Wota nyati sia le nuwɔwɔ aduadu kple Center for Public Integrity, si nye nyadzɔdzɔdɔwɔƒe si mekpɔa viɖe aɖeke tso eme o si tsɔ eɖokui na be yeawɔ numekuku tso tasɔsɔmasɔ ŋu.
Le tsi. ɖoɖo. gasɔ̃. Kevin Hartley, Drew Wynn kple Joshua Atkins nɔ dɔ wɔm le ɣleti 10 me tso wo nɔewo gbɔ esime woku, gake wonɔ dɔ wɔm tso eŋu. Nuawo to vovo, gake susu si ta woƒe agbenɔƒe nɔa kpuie la sɔ: atike siwo le amadedeɖemɔ̃wo kple nu bubu siwo wodzrana le fiasewo me. le dukɔa me godoo.
Le nuxaxa kple vɔvɔ̃ ta la, woƒe ƒomewo ka atam be yewoawɔ nusianu si yewoate ŋui atsɔ axe mɔ na methylene chloride be wòagawu ame bubu o.
Gake le United States la, atikewɔƒe ʋɛ aɖewo koe dzɔgbevɔ̃e ma tɔgbe le dɔwɔlawo kple nuƒlelawo takpɔkpɔ si mebɔbɔ o ta. Eyata methylene chloride va zu nusi wua ame ɖe wo nɔewo yome, togbɔ be woxlɔ̃ nu wo tso afɔku siwo le eƒe yaƒoƒo me ŋu hafi wodzi Hartley, Wayne kple Atkins gɔ̃ hã. Wowu ame gbogbo aɖewo, ne menye esiwo wu nenema o la, le ƒe bla nane siwo va yi nyitsɔ laa me dɔwɔƒe aɖeke ƒe nudede eme manɔmee.
Esi Dukɔa ƒe Nuteƒewɔwɔ Ŋuti Dɔwɔƒe wɔ numekuku eye dedienɔnɔ taʋlilawo bia tso wo gbɔ vɔ la, United States ƒe Nutome Takpɔha do susua ɖa mlɔeba be woaxe mɔ ɖe atike sia zazã le amadedeɖemɔ̃wo me nu wòakeke ta.
January 2017 mee, si nye Obama dziɖuɖua ƒe ŋkeke mamlɛawo. Hartley ku le ƒe ma ƒe April me, Wynn ku le ƒe ma ƒe October me, eye Atkins ku le ƒe si kplɔe ɖo ƒe February me, le ɣeyiɣi si me Trump dziɖuɖua tsɔ dzo ɖe sededewo ɖeɖeɖa ŋu eye wòdi be yeaɖe sededewo ɖa tsɔ wu be yeatsɔe akpe ɖe eŋu—vevietɔ EPA ƒe nɔnɔme. Methylene chloride ƒe aɖaŋuɖoɖoa meyi afi aɖeke o.
Gake le Atkins ƒe ku megbe ɣleti 13 la, Trump ƒe Nutome Takpɔha, le nyaƒoɖeamenu ta, tso nya me be yewoadzudzɔ amadedeɖemɔ̃ siwo me methylene chloride le dzadzra le asitsaƒewo. Le April me la, Biden ƒe Nutome Takpɔha do se aɖe ɖa si axe mɔ ɖe atike sia nu le nuzazãwo katã kple dɔwɔƒe akpa gãtɔ me.
Ðɔkta Robert Harrison, si nye dɔdamɔnufialagã le dɔwɔnyawo kple nutomeŋutinunya me le California Yunivɛsiti, San Francisco, gblɔ be: “Ƒã hafi míewɔa esia le United States.” “Ƒome siawoe nye nye kalẽtɔwo.”
Alesi woɖu kuxiawo dzi be woakpɔ emetsonu siawo kple nusiwo woakafu ne èle mɔ sesẽ ma tɔgbe dzi dzem, eɖanye nɔnɔmea ku ɖe nusiwo me afɔku le, dɔwɔƒe si mele dedie o, ɖiƒoƒo alo abi bubuwo ŋu o.
