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ʻauʻau. papa. paikikala. Ua hana ʻo Kevin Hartley, Drew Wynn, lāua ʻo Joshua Atkins i nā hana like ʻole i ko lāua make ʻana ma lalo o 10 mau mahina ke kaʻawale, akā ʻo ke kumu i hoʻopōkole ai i ko lāua ola ua like ia: he kemika i loko o ka mea hoʻomāmā pena a me nā huahana ʻē aʻe i kūʻai ʻia ma nā hale kūʻai ma ka ʻāina holoʻokoʻa.
I loko o ko lākou kaumaha a me ka makaʻu, ua hoʻohiki ka ʻohana e hana i nā mea āpau i ko lākou mana e pale aku i ka methylene chloride mai ka pepehi hou ʻana.
Akā ma ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa, me kona mōʻaukala ʻole o ka palekana o ka poʻe hana a me ka mea kūʻai aku, he kakaikahi wale nō nā kemika i loaʻa i kēlā hopena. Penei i lilo ai ka methylene chloride i mea pepehi kanaka serial, ʻoiai nā ʻōlelo aʻo e pili ana i nā pōʻino o kona uahi ma mua loa o ka hānau ʻana o Hartley, Wynn, a me Atkins. He mau kakini, inā ʻaʻole ʻoi aku, i pepehi ʻia i nā makahiki he ʻumi i hala me ka ʻole o ke komo ʻana o kekahi keʻena.
Ma hope o kahi noiʻi ʻana e ke Center for Public Integrity a me nā noi mai nā mea kākoʻo palekana, ua manaʻo hope ka US Environmental Protection Agency e pāpā nui i kona hoʻohana ʻana i nā mea wehe pena.
ʻO Ianuali 2017 ia, nā lā hope loa o ka hoʻokele Obama. Ua make ʻo Hartley i ʻApelila o ia makahiki, ʻo Wynn i ʻOkakopa o ia makahiki, ʻo Atkins i Pepeluali o ka makahiki aʻe i waena o ka haunaele deregulation o ka hoʻokele Trump, a makemake ka hoʻokele Trump e hoʻokuʻu i nā lula, ʻaʻole e hoʻohui iā lākou, ʻoiai hoʻi ma ka Environmental Protection Agency. ʻAʻohe hopena o ka manaʻo methylene chloride.
Eia nō naʻe, 13 mau mahina ma hope o ka make ʻana o Atkins, ua hoʻoholo ka Trump Environmental Protection Agency, ma lalo o ke kaomi, e hoʻōki i ke kūʻai kūʻai liʻiliʻi ʻana o nā mea hoʻomāmā pena i loaʻa ka methylene chloride. I ʻApelila, ua manaʻo ka Environmental Protection Agency a Biden e pāpā i ka kemika mai nā huahana mea kūʻai aku a me ka hapa nui o nā wahi hana.
"ʻAʻole mākou e hana pinepine i kēia ma ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa," wahi a Kauka Robert Harrison, polopeka lapaʻau o ka lāʻau lapaʻau hana a me ke kaiapuni ma ke Kulanui o Kaleponi, Kapalakiko. "ʻO kēia mau ʻohana koʻu mau koa."
Eia ke ʻano o kā lākou lanakila ʻana i nā pilikia e loaʻa ai kēia mau hopena, a me kā lākou ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo inā ʻoe ma ke ala paʻakikī like, inā paha e pili ana ke kūlana i nā huahana weliweli, nā kūlana hana palekana ʻole, ka haumia, a i ʻole nā ​​​​pōʻino ʻē aʻe.
"E ʻimi i nā mea āpau ma Google," wahi a Brian Wynn, nona ke kaikaina 31 makahiki ʻo Drew i kūʻai i kahi huahana dichloromethane e hoʻoponopono hou i kāna hale kūʻai kope pia anu ma South Carolina. "A he hoʻopiʻi i nā kānaka."
Eia ke ʻano o kona aʻo ʻana e pili ana i ka noiʻi lehulehu i paʻi ʻia i ʻelua mau makahiki ma mua o ka make ʻana o kona kaikunāne, e hoʻokaʻaʻike ana i nā loea a e aʻo ana i nā mea āpau mai kahi e kūʻai ai i nā meaʻai a hiki i ke kumu e paʻakikī ai ke ʻimi i kēia mau make. (He mea make nā uahi methylene chloride ke hōʻiliʻili lākou i loko o ka hale, a ʻo ko lākou hiki ke hoʻoulu i nā hōʻeha puʻuwai e like me ka make maoli inā ʻaʻohe mea e hana i nā hoʻokolohua toxicology.)
