Zaj dab neeg no tau luam tawm los ntawm kev koom tes nrog Center for Public Integrity, ib lub chaw xov xwm tsis muaj txiaj ntsig uas tshawb nrhiav txog kev tsis sib luag.
da dej. txheej. tsheb kauj vab. Kevin Hartley, Drew Wynn, thiab Joshua Atkins ua haujlwm sib txawv thaum lawv tuag tsawg dua 10 lub hlis sib nrug, tab sis qhov ua rau lawv lub neej luv dua yog tib yam: ib yam tshuaj hauv cov xim thinner thiab lwm yam khoom muag hauv cov khw muag khoom thoob plaws lub tebchaws.
Hauv lawv txoj kev tu siab thiab kev ntshai, tsev neeg tau cog lus tias yuav ua txhua yam uas lawv muaj peev xwm ua tau kom tiv thaiv cov methylene chloride kom tsis txhob tua dua.
Tiam sis nyob rau hauv Tebchaws Meskas, nrog nws keeb kwm tsis zoo ntawm kev tiv thaiv cov neeg ua haujlwm thiab cov neeg siv khoom tsis zoo, qhov xav tsis thoob yog tias muaj ob peb yam tshuaj lom neeg uas tau raug txoj hmoov ntawd. Qhov no yog li cas methylene chloride tau dhau los ua tus neeg tua neeg ntau zaus, txawm tias muaj lus ceeb toom txog kev phom sij ntawm nws cov pa luam yeeb ntev ua ntej Hartley, Wynn, thiab Atkins yug los. Muaj ntau tus, yog tias tsis ntau dua, tau raug tua nyob rau hauv kaum xyoo dhau los yam tsis muaj kev cuam tshuam los ntawm lub koom haum.
Tom qab kev tshawb nrhiav los ntawm Lub Chaw Saib Xyuas Kev Ncaj Ncees rau Pej Xeem thiab cov lus thov los ntawm cov neeg tawm tswv yim kev nyab xeeb, Lub Chaw Tiv Thaiv Ib Puag Ncig ntawm Tebchaws Meskas thaum kawg tau thov kom txwv tsis pub siv nws hauv cov tshuaj tshem xim.
Nws yog Lub Ib Hlis 2017, hnub kawg ntawm Obama tsoom fwv. Hartley tuag rau lub Plaub Hlis ntawm lub xyoo ntawd, Wynn rau lub Kaum Hli ntawm lub xyoo ntawd, Atkins rau lub Ob Hlis ntawm lub xyoo tom ntej thaum Trump tsoom fwv txoj kev tshem tawm txoj cai, thiab Trump tsoom fwv xav tso tseg cov cai, tsis yog ntxiv rau lawv, tshwj xeeb tshaj yog ntawm Lub Chaw Tiv Thaiv Ib Puag Ncig. Daim ntawv thov methylene chloride tsis muaj txiaj ntsig.
Txawm li cas los xij, 13 lub hlis tom qab Atkins tuag, Lub Chaw Tiv Thaiv Ib Puag Ncig ntawm Trump, nyob rau hauv kev nyuaj siab, tau txiav txim siab kom tsis txhob muag cov tshuaj pleev xim uas muaj methylene chloride. Thaum lub Plaub Hlis, Lub Chaw Tiv Thaiv Ib Puag Ncig ntawm Biden tau thov kom txwv tsis pub siv cov tshuaj no ntawm txhua yam khoom siv rau cov neeg siv khoom thiab feem ntau ntawm cov chaw ua haujlwm.
"Peb tsis tshua ua qhov no hauv Tebchaws Meskas," Dr. Robert Harrison, tus xibfwb qhia txog kev kho mob hauv chaw ua haujlwm thiab ib puag ncig ntawm University of California, San Francisco hais. "Cov tsev neeg no yog kuv cov phab ej."
Nov yog lawv kov yeej qhov tsis zoo li cas kom tau txais cov txiaj ntsig no, thiab lawv cov lus qhia yog tias koj nyob ntawm tib txoj kev nyuaj, seb qhov xwm txheej puas cuam tshuam nrog cov khoom phom sij, cov xwm txheej ua haujlwm tsis muaj kev nyab xeeb, kev ua qias tuaj, lossis lwm yam kev phom sij.
