Ua paʻi ʻia kēia ʻatikala ma ka laulima ʻana me ke Center for Public Integrity, he lawelawe nūhou waiwai ʻole i hoʻolaʻa ʻia no ka noiʻi ʻana i ka like ʻole.
ʻAuʻau. papa. paikikala. Ua hana ʻo Kevin Hartley, Drew Wynn lāua ʻo Joshua Atkins i loko o 10 mau mahina o kekahi i kekahi i ko lāua make ʻana, akā ke hana nei lākou. ʻOkoʻa nā mea, akā ʻo ke kumu e hoʻopōkole ai i ko lākou ola he like ia: nā kemika i loko o nā mea ʻoki pena a me nā huahana ʻē aʻe i kūʻai ʻia ma nā hale kūʻai. ma ka ʻāina holoʻokoʻa.
Me ke kaumaha a me ka makaʻu, ua hoʻohiki ko lākou mau ʻohana e hana i nā mea āpau e hiki ai iā lākou ke pale aku i ka methylene chloride mai ka pepehi ʻana i kekahi kanaka ʻē aʻe.
Akā ma ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa, ua kakaikahi nā hale hana kemika i loaʻa i kahi hopena like ma muli o ka palekana palupalu o nā limahana a me nā mea kūʻai aku. No laila ua lilo ka methylene chloride i mea pepehi kanaka serial, ʻoiai nā ʻōlelo aʻo e pili ana i nā pōʻino o kona mahu ma mua o ka hānau ʻana o Hartley, Wayne lāua ʻo Atkins. He mau kakini, inā ʻaʻole ʻoi aku, ua pepehi ʻia i nā makahiki i hala iho nei me ke komo ʻole ʻana o kekahi keʻena.
Ma hope o kahi noiʻi ʻana e ke Center for Public Integrity a me nā kāhea mai nā mea kākoʻo palekana, ua hāpai hope ka US Environmental Protection Agency i kahi pāpā nui ʻana i ka hoʻohana ʻana o ka mea i nā mea ʻoki 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, a ʻo Atkins i Pepeluali o ka makahiki aʻe, i ka manawa i makemake nui ai ka hoʻokele Trump e pili ana i ka deregulation a makemake e hoʻopau ma mua o ka hoʻohui ʻana i nā lula—ʻoi aku hoʻi ke kaiapuni EPA. ʻAʻole i hele ka manaʻo methylene chloride i kahi.
Eia nō naʻe, 13 mau mahina ma hope o ka make ʻana o Atkins, ua hoʻoholo ka Environmental Protection Agency o Trump, ma lalo o ke kaomi, e hoʻōki i ke kūʻai kūʻai liʻiliʻi ʻana o nā mea ʻoki pena i loaʻa ka methylene chloride. I ʻApelila, ua hāpai ka Environmental Protection Agency o Biden i kahi lula e pāpā i ka kemika i 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, he 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 ko lākou lanakila ʻana i nā pilikia e hoʻokō ai i kēia mau hopena a me nā mea a lākou e ʻōlelo aku ai inā ʻoe e hoʻomaka ana i kahi ala paʻakikī like, inā paha e pili ana ke kūlana i nā huahana weliweli, kahi hana palekana ʻole, ka haumia a i ʻole nā ​​​​​​ʻeha ʻē aʻe.
"E ʻimi i nā mea āpau ma Google," wahi a Brian Wynn, nona ke kaikaina 31 makahiki ʻo Drew i kūʻai i ka methylene chloride e hoʻoponopono hou i kāna hale kūʻai kope anu ma South Carolina a me ka pahu hau hele wāwae. "A e hōʻea aku i nā kānaka."
Pēlā ʻo ia i loaʻa ai ka Public Integrity Inquiry, 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 hiki ai iā ia ke kūʻai i ka huahana a hiki i ke kumu i paʻakikī ai ke hahai i nā make. (He mea make nā uahi Methylene chloride ke hōʻiliʻili lākou i loko o nā wahi paʻa, a hiki ke hoʻoulu i nā hōʻeha puʻuwai e like me nā make maoli inā ʻaʻohe mea e hana i ka hoʻāʻo toxicology.)