ʻŌlelo aʻoaʻo mai ka makuahine o Kevin, ʻo Wendy Hartley: ʻO "Academic" ka huaʻōlelo koʻikoʻi i ka ʻimi. Aia paha he waihona noiʻi holoʻokoʻa e kali ana iā ʻoe. "E kōkua kēia i ka hoʻokaʻawale ʻana i ka manaʻo mai ka ʻoiaʻiʻo," i kākau ai ʻo ia ma kahi leka uila.
ʻO Lauren Atkins, ka makuahine o Joshua, 31, i make i ka hoʻāʻo ʻana e hoʻoponopono i ka ʻō mua o kāna paikikala BMX, ua kamaʻilio pinepine ʻo ia me UCSF Harrison. I Pepeluali 2018, ua loaʻa iā ia kāna keiki kāne ua make i loko o kahi pohō ma ka ʻaoʻao o kahi kini lita o ka mea hoʻohemo pena.
Ua kōkua ka ʻike o Harrison i ka methylene chloride iā ia e unuhi i nā hōʻike toxicology a me nā autopsy a kāna keiki i kahi kumu maopopo o ka make. ʻO kēia maopopo he kumu paʻa no ka hana.
I ka manawa pinepine, hoʻopaneʻe ka hoʻopili ʻana i nā kemika i ka pōʻino i nā kānaka, e hana ana i nā hopena olakino e ʻike ʻole ʻia no nā makahiki. Hiki i ka haumia ke lilo i moʻolelo like. Akā, he wahi hoʻomaka maikaʻi nō ka noiʻi hoʻonaʻauao inā makemake ʻoe i nā aupuni e hana i kekahi mea e pili ana i kēia mau pōʻino.
ʻO kahi kumu nui o ko lākou holomua, ʻo ia ka pili ʻana o kēia mau ʻohana i nā hui e hana nei i ka palekana kemika a ua pili pū kekahi i kekahi.
Eia kekahi laʻana, ua loaʻa iā Lauren Atkins kahi palapala noi ma Change.org e pili ana i nā huahana methylene chloride mai ka hui kākoʻo ʻo Safer Chemicals Healthy Families, i kēia manawa he ʻāpana o Toxin-Free Future, a ua kau inoa ʻo ia no ka hoʻohanohano ʻana i kāna keiki kāne i make koke nei. Ua kīkoʻo koke aku ʻo Brian Wynn i kona lima.
Hoʻohana ka hana hui i ko lākou mau ikaika. I ka loaʻa ʻole o ka hana a ka EPA, ʻaʻole pono kēia mau ʻohana e hoʻomaka hou e koi i nā mea kūʻai aku e lawe i nā huahana mai kā lākou mau papa: Ua hoʻomaka ʻo Safer Chemicals Healthy Families i ka hoʻolaha "Think Store" i pane i ia mau kāhea.
ʻAʻole pono lākou e noʻonoʻo i nā hana o loko o ka hoʻokumu lula ʻana o ka ʻoihana a i ʻole ka lobbying ma Capitol Hill iā lākou iho. Loaʻa iā Safer Chemicals Healthy Families a me ka Environmental Defense Fund ka ʻike loea ma kēia wahi.
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"Ke hiki iā ʻoe ke hoʻohui i kahi hui e like me kēia ... loaʻa iā ʻoe ka mana maoli," wahi a Brian Wynn, e ʻōlelo ana i ka ʻAha Hoʻomalu Kumuwaiwai Kūlohelohe, kahi hui ʻē aʻe e hana nei ma ka pilikia.
ʻAʻole hiki i nā kānaka a pau e makemake ana i kēia hakakā ke hana i kahi kuleana lehulehu i loko. No ka laʻana, ʻoi aku ka nui o ka pilikia o nā malihini me ke kūlana kū kānāwai ʻole i nā pōpilikia ma ka wahi hana, a ʻo ka nele o ke kūlana hiki ke paʻakikī a hiki ʻole paha iā lākou ke ʻōlelo.
ʻO ka mea kupanaha, inā e kau ana kēia mau ʻohana i ko lākou manaʻo a pau ma ka Environmental Protection Agency, e hana ʻole paha ka ʻoihana, ʻoiai i ka wā o ka hoʻokele Trump.