"Siv Google nrhiav txhua yam," Brian Wynn hais, uas nws tus kwv tij Drew uas muaj 31 xyoo tau yuav ib yam khoom dichloromethane los kho nws lub khw kas fes txias hauv South Carolina. "Thiab thov kom cov neeg."
Nov yog li cas nws thiaj li tau kawm txog cov lus nug pej xeem uas tau luam tawm ob xyoos ua ntej nws tus tij laug tuag, tiv tauj cov kws tshaj lij thiab kawm txhua yam los ntawm qhov chaw yuav khoom noj mus rau vim li cas cov kev tuag no thiaj li nyuaj rau nrhiav. (Cov pa roj Methylene chloride ua rau tuag taus thaum lawv sib sau ua ke hauv tsev, thiab lawv lub peev xwm ua rau mob plawv zoo li tuag taus yog tias tsis muaj leej twg ua kev kuaj mob toxicology.)
Cov lus qhia los ntawm Kevin niam, Wendy Hartley: "Kev Kawm" yog lo lus tseem ceeb hauv kev tshawb nrhiav. Tej zaum yuav muaj tag nrho cov kev tshawb fawb tos koj. "Qhov no yuav pab cais kev xav thiab qhov tseeb," nws sau hauv email.
Lauren Atkins, leej niam ntawm Joshua, 31 xyoo, uas tau tuag thaum sim kho lub diav pem hauv ntej ntawm nws lub tsheb kauj vab BMX, tau tham nrog UCSF Harrison ntau zaus. Thaum Lub Ob Hlis 2018, nws pom nws tus tub tuag hauv qhov tsaus ntuj ze ntawm ib lub thoob roj pleev xim.
Harrison txoj kev paub txog methylene chloride tau pab nws txhais nws tus tub cov ntaub ntawv txog kev lom thiab kev kuaj lub cev mus rau hauv qhov ua rau tuag. Qhov kev meej meej no yog lub hauv paus ruaj khov rau kev nqis tes ua.
Feem ntau, kev raug tshuaj lom neeg ua rau muaj kev phom sij rau tib neeg, ua rau muaj kev cuam tshuam rau kev noj qab haus huv uas tej zaum yuav tsis tshwm sim rau ntau xyoo. Kev ua qias tuaj yeem yog ib zaj dab neeg zoo sib xws. Tab sis kev tshawb fawb txog kev kawm tseem yog qhov pib zoo yog tias koj xav kom tsoomfwv ua qee yam txog cov kev phom sij no.
Ib qho tseem ceeb uas ua rau lawv vam meej yog vim cov tsev neeg no muaj kev sib txuas nrog cov pab pawg uas twb ua haujlwm txog kev nyab xeeb ntawm tshuaj lom neeg thiab muaj kev sib txuas lus zoo.
Piv txwv li, Lauren Atkins pom ib daim ntawv thov hauv Change.org txog cov khoom methylene chloride los ntawm pawg neeg tawm tswv yim Safer Chemicals Healthy Families, uas tam sim no yog ib feem ntawm Toxin-Free Future, thiab tau kos npe rau nws los ua kev hwm rau nws tus tub uas nyuam qhuav tuag. Brian Wynn sai sai tsa nws txhais tes tawm.
Kev ua haujlwm ua ke siv lawv lub zog. Yog tias EPA tsis ua haujlwm, cov tsev neeg no tsis tas yuav pib dua kom yuam cov khw muag khoom kom tshem cov khoom tawm ntawm lawv cov txee: Cov Tshuaj Lom Zem Muaj Kev Nyab Xeeb Dua Cov Tsev Neeg Noj Qab Haus Huv tau tshaj tawm qhov kev sib tw "Xav Txog Khw" los teb rau cov lus hu no.
Thiab lawv tsis tas yuav tsum xam pom cov haujlwm sab hauv ntawm kev tsim cai lossis kev tawm tswv yim rau Capitol Hill lawv tus kheej. Cov Tshuaj Lom Zem Noj Qab Haus Huv thiab Cov Nyiaj Tiv Thaiv Ib Puag Ncig muaj kev txawj ntse hauv thaj chaw no.
NTAU: 'Ib lub nra hnyav rau lub neej': Ib txoj kev tshawb fawb pom tias cov neeg dub laus muaj feem yuav tuag los ntawm huab cua ua qias tuaj ntau dua peb npaug dua li cov neeg laus dawb.