Brian Wynn, amesi nɔviaŋutsu Drew si xɔ ƒe 31 ƒle methylene chloride tsɔ dzra eƒe kɔfidzraƒe si wotsɔa aha fafɛ wɔe le South Carolina kple fridzi si woate ŋu azɔ ayi eme ɖo la gblɔ be: “Google nusianu dzi.” “Kple asiɖoɖo amewo gbɔ.”
Aleae wòke ɖe Public Integrity Inquiry, si wota ƒe eve do ŋgɔ na nɔviaŋutsu ƒe ku ŋu, si do ka kple eŋutinunyalawo eye wòsrɔ̃ nusianu tso afisi wòate ŋu aƒle atike la tsoe va ɖo nusita wòsesẽ be woakpɔ ame siwo ku la gbɔ. (Methylene chloride ƒe dzudzɔ wua ame ne woƒo ƒu ɖe teƒe siwo wotu, eye ate ŋu ahe dzidɔ si adze abe dzɔdzɔmeku ene vɛ ne ame aɖeke mewɔ aɖiŋutinunya dodokpɔ o.)
Aɖaŋuɖoɖo tso Wendy Hartley, Kevin dada gbɔ: “Asukudede” ye nye nya vevitɔ si wozãna le didia me. Ðewohĩ numekuku gbogbo aɖewo anɔ lalawòm le afima. Eŋlɔ ɖe e-mail me be: “Esia akpe ɖe ame ŋu be woaɖe nukpɔsusuwo ɖa tso nyateƒenyawo gbɔ.”
Lauren Atkins, si nye Joshua si xɔ ƒe 31, si ku esime wònɔ BMX kekefɔkpa ƒe fɔkpa trɔm la dada ƒo nu kple UCSF ƒe Harrison zi geɖe. Le February 2018 me la, ekpɔ viaŋutsu wòku le anyigba eye amadedeɖemɔ̃ lita ɖeka mlɔ egbɔ.
Harrison ƒe sidzedze le methylene chloride ŋu kpe ɖe eŋu wòɖe viaŋutsua ƒe aɖiŋutinunya kple ame kuku ŋuti nyatakakawo gɔme be nusi gbɔ wòtso be wòku. Eme kɔ alea naa gɔmeɖoanyi sesẽ aɖe nɔa anyi na afɔɖeɖe.
Zi geɖe la, atikewo zazã ate ŋu agblẽ nu le amewo ƒe lãmesẽ ŋu ɣeyiɣi didi si ɖewohĩ womadze ƒã o ƒe geɖe. Ðiƒoƒo ate ŋu anye ŋutinya ma tɔgbe. Gake ne èdi be dziɖuɖuwo naɖe afɔ atsɔ akpɔ nuveviwɔame mawo gbɔ la, ke numekuku siwo wowɔ le sukuwo me gakpɔtɔ nye gɔmedzedze nyui aɖe kokoko.
Nu vevi aɖe si gbɔ woƒe dzidzedzekpɔkpɔ tsoe nye kadodo si le ƒomea kple ƒuƒoƒo siwo le dɔ wɔm tso atikewo ƒe dedienɔnɔ ŋuti nyawo ŋu xoxo kpakple wo nɔewo dome.
Le kpɔɖeŋu me, Lauren Atkins ke ɖe Change.org ƒe agbalẽ aɖe si ku ɖe methylene chloride ƒe atikewo ŋu tso ƒuƒoƒo si ʋlia nya si nye Safe Chemicals for Healthy Families (si nye Toxic Free Future fifia) te eye wòde asi agbalẽa te tsɔ ɖo ŋku viaŋutsu si bu nyitsɔ laa dzi. Brian Wayne do eƒe asi ɖa kaba.
