gukoresha amazi nkisoko y’amazi yo kunywa barashobora guhatirwa gufata ubundi buryo bwo kuvura, bushobora kuba buhenze cyane.
Mu mujyi wa Peshtigo, Johnson Controls ashimangira ko amazi yujuje ubuziranenge bw’amazi ya Leta, harimo na leta ya PFAS iherutse kwemeza. Bavuze kandi ko bazubahiriza amahame ayo ari yo yose aturuka muri DNR cyangwa muri EPA, yaba ari make cyane kandi arengera ubuzima rusange.
Kumyaka 20, Tyco na Johnson Controls barateganya gukorera aya mariba. Noneho bireba nyirinzu. Bazishyura igisubizo kimwe cyamazi kuri buri muturage isosiyete ibona ko yagize ingaruka.
Kubera ko abaturage benshi bemeye icyifuzo cya Tyco cyo gucukura umwobo muremure, nta bwumvikane ko iki ari igisubizo cyiza. Kubaturage bahanganye n’umwanda wa PFAS, impaka hagati yabaturage zigaragaza ikibazo cyikibazo ndetse ningorabahizi yo kugera kubisubizo byemewe muri rusange.
Ku wa gatanu, Jennifer yakwirakwije icyifuzo cyo gukusanya inkunga yo guhindura abaturage bo ku nkombe z’amazi muri Marinette kugira ngo amazi agere muri uyu mujyi. Yizera gukusanya imikono ihagije yo gushyikiriza Njyanama y'Umujyi wa Marinette mu mpera za Werurwe, kandi Tyco yishyuye umujyanama kugira ngo amugire inama ku bijyanye no guhuza. Niba kwibumbira hamwe bibaye, isosiyete yavuze ko izishyura amazi kandi ikishyura ba nyir'inzu icyarimwe imisoro yiyongereye cyangwa igipimo cy’amazi kijyanye no guhitamo.
Jeff Lamont afite isoko yo kunywa iwe i Peshtego, muri Wisconsin kubera PFAS yanduye amazi ya robine. Angela Major / WPR
Ku wa gatanu yagize ati: "Ntekereza ko byakozwe." Ati: “Ntugomba na rimwe guhangayikishwa no kwanduza, guhora ukurikiranwa, ukeneye gukoresha sisitemu yo gukora isuku n'ibindi byose.”
Nibyiza vendredi yari mumyanda ihumanya kandi ibizamini byerekanaga urwego ruke rwa PFAS. Yabonye amazi yuzuye icupa muri Tyco, ariko umuryango we uracyakoresha amazi meza muguteka no kwiyuhagira.
Umuyobozi w’Umujyi wa Peshtigo, Cindy Boyle, yavuze ko inama y'ubutegetsi irimo gusuzuma ubundi buryo DNR yifuza bwo kubona amazi meza binyuze mu bigo rusange, haba mu baturage babo cyangwa baturanye.
Boyle yagize ati: “Mu kubikora, bitanga ubugenzuzi bukingira binyuze muri komisiyo ishinzwe abakozi ba Leta kugira ngo abaturage banywa amazi meza.”
Yavuze ko muri iki gihe umujyi wa Marinette udashaka gutanga amazi utiriwe uhuza abaturage. Boyle yongeyeho ko kwigarurira abaturage bamwe byagabanya umusoro w’umujyi, avuga ko abaguma muri uyu mujyi bazishyura amafaranga menshi ya serivisi. Bamwe mu baturage bo mu mijyi na bo barwanyaga umugereka kubera imisoro ihanitse, amazi menshi, hamwe no kubuza guhiga cyangwa gutwika ibihuru.
Icyakora, hari impungenge zijyanye nigiciro cyo kubaka umujyi bwite w’amazi. Nibyiza, ibigereranyo byumujyi byerekana ko ibikorwa remezo bishobora gutwara miliyoni zisaga 91 zamadorali yo kubaka, hatabariwemo ibikorwa bikomeje no kubungabungwa.
Ariko Boyle yavuze ko iyi serivisi izafasha abaturage gusa mu bice isosiyete ibona ko yanduye, ariko no mu turere twinshi aho DNR irimo kwanduza PFAS. Johnson Controls na Tyco banze kwipimisha aho, bavuga ko amasosiyete atari yo nyirabayazana yo kwanduza ako karere.
Boyle yemeye ko abaturage bababajwe n'umuvuduko w'iterambere kandi batazi niba amahitamo barimo gushakisha bishoboka ku baturage cyangwa Komisiyo ishinzwe abakozi ba Leta. Abayobozi b'Umujyi bavuga ko badashaka ko abasoreshwa bishyura ikiguzi cyo gutanga amazi meza binyuze muri serivisi.
Boyle yagize ati: "Umwanya dufite uyu munsi niwo wari umeze kuva mbere." Ati: "Turashaka gukora ibishoboka byose kugira ngo buri wese agire amazi meza yo kunywa ku buryo buhoraho ku bw'ababishinzwe."
Ariko abaturage bamwe, harimo na Maxwell, barambiwe gutegereza. Iyi ni imwe mu mpamvu bakunda ibisubizo byimbitse.
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