Nrhiav lus hais txog kev hloov pauv huab cua Heather McTeer Toney tawm tsam rau kev ncaj ncees ib puag ncig hauv Sab Qab Teb
"Thaum koj tuaj yeem muab ib pab neeg zoo li no ua ke ... koj muaj lub hwj chim tiag tiag," Brian Wynn hais, sau tseg rau Natural Resources Defense Council, lwm pab pawg uas ua haujlwm txog qhov teeb meem no.
Tsis yog txhua tus neeg uas txaus siab rau qhov kev tawm tsam no yuav muaj peev xwm ua lub luag haujlwm rau pej xeem hauv nws. Piv txwv li, cov neeg tsiv teb tsaws chaw uas tsis muaj txoj cai lij choj mus tas li muaj feem yuav raug kev phom sij ntau dua hauv chaw ua haujlwm, thiab tsis muaj txoj cai lij choj ua rau nws nyuaj lossis tsis yooj yim sua rau lawv hais lus.
Qhov txawv txav yog tias cov tsev neeg no tsom mus rau Lub Chaw Tiv Thaiv Ib Puag Ncig, lub koom haum yuav tsis ua haujlwm, tshwj xeeb tshaj yog thaum lub sijhawm Trump tswj hwm.
Los ntawm Mind the Store, lawv tab tom hu rau cov khw muag khoom kom cawm txoj sia los ntawm kev tsis txhob muag cov tshuaj pleev xim uas muaj methylene chloride. Cov ntawv thov thiab kev tawm tsam tau ua haujlwm. Ib qho dhau ib qho, cov tuam txhab xws li Home Depot thiab Walmart tau pom zoo kom tsis txhob muag.
Los ntawm Cov Tshuaj Lom Zem Muaj Kev Nyab Xeeb Dua, Tsev Neeg Noj Qab Haus Huv thiab Lub Nyiaj Txiag Tiv Thaiv Ib Puag Ncig, lawv tab tom hu rau cov tswv cuab ntawm Congress kom ua ib yam dab tsi. Lawv tau mus rau Washington nrog ib daim duab tsev neeg. Lawv tau tham nrog cov neeg sau xov xwm, thiab cov xov xwm tau ua rau lawv kub siab dua.
Cov Senators los ntawm South Carolina thiab ib tug tswv cuab ntawm Congress tau sau ntawv rau Scott Pruitt, uas yog tus thawj coj ntawm Lub Chaw Tiv Thaiv Ib Puag Ncig. Lwm tus tswv cuab ntawm Congress tau hais kom Pruitt tawm ntawm kev sib tham txog qhov teeb meem thaum lub rooj sib hais plaub thaum lub Plaub Hlis 2018. Tag nrho cov no, raws li Brian Wynn, tau pab cov tsev neeg npaj lub rooj sib tham nrog Pruitt thaum lub Tsib Hlis 2018.
"Cov tub ceev xwm xav tsis thoob vim tsis muaj leej twg mus ntsib nws," Brian Wynn hais. "Nws zoo li ntsib Oz loj thiab muaj hwj chim heev."
Thaum mus txog, cov tsev neeg tau tig mus rau tsev hais plaub. Lawv siv social media los ceeb toom tib neeg kom tsis txhob muab lawv tus kheej tso rau hauv kev phom sij. Lauren Atkins tau mus rau lub khw muag khoom siv kho vajtse kom pom nws tus kheej seb lawv puas tau ua qhov lawv hais tias lawv tab tom ua kom tau cov khoom methylene chloride tawm ntawm cov txee. (Qee zaum yog, qee zaum tsis yog.)
Yog tias qhov no zoo li nyuaj heev, koj tsis yuam kev. Tab sis cov tsev neeg tau hais meej meej tias yuav muaj dab tsi tshwm sim yog tias lawv tsis cuam tshuam.
"Yuav tsis muaj dab tsi ua tiav," Lauren Atkins hais, "zoo li tsis tau muaj dab tsi ua tiav ua ntej."
Tej yam me me yeej ntau zuj zus. Ib yam ua rau lwm yam mus ntxiv thaum tsev neeg tsis tso tseg. Feem ntau xav tau kev sib haum xeeb mus sij hawm ntev: kev tsim cai lij choj hauv tsoom fwv teb chaws qeeb heev.