Asrafoha sesẽwo wɔ ɖeka be woakpɔ viɖe siwo le wo ŋu adze sii bliboe. Ne EPA mewɔ afɔɖeɖe aɖeke o la, mahiã be ƒome siawo nadze egɔme tso gɔmedzedzea me to zitɔtɔ nudzralawo dzi be woaɖe nusiwo wodzrana le woƒe agbalẽdzraɖoƒewo ɖa o: Atike Siwo Le Dedie Wu Ƒome Siwo Le Lãmesẽtɔ Me dze eƒe “Mind the Stores” dɔa gɔme le yɔyɔ sia ƒomevi ŋuɖoɖo me.
Mehiã be woawo ŋutɔ nabu dɔwɔƒea ƒe sewo alo alesi wowɔa dɔ ememetɔ le amewo ƒe nyawo gbɔ kpɔkpɔ le Capitol Hill ŋu o. Atike Siwo Le Dedie Wu, Ƒome Siwo Le Lãmesẽ Me, kple Nutome Takpɔha bi ɖe go sia me.
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Brian Wynn gblɔ be: “Ne ète ŋu ƒo ƒuƒoƒo aɖe nu ƒu abe esia ene la ... ŋusẽ sẽŋu ŋutɔŋutɔ le asiwò,” eye wòfia asi Dzɔdzɔmenuwo Takpɔha be enye ƒuƒoƒo bubu si le nyaa yome tim veviedodotɔe.
Menye amesiame si tsɔ ɖe le avuwɔwɔ sia me lae ate ŋu awɔ akpa aɖe le dutoƒo le eme o. Le kpɔɖeŋu me, ʋuʋula siwo si ɖoƒe si le se nu tegbee mele o la dzea ŋgɔ afɔku geɖe wu le dɔwɔƒe ƒe afɔkuwo me, eye ɖoƒe ƒe anyimanɔmanɔ ate ŋu ana wòasesẽ na wo be woaƒo nu alo manya wɔ o.
Ne ƒome siawo ƒe susu katã le EPA ŋu la, ɖewohĩ dɔwɔƒea mawɔ naneke o, vevietɔ le Trump dziɖuɖua ƒe megbedede le sededewo ŋu ta.
Wole nyaƒoɖeamenu hem va nudzralawo dzi to “woƒe fiasewo dzi kpɔkpɔ” me be woagadzra amadedeɖemɔ̃ siwo me methylene chloride le atsɔ aɖe amewo ƒe agbe o. Nyabiasewo kple tsitretsiɖeŋunyawo wɔ dɔ. Dɔwɔƒe siwo dome Home Depot kple Walmart hã le lɔ̃ be yewoadzudzɔ.
Wole biabiam tso Sewɔtakpekpea me tɔwo si be woawɔ afɔɖeɖe to Atike Siwo Le Dedie Wu, Ƒome Siwo Le Lãmesẽ Me kple Nutome Gakpɔ dzi. Woɖo ta Washington kple ƒomea ƒe fotowo ɖe asi. Woƒo nu kple nyadzɔdzɔŋlɔlawo eye woxɔ nyadzɔdzɔ siwo gade dzo masɔmasɔa me ɖe edzi.
South Carolina ƒe sewɔtakpekpe me tɔwo kple sewɔtakpekpe me tɔ aɖe ŋlɔ lɛta na Nutome Takpɔha ƒe Dɔdzikpɔla ɣemaɣi, Scott Pruitt. Sewɔtakpekpe me tɔ bubu aɖe tsitretsiɖeŋunyawo ɖe Pruitt ŋu le April 2018 ƒe nyadɔdrɔ̃ aɖe me. Brian Wynn xɔe se be esiawo katã kpe ɖe ƒomea ŋu wowɔ ɖoɖo ɖe kpekpe kple Pruitt ŋu le May 2018 me.
Brian Wayne gblɔ be: “Ewɔ nuku na dedienɔnɔdzikpɔla la elabena ame aɖeke meva egbɔ o. “Ele abe Oz-nyigba gã si ŋu ŋusẽ le la do goe ene ŋutɔ.”