ʻŌlelo aʻoaʻo mai Wendy Hartley, ka makuahine o Kevin: ʻO "Academic" ka huaʻōlelo ma ka ʻimi. Aia paha he ʻano noiʻi like ʻole e kali ana iā ʻoe ma laila. "E kōkua kēia i ka hoʻokaʻawale ʻana i nā manaʻo mai nā ʻoiaʻiʻo," i kākau ai ʻo ia ma kahi leka uila.
ʻO Lauren Atkins, ka makuahine o Joshua, 31 makahiki, i make i ka wā e hoʻoponopono ana i kahi ʻōpuʻu paikikala BMX, ua kamaʻilio pinepine ʻo ia me Harrison o UCSF. I Pepeluali 2018, ua loaʻa iā ia kāna keiki kāne ua make ma ka honua me kahi ʻōmole lita o ka mea hoʻohemo pena e waiho kokoke ana.
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 kumu maopopo o ka make. Hoʻokumu kēia maopopo i kahi kumu paʻa no ka hana.
I ka manawa pinepine, ʻo ka ʻike ʻana i nā kemika hiki ke hana i nā hopena olakino lōʻihi i nā kānaka i ʻike ʻole ʻia no nā makahiki he nui. He moʻolelo like paha ka haumia. Akā inā makemake ʻoe i nā aupuni e hana e hoʻoponopono i ia ʻano pōʻino, he wahi hoʻomaka maikaʻi nō ka noiʻi hoʻonaʻauao.
ʻO kekahi kumu nui o ko lākou holomua, ʻo ia ka pilina o ka ʻohana me nā hui e hana mua ana i nā pilikia palekana kemika a me kekahi i kekahi.
Eia kekahi laʻana, ua loaʻa iā Lauren Atkins kahi palapala noi no Change.org e pili ana i nā huahana methylene chloride mai ka hui kākoʻo ʻo Safe Chemicals for Healthy Families (ʻo Toxic Free Future i kēia manawa) a ua kau inoa i ka palapala noi no ka hoʻomanaʻo ʻana i kāna keiki i nalowale koke nei. Ua kīkoʻo koke aku ʻo Brian Wayne i kona lima.
Ua hui pū nā mana ikaika e hoʻomaopopo piha i ko lākou mau pono. Me ka ʻole o ka hana mai ka EPA, ʻaʻole pono kēia mau ʻohana e hoʻomaka hou mai ka wā kahiko ma ke koi ʻana i nā mea kūʻai aku e wehe i nā huahana mai kā lākou mau papa: Ua hoʻomaka ʻo Safer Chemicals Healthier Families i kāna hoʻolaha "Mind the Stores" ma ke ʻano he pane i kēia ʻano kāhea.
ʻAʻole pono lākou e noʻonoʻo i nā lula o ka ʻoihana a i ʻole nā ​​​​hana o loko o ka lobbying ma Capitol Hill ma kā 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 ... he mana ikaika loa kou," wahi a Brian Wynn, e kuhikuhi ana i ka ʻAha Hoʻomalu Kumuwaiwai Kūlohelohe ma ke ʻano he hui ʻē aʻe e alualu ikaika nei i 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 e paʻakikī ai a hiki ʻole paha iā lākou ke ʻōlelo.
Inā e kau ana kēia mau ʻohana i ko lākou manaʻo a pau ma ka EPA, ʻaʻole paha e hana ka ʻoihana i kahi hana, ʻoiai ke nānā aku nei i ka hoʻihoʻi ʻana o ka hoʻokele Trump i nā lula.
Ke kau nei lākou i ke kaomi ma luna o nā mea kūʻai aku ma o ka "hoʻokele ʻana i kā lākou mau hale kūʻai" ʻaʻole e kūʻai aku i nā mea ʻoki pena i loaʻa ka methylene chloride e hoʻopakele i nā ola. Ua holo pono nā palapala noi a me nā kūʻē. Ua ʻae nā ʻoihana e like me Home Depot lāua ʻo Walmart e hoʻōki.
