Fiye da masana'antun sarrafa sinadarai 200 a duk faɗin ƙasar - ciki har da da yawa a Texas tare da Tekun Fasha - za a buƙaci su rage hayaki mai guba da ka iya haifar da cutar kansa ga mutanen da ke zaune a kusa a ƙarƙashin sabuwar dokar Hukumar Kare Muhalli da aka sanar a ranar Talata.
Wadannan wurare suna amfani da sinadarai masu haɗari don yin robobi, fenti, yadudduka na roba, magungunan kashe qwari da sauran kayayyakin sinadarai.Jerin EPA ya nuna cewa kusan 80, ko 40% daga cikinsu, suna Texas ne, galibi a garuruwan bakin teku kamar Baytown, Channelview, Corpus Christi, Deer Park, La Porte, Pasadena da Port Arthur.
Sabuwar dokar ta mayar da hankali kan iyakance sinadarai guda shida: ethylene oxide, chloroprene, benzene, 1,3-butadiene, ethylene dichloride da vinyl chloride.Dukkanin an san su don ƙara haɗarin ciwon daji da kuma haifar da lalacewa ga masu juyayi, zuciya da jijiyoyin jini da tsarin rigakafi bayan bayyanar dogon lokaci.
A cewar EPA, sabuwar dokar za ta kashe fiye da tan 6,000 na gurbatacciyar iska a duk shekara tare da rage yawan mutanen da ke fama da cutar kansa da kashi 96% a duk fadin kasar.
Sabuwar dokar kuma za ta buƙaci wurare don shigar da na'urorin sa ido na layin shinge waɗanda ke auna yawan adadin wani takamaiman sinadari a layin kadarori na rukunin masana'antu.
Za mu iya samar da na'urori masu auna iskar gas masu yawa waɗanda za su iya kula da iskar gas iri-iri
Harold Wimmer, shugaban kuma Shugaba na Ƙungiyar Lung ta Amurka, ya ce a cikin wata sanarwa cewa masu sa ido kan iska "za su taimaka wajen kare al'ummomin da ke kusa ta hanyar ba su cikakkun bayanai game da ingancin iskar da suke shaka."
Bincike ya nuna cewa al'ummomi masu launi sun fi fuskantar gurɓacewar masana'antar sarrafa sinadarai.
Cynthia Palmer, wata babbar manazarci kan sinadaran petrochemicals tare da ƙungiyoyin sa-kai na Moms Clean Air Force, ta ce a cikin wata rubutacciyar sanarwa cewa sabuwar ƙa'idar ta kasance ta sirri a gare ni.Abokina mafi girma ya girma kusa da tara na masana'antun kemikal a Texas waɗanda za a rufe su a cikin wannan sabon tsarin doka.Ta mutu ne sakamakon ciwon daji lokacin da ’ya’yanta suke makarantar sakandare.”
Palmer ya ce sabuwar dokar wani muhimmin ci gaba ne ga adalcin muhalli.
Sanarwar ta ranar Talata ta zo ne wata guda bayan EPA ta amince da wata doka don rage fitar da sinadarin ethylene oxide daga wuraren da ba za a iya haifuwa na kasuwanci ba.A Laredo, mazauna yankin sun ce irin waɗannan tsire-tsire sun ba da gudummawa ga hauhawar cutar kansa a cikin birnin.
Hector Rivero, shugaban kuma babban jami'in Majalisar Chemistry na Texas, ya fada a cikin imel cewa sabuwar dokar EPA za ta yi babban tasiri wajen kera Ethylene oxide, wanda ya ce yana da mahimmanci ga kayayyaki kamar motoci masu amfani da wutar lantarki da na'urorin kwamfuta, da dai sauransu. sterilizing likita kayayyakin.
Rivero ya ce majalisar, wacce ke wakiltar wurare sama da 200 a masana'antar kera sinadarai, za ta bi sabbin ka'idoji, amma ya yi imanin yadda EPA ta tantance hadarin lafiyar lafiyar Ethylene oxide a kimiyance.
Rivero ya ce "Dogaran EPA akan bayanan fitar da hayaki da suka wuce ya haifar da doka ta ƙarshe dangane da haɗarin haɗari da fa'idodin hasashe," in ji Rivero.
Sabuwar dokar ta fara aiki ne jim kadan bayan buga shi a cikin Register na Tarayya.Babban raguwar haɗarin ciwon daji zai zo ne daga rage fitar da ethylene oxide da chloroprene.Dole ne kayan aiki su cika buƙatun don rage ethylene oxide a cikin shekaru biyu bayan dokar ta zama mai tasiri kuma dole ne su cika buƙatun chloroprene a cikin kwanaki 90 bayan kwanan wata mai tasiri.
Victoria Cann, mai magana da yawun hukumar kula da muhalli ta jihar Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, a cikin wata sanarwa da ta fitar, ta ce hukumar za ta gudanar da bincike don tantance cika ka'idojin sabuwar dokar a matsayin wani bangare na bin ka'idojinta da aiwatar da tsarin.
Dokar ta yi niyya ga kayan aiki a wuraren masana'antar sinadarai waɗanda ke fitar da gurɓataccen iska kamar tsarin musayar zafi (na'urori masu zafi ko sanyaya ruwa), da kuma matakai kamar hurawa da walƙiya waɗanda ke sakin iskar gas a cikin iska.
Flaring yakan faru yayin farawa, rufewa da rashin aiki.A Texas, kamfanoni sun ba da rahoton fitar da fam miliyan 1 na gurbacewar iska a lokacin sanyin Janairu.Masu fafutukar kare muhalli sun kira waɗancan abubuwan da suka faru a cikin matsuguni a cikin aiwatar da muhalli wanda ke ba da damar wurare don gurɓata ba tare da hukunci ko tara ba a ƙarƙashin wasu yanayi kamar lokacin matsanancin yanayi ko bala'o'in sinadarai.
Dokar tana buƙatar wurare don yin ƙarin rahoton yarda da kimanta aiki bayan irin waɗannan abubuwan.
Lokacin aikawa: Afrilu-11-2024