Le mɔa dzi la, ƒomea tsɔ nya ɖe wo ŋu le ʋɔnu. Wozã hadomenyatakakadzraɖoƒewo tsɔ xlɔ̃ nu amewo be woagatsɔ wo ɖokui ade afɔku me o. Lauren Atkins yi xɔtunudzraƒewo be ye ŋutɔ yeakpɔe ɖa be wole methylene chloride ƒe atikewo ɖem le woƒe agbalẽdzraɖoƒewo ŋutɔŋutɔ abe alesi wogblɔnɛ ene hã. (Ɣeaɖewoɣi la, ẽ, ɣeaɖewoɣi la, ao.)
Ne esia katã dze abe ɖe wòtea ɖeɖi ame ŋu ene la, ke mèda ƒu o. Gake ƒomeawo xɔe se be nusi adzɔ ne ɖe womede nu nyaa me o la me kɔ.
Lauren Atkins gblɔ be: “Womawɔ naneke o, abe ɖe womewɔe kpɔ o ene.”
Aʋadziɖuɖu suesuesuewo dzina ɖe edzi. Nu ɖeka kplɔ bubu vɛ elabena ƒomea mena ta o. Zi geɖe la, nukpɔsusu si anɔ anyi ɣeyiɣi didi hiãna: Dukɔa ƒe sededewo nɔa blewu le dzɔdzɔme nu.
Ate ŋu axɔ ƒe geɖe alo esi wu nenema hafi dɔwɔƒe aɖe nawu numekuku si hiã be woatsɔ ado se aɖe ɖa la nu. Ele be aɖaŋuɖoɖoa naɖu mɔxenuwo dzi hafi woawu enu. Gake woate ŋu awɔ mɔxeɖenu alo nudidi yeye ɖesiaɖe vivivi le ɣeyiɣi aɖe megbe.
Nusi na ƒomewo xɔ mɔxexeɖedɔa ƒe akpa aɖe tso EPA gbɔ kaba vie enye be dɔwɔƒea tsɔ aɖaŋuɖoɖoa do ŋgɔ hafi tɔ te edzi ŋutɔŋutɔ. Gake ƒe eve kple afã le Kevin Hartley ƒe ku megbe hafi Nutome Takpɔha ƒe mɔxexeɖedɔa dze dɔwɔwɔ gɔme. Eye womeƒoa nu tso nusiwo wozãna le dɔwɔƒe, abe tsileƒe ƒe nutatadɔ si Kevin si xɔ ƒe 21 wɔna le dɔwɔƒe ene ŋu o.
Gake le dɔwɔƒe aɖe me la, nyametsotso vovovowo ate ŋu anɔ anyi si dɔdzikpɔla vovovowo awɔ. EPA ƒe aɖaŋuɖoɖo yeyetɔ si wole mɔ kpɔm be woada asi ɖe edzi le August 2024 me la axe mɔ ɖe methylene chloride zazã le dɔwɔƒewo nu le dɔ akpa gãtɔ me, si me tsileƒe ƒe atsyɔ̃ɖoɖo hã le.
Lauren Atkins gblɔ be: “Ele be nàgbɔ dzi ɖi. Ele be nàdo dzi.” “Ne eɖo ame aɖe ƒe agbe dzi, vevietɔ ne eɖo viwòwo dzi la, èkpɔnɛ. Enumake”.
Tɔtrɔwo wɔwɔ sesẽna. Ate ŋu asesẽ wu be nàhe tɔtrɔ vɛ elabena nuvevi wɔ wò alo ame aɖe si nèlɔ̃, togbɔ be ate ŋu ana akɔfafa si nu bubu aɖeke mate ŋui o hã.
Lauren Atkins xlɔ̃ nu be: “Mibla mia ɖokui, elabena esia ava nye seselelãme ƒe afɔku.” “Amewo bianam ɣesiaɣi, togbɔ be seselelãme kple nu sesẽ hã la, nukatae meyia edzi le esia wɔm? Nye ŋuɖoɖoe nye ɣesiaɣi eye anɔ nenema ɣesiaɣi be: “Eyata mehiã be nànɔ anyi o.” nye teƒe.Eya ta megahiã be nànɔ gbɔnye azɔ o.