Ke kāhea aku nei lākou i nā lālā o ka ʻAhaʻōlelo e hana ma o ka Safer Chemicals, Healthier Families a me ka Environment Fund. Ua hele lākou i Wakinekona me nā kiʻi ʻohana ma ka lima. Ua kamaʻilio lākou me nā mea kākau moʻolelo a loaʻa nā hōʻike nūhou i hoʻoulu hou aku i ka haunaele.
Ua kākau nā senatoa o South Carolina a me kekahi luna ʻahaʻōlelo i kahi leka iā Scott Pruitt, ka Luna Hoʻomalu o ka ʻOihana Hoʻomalu Kaiapuni i kēlā manawa. Ua hōʻike kekahi luna ʻahaʻōlelo i nā kūʻē iā Pruitt i ka wā o kahi hoʻolohe ʻana i ʻApelila 2018. Manaʻo ʻo Brian Wynn ua ​​kōkua kēia mau mea a pau i ka ʻohana e hoʻonohonoho i kahi hālāwai me Pruitt i Mei 2018.
“Ua pūʻiwa ke kiaʻi palekana no ka mea ʻaʻohe mea i hele mai iā ia,” wahi a Brian Wayne. “Ua like ia me ka hālāwai ʻana me ka ʻāina nui a mana o Oz.”
Ma ke ala, ua waiho ka ʻohana i kahi hoʻopiʻi. Ua hoʻohana lākou i ka pāpili kaiapili e ao aku i nā kānaka ʻaʻole e hoʻokau iā lākou iho i ka pilikia. Ua hele ʻo Lauren Atkins i nā hale kūʻai lako e ʻike ponoʻī inā e wehe maoli ana lākou i nā huahana methylene chloride mai kā lākou mau papa e like me kā lākou i ʻōlelo ai. (I kekahi manawa ʻae, i kekahi manawa ʻaʻole.)
Inā he mea luhi kēia mau mea a pau, ʻaʻole ʻoe i hewa. Akā, manaʻoʻiʻo nā ʻohana ua maopopo ka mea e hiki mai ana inā ʻaʻole lākou i komo mai.
"ʻAʻohe mea e hana ʻia," wahi a Lauren Atkins, "e like me ka mea i hana ʻole ʻia ma mua."
Hoʻonui ʻia nā lanakila liʻiliʻi. Ua alakaʻi kekahi mea i kekahi mea no ka mea ʻaʻole i haʻalele ka ʻohana. Pono pinepine kahi hiʻohiʻona lōʻihi: ​​He lohi maoli ka hoʻokumu ʻana i nā lula pekelala.
Hiki ke hala kekahi mau makahiki a ʻoi aku paha no kahi keʻena e hoʻopau ai i ka noiʻi e pono ai e hāpai i kahi lula. Pono ka manaʻo e lanakila i nā pilikia ma mua o ka hoʻopau ʻia ʻana. Eia nō naʻe, hiki ke hoʻokomo iki 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 i kahi pāpā hapa mai ka EPA me ka wikiwiki, ʻo ia ka hoʻopuka ʻana o ke keʻena i ka manaʻo ma mua o ka hoʻōki ʻana. Akā, he ʻelua makahiki a me ka hapa ma hope o ka make ʻana o Kevin Hartley ma mua o ka hoʻomaka ʻana o nā kapu o ka Environmental Protection Agency. A ʻaʻole lākou e uhi i nā hoʻohana ma kahi hana, e like me ka pena ʻana i ka ʻauʻau a Kevin 21 makahiki e hana ai ma ka hana.
Eia nō naʻe, i loko o kahi keʻena, aia paha nā hoʻoholo like ʻole e hana ʻia e nā luna like ʻole. ʻO ka manaʻo hou loa a ka EPA, i manaʻo ʻia e ʻae ʻia i ʻAukake 2024, e pāpā i ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka methylene chloride ma ka wahi hana no ka hapa nui o nā kumu, me ka hoʻowali ʻana i ka ʻauʻau.