Ma o Mind the Store, ke kāhea aku nei lākou i nā mea kūʻai aku e hoʻopakele i nā ola ma o ke kūʻai ʻole ʻana aku i nā mea ʻoki pena i loaʻa ka methylene chloride. Ua holo pono nā palapala noi a me nā kūʻē. Hoʻokahi a hoʻokahi, ua ʻae nā ʻoihana e like me Home Depot lāua ʻo Walmart e hoʻōki.
Ma o Safer Chemicals, Healthy Families a me ka Environmental Defense Fund, ke kāhea aku nei lākou i nā lālā o ka ʻAhaʻōlelo e hana. Ua hele lākou i Wakinekona me kahi kiʻi ʻohana. Ua kamaʻilio lākou me nā mea kākau moʻolelo, a ua hoʻāla hou aku ka uhi ʻana o ka nūhou iā lākou.
Ua kākau nā Senatoa mai South Carolina a me kekahi lālā o ka ʻAhaʻōlelo iā Scott Pruitt, ʻo ia ka luna hoʻomalu o ka Environmental Protection Agency. Ua koi aku kekahi lālā o ka ʻAhaʻōlelo iā Pruitt e haʻalele i ke kūkākūkā ʻana i ka pilikia i ka wā o kahi hoʻolohe ʻana ma ʻApelila 2018. ʻO kēia mau mea a pau, e like me kā Brian Wynn, ua kōkua i nā ʻohana e hoʻonohonoho i kahi hālāwai me Pruitt i Mei 2018.
"Ua pūʻiwa ka palekana no ka mea ʻaʻohe mea i hele e ʻike iā ia," wahi a Brian Wynn. "Ua like loa ia me ka hālāwai ʻana me ka Oz nui a mana."
Ma ke ala, ua huli nā ʻohana i nā ʻaha hoʻokolokolo. Ua hoʻohana lākou i ka pāpili kaiapili e ao aku i nā kānaka ʻaʻole e hoʻokau iā lākou iho i ka pōʻino. Ua hele ʻo Lauren Atkins i ka hale kūʻai lako e ʻike ponoʻī inā ua hana maoli lākou i ka mea a lākou i ʻōlelo ai e hana nei e kiʻi i nā huahana methylene chloride mai nā papa. (I kekahi manawa ʻae, i kekahi manawa ʻaʻole.)
Inā kani kēia mau mea a pau he mea luhi, ʻaʻole ʻoe i kuhihewa. Akā, ua hoʻomaopopo pono nā ʻohana i ka mea e hiki mai ana inā ʻaʻole lākou e komo mai.
"ʻAʻohe mea e hana ʻia," wahi a Lauren Atkins, "ʻaʻohe mea i hana ʻia ma mua."
Hoʻonui ʻia nā lanakila liʻiliʻi. Alakaʻi kekahi mea i kekahi mea ʻoiai ʻaʻole e haʻalele ka ʻohana. I ka manawa pinepine, pono kahi hoʻonā lōʻihi: lohi maoli ka hana ʻana i nā lula pekelala.
Hiki ke hala kekahi mau makahiki a ʻoi aku paha no ka ʻoihana e hoʻopau ai i ka noiʻi e pono ai e hoʻomohala i kahi lula. Pono ka manaʻo e hele i nā pilikia ma mua o ka hiki ke hoʻopau ʻia. Eia nō naʻe, e ʻike mālie ʻia nā kapu a i ʻole nā ​​​​koi hou i ka hala ʻana o ka manawa.
ʻO ka mea i hiki ai i nā ʻohana ke loaʻa koke i ka pāpā hapa a ka EPA, ʻo ia ka hoʻokuʻu ʻana o ka ʻoihana i ka manaʻo ma mua o ka waiho ʻana. Akā, ʻaʻole i hoʻomaka ka pāpā EPA a hiki i 2.5 mau makahiki ma hope o ka make ʻana o Kevin Hartley. A ʻaʻole lākou e uhi i ka hoʻohana ʻana ma ka wahi hana - e like me Kevin 21 makahiki e pāʻani ana me ka lua ma ka hana.
Eia nō naʻe, hiki i ke keʻena ke hana i nā hoʻoholo like ʻole ma muli o ka mea nāna ke kuleana. ʻO ka manaʻo hou loa a ka EPA, i hoʻonohonoho ʻia no ʻAukake 2024, e pāpā i ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka methylene chloride ma ka hapa nui o nā wahi hana, me ka hoʻoponopono hou ʻana i ka ʻauʻau.