Egblɔ be: “Aleke nèwɔa dɔe ne èbu wò ŋutɔ wò afã? Ɣeaɖewoɣi la, mesusuna be eƒe dzi dzudzɔ ƒoƒo eye nye dzi hã dzudzɔ ƒoƒo gbemagbe ke.” "Gake esi nyemedi be ame bubuwo nato nusia me o eye nyemedi be nusi Joshua bu nabu ame bubuwo o ta la, emae nye nye taɖodzinu. Mele klalo be mawɔ nusianu si hiã."
Brian Wynne hã ƒe susu sɔ kple esia eye wòkafu nuteɖeamedzi dzi ɖeɖe kpɔtɔ ƒe nuwɔna aɖewo be woakpe ɖe ŋuwò nàwu duɖimekeke nu. Kamedefefewɔƒea nye etɔ. Egblɔ be: “Ele be nàdi mɔ aɖe si dzi nàto aɖe wò seselelãmewo ɖa.”
Wendy Hartley kpɔe be dɔwɔwɔ le dɔyɔyɔ le eɖokui si – to ƒome bubuwo ƒe kpekpeɖeŋu kple emetsonu siwo wokpɔna ɖekae me.
Esi viaŋutsu nye ŋutinu nana ta la, ekpɔ ŋusẽ ɖe ame bubuwo ƒe agbenɔnɔ dzi tẽ. Edea dzi ƒo ŋutɔ be woakpɔ eƒe domenyinu la keke ta yi ŋgɔe va ɖo fiasewo ƒe agbalẽdzraɖoƒewo kple dziɖuɖu ƒe akpatawo me.
Eŋlɔ bena: “Kevin xɔ ame geɖe wu ɖe agbe, eye ayi edzi aɖe amewo ƒe agbe le ƒe siwo gbɔna me.”
Ne èle tɔtrɔ dim la, ele bɔbɔe be nàsusu be ame siwo ʋlia amewo ta siwo zãa ga tsɔ léa nɔnɔme si li fifia me ɖe asi la aɖu dzi ɣesiaɣi. Gake wò agbemenuteƒekpɔkpɔ tsɔa kpekpeme si womate ŋu aƒle o.
“Ne ènya alesi nàgblɔ wò ŋutinya, eye wònye wò agbe ƒe akpa aɖe la, ekema àte ŋu awɔe — eye ne àte ŋu agblɔ ŋutinya ma la, dzɔgbenyuie na wò, ame siwo ʋlia ame ta,” Brian Wayne gblɔ. “Míeva kple dzodzro kple lɔlɔ̃ si ɖeke mesɔ kplii o.”
Aɖaŋuɖoɖo tso Wendy Hartley gbɔ: “Mègavɔ̃ be yeaɖe yeƒe seselelãmewo afia o.” Ƒo nu tso ŋusẽ si seselelãme siawo kpɔna ɖe mia kple wò ƒomea dzi ŋu. “Fia ame ŋutɔ ƒe ŋusẽkpɔɖeamedzi to fotowo dzi.”
Lauren Atkins gblɔ be: “Ƒe ade enye sia la, ne ɖe ame aɖe gblɔ be, ‘Ne èdo ɣli sesĩe ale gbegbe la, anye ne dziɖuɖua asee.’ anye ne meko nu.” "Bu eŋu kpɔ? Gbe ɖeka ate ŋu ana tɔtrɔ nava. Mesusu be ema nye vinyea ƒe domenyinu ƒe akpa aɖe."
Jamie Smith Hopkins nye nyadzɔdzɔŋlɔla na Center for Public Integrity, si nye nyadzɔdzɔdɔwɔƒe si mekpɔa viɖe aɖeke tso eme o si dzroa tasɔsɔmasɔ me.