"Pono ʻoe e hoʻomanawanui. Pono ʻoe e hoʻomau," wahi a Lauren Atkins. "I ka wā e pili ana i ke ola o kekahi, ʻoiai i ka wā e pili ana i kāu mau keiki, loaʻa iā ʻoe. Pololei."
He paʻakikī ka hana ʻana i nā hoʻololi. Hiki ke paʻakikī ke hoʻololi no ka mea ua ʻeha ʻoe a i ʻole kekahi āu e aloha ai, ʻoiai hiki iā ia ke hāʻawi i ka hōʻoluʻolu i hiki ʻole i kekahi mea ʻē aʻe ke hana.
"E kāʻei i ke kāʻei, no ka mea, he pōʻino naʻau kēia," wahi a Lauren Atkins. "Nīnau pinepine mai ka poʻe iaʻu, me he mea lā he naʻau a paʻakikī hoʻi, no ke aha wau e hana mau nei i kēia? ʻO kaʻu pane i nā manawa a pau a e mau ana: "No laila, ʻaʻole pono ʻoe e noho i hope." koʻu wahi. No laila, ʻaʻole pono ʻoe e noho a puni iaʻu.
"Pehea ʻoe e hana ai i ka wā i nalowale ai ka hapalua o ʻoe iho? I kekahi manawa ke manaʻo nei au ua oki ka puʻuwai o kona puʻuwai a ua oki koʻu puʻuwai i ka lā hoʻokahi," wahi āna. "Akā no ka mea, ʻaʻole au makemake i nā poʻe ʻē aʻe e hele i kēia a ʻaʻole au makemake i nā poʻe ʻē aʻe e nalowale i ka mea a Joshua i nalowale ai, ʻo ia kaʻu pahuhopu. Ua mākaukau wau e hana i nā mea e pono ai."
He like nā manaʻo o Brian Wynne a paipai ʻo ia i kekahi mau hana hoʻomaha kaumaha e kōkua iā ʻoe e hoʻopau i kahi marathon. Nona ka hale hoʻoikaika kino. "Pono ʻoe e ʻimi i kahi puka no kou mau manaʻo," wahi āna.
Ua ʻike 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 hoʻopilikia pololei kāna keiki kāne i ke ola o haʻi. He mea hoʻoikaika ka ʻike ʻana i kona hoʻoilina e hoʻonui ʻia aku ana ma nā papa hale kūʻai a i loko o nā hale aupuni.
"Ua hoʻopakele ʻo Kevin i nā ola he nui," 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 hoʻolilo kālā ana i ka mālama ʻana i ke kūlana o kēia manawa. Akā, ke kaumaha nei kou ʻike ola i hiki ʻole ke kūʻai ʻia.
"Inā ʻike ʻoe pehea e haʻi ai i kāu moʻolelo, a 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, laki maikaʻi, e nā lobbyists," wahi a Brian Wayne. "Hele mai mākou me ka makemake a me ke aloha i hiki ʻole ke hoʻohālikelike ʻia."
ʻŌlelo aʻoaʻo mai Wendy Hartley: “Mai makaʻu e hōʻike i kou mau manaʻo.” E kamaʻilio e pili ana i ka hopena o kēia mau manaʻo iā ʻoe a me kou ʻohana. “E hōʻike iā lākou i ka hopena pilikino ma o nā kiʻi.”
"ʻEono makahiki i hala aku nei, inā i ʻōlelo mai kekahi, 'Inā ʻoe e ʻuwā nui, inā ua lohe ke aupuni,' inā ua ʻakaʻaka wau," wahi a Lauren Atkins. "E kuhi i ke aha? Hiki i hoʻokahi leo ke hoʻololi. Manaʻo wau ʻo ia kekahi 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 nānā ana i ka like ʻole.