“Pono ʻoe e hoʻomanawanui. Pono ʻoe e hoʻomau,” wahi a Lauren Atkins. “Ke hana ʻia ia i ke ola o kekahi, ʻoiai inā ʻo kāu mau keiki ia, ʻike ʻoe ia. Ke hana nei ia i kēia manawa.”
He paʻakikī ke hoʻokele i ka loli. ʻOi aku ka paʻakikī o ka ʻimi ʻana i ka loli no ka mea ua ʻeha ʻoe a i ʻole kahi mea aloha, ʻoiai inā hiki iā ia ke hāʻawi i ka hōʻoluʻolu i hiki ʻole i nā mea ʻē aʻe ke hana.
E kāʻei i ke kāʻei no ka mea he ulia kaʻaahi naʻau kēia, wahi a Lauren Atkins. "Nīnau pinepine mai ka poʻe iaʻu no ke aha wau e hana mau ai i kēia, ʻoiai he mea naʻau a paʻakikī hoʻi? ʻO kaʻu pane i nā manawa a pau a e mau ana: "No laila, ʻaʻole pono ʻoe e noho ma koʻu wahi. ʻAʻole pono wau e noho ma kahi aʻu e noho nei."
"Pehea kou manaʻo ke nalowale ka hapalua o ʻoe iho? I kekahi manawa me he mea lā ua kū kona puʻuwai i ka lā hoʻokahi me koʻu," wahi āna. "Akā, no ka mea, ʻaʻole au makemake i kekahi e hele i kēia, ʻaʻole au makemake i kekahi e nalowale i ka mea a Joshua i nalowale ai, a ʻo ia kaʻu pahuhopu. Ua mākaukau wau e hana i nā mea e pono ai."
ʻO Brian Wynn, me ka hoʻoikaika like, hāʻawi ʻo ia i kahi hālāwai hoʻomaha kaumaha e kōkua iā ʻoe e hoʻopau i kāu marathon. Nona ka hale hoʻoikaika kino. "Pono ʻoe e ʻimi i kahi ala e hoʻokuʻu ai i kou mau manaʻo," wahi āna.
Manaʻoʻiʻo ʻo Wendy Hartley e ho'ōla ana ka hana hoʻoikaika kino iā ia iho ma o ke kākoʻo ʻana o nā ʻohana ʻē aʻe a me nā hopena a lākou e hoʻokō pū ai.
Ma ke ʻano he mea hāʻawi ʻōkana, ua loaʻa i kāna keiki ka hopena pololei i ke ola o haʻi. He mea maikaʻi ke ʻike i kona hoʻoilina e pālahalaha aku ana ma nā papa hale kūʻai a me nā keʻena aupuni.
“Ua hoʻopakele ʻo Kevin i nā ola he nui aku,” i kākau ai ʻo ia, “a e hoʻomau ʻo ia i ka hoʻopakele ʻana i nā ola no nā makahiki e hiki mai ana.”
Inā ʻoe e koi ana i ka loli, he mea maʻalahi ke manaʻo e lanakila mau ana nā lobbyists e uku ana e mālama i ke kūlana o kēia manawa. Akā, he kaumaha ko kou ʻike ola i hiki ʻole ke kūʻai ʻia.
"Inā ʻike ʻoe pehea e haʻi ai i kāu moʻolelo, a laila he ʻāpana ia o kou ola, a laila hiki iā ʻoe ke hana - a i ka wā e hiki ai iā ʻoe ke haʻi i kēlā moʻolelo, pōmaikaʻi iā ʻoe, e ka lobbyist," wahi a Brian Wayne. "Ua hele mai mākou me ka makemake a me ke aloha i hiki ʻole ke hoʻohālikelike ʻia."
ʻO ka ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo a Wendy Hartley: "Mai makaʻu e hōʻike i kou mau manaʻo." E kamaʻilio e pili ana i ka hopena iā ʻoe a me kou ʻohana. "E hōʻike iā lākou i kahi hopena pilikino me nā kiʻi."
"ʻEono makahiki i hala aku nei, inā i ʻōlelo mai kekahi, 'Inā ʻoe e hoʻōho nui i kēia, e hoʻolohe ke aupuni iā ​​ʻoe,' inā ua ʻakaʻaka wau," wahi a Lauren Atkins. "E kuhi? Hiki i hoʻokahi balota ke hana i kahi ʻokoʻa. Manaʻo wau he ʻāpana ia o ka hoʻoilina o kaʻu keiki."
He mea kākau moʻolelo ʻo Jamie Smith Hopkins no ke Center for Public Integrity, he lumi nūhou waiwai ʻole e noiʻi ana i ka like ʻole.