Tej zaum yuav siv sijhawm ntau xyoo lossis ntau dua rau lub koom haum kom ua tiav qhov kev tshawb fawb uas xav tau los tsim ib txoj cai. Daim ntawv thov yuav tsum tau dhau los ntawm cov teeb meem ua ntej nws thiaj li ua tiav. Txawm li cas los xij, tej kev txwv lossis cov kev cai tshiab yuav tshwm sim maj mam dhau sijhawm.
Qhov uas ua rau cov tsev neeg tau txais kev txwv ib nrab ntawm EPA sai heev yog tias lub koom haum tau tso tawm qhov kev thov ua ntej tso tseg. Tab sis EPA kev txwv tsis tau siv txog 2.5 xyoos tom qab Kevin Hartley tuag. Thiab lawv tsis them rau kev siv hauv chaw ua haujlwm - zoo li Kevin hnub nyoog 21 xyoo ua si nrog chav dej ntawm chaw ua haujlwm.
Txawm li cas los xij, lub koom haum yuav txiav txim siab txawv nyob ntawm seb leej twg yog tus saib xyuas. EPA qhov kev thov tshiab tshaj plaws, uas tau teem sijhawm rau lub Yim Hli 2024, yuav txwv tsis pub siv methylene chloride hauv feem ntau qhov chaw ua haujlwm, suav nrog kev kho dua tshiab ntawm lub dab da dej.
"Koj yuav tsum ua siab ntev. Koj yuav tsum ua siab ntev," Lauren Atkins hais. "Thaum nws tshwm sim hauv ib tug neeg lub neej, tshwj xeeb tshaj yog thaum nws yog koj cov menyuam, koj pom nws. Nws tab tom tshwm sim tam sim no."
Kev tsav tsheb hloov pauv yog qhov nyuaj. Kev nrhiav kev hloov pauv vim koj lossis tus neeg koj hlub raug mob tuaj yeem nyuaj dua, txawm tias nws tuaj yeem muab kev nplij siab uas tsis muaj dab tsi ua tau.
Cia li khi koj lub cev vim qhov no yuav ua rau muaj kev puas tsuaj loj heev, Lauren Atkins ceeb toom. "Cov neeg nug kuv txhua lub sijhawm vim li cas kuv thiaj ua qhov no, txawm tias nws yog kev xav thiab nyuaj? Kuv cov lus teb yeej ib txwm yog thiab yuav ib txwm yog: "Yog li koj tsis tas yuav zaum hauv kuv qhov chaw. Kuv tsis tas yuav nyob qhov twg kuv nyob."
"Koj xav li cas thaum koj poob ib nrab ntawm koj tus kheej? Qee zaum nws zoo li rau kuv tias nws lub plawv nres tib hnub li kuv li, "nws hais. "Tab sis vim kuv tsis xav kom leej twg dhau qhov no, kuv tsis xav kom leej twg poob qhov uas Joshua poob, thiab qhov ntawd yog kuv lub hom phiaj. Kuv npaj txhij ua txhua yam uas nws yuav tsum ua."
Brian Wynn, uas muaj lub siab xav ua li ntawd, muab kev sib tham txo kev ntxhov siab los pab koj ua tiav koj txoj kev sib tw khiav marathon. Lub gym yog nws li. "Koj yuav tsum nrhiav txoj hauv kev los tso koj txoj kev xav tseg," nws hais.
Wendy Hartley ntseeg tias kev tawm tsam yog kev kho mob hauv nws tus kheej los ntawm kev txhawb nqa ntawm lwm tsev neeg thiab cov txiaj ntsig uas lawv ua tiav ua ke.
Ua ib tug neeg pub lub cev, nws tus tub tau muaj feem cuam tshuam ncaj qha rau lub neej ntawm lwm tus. Zoo siab uas pom nws txoj kev vam meej nthuav dav mus rau ntau lub khw muag khoom thiab cov chaw ua haujlwm ntawm tsoomfwv.
"Kevin tau cawm ntau tus neeg txoj sia," nws sau, "thiab yuav txuas ntxiv cawm cov neeg txoj sia rau ntau xyoo tom ntej."
Yog koj tab tom thawb kom muaj kev hloov pauv, nws yooj yim rau kev xav tias cov neeg tawm tswv yim uas them nyiaj los tswj hwm qhov xwm txheej tam sim no yuav yeej ib txwm. Tab sis koj lub neej kev paub dhau los muaj qhov hnyav uas tsis tuaj yeem yuav tau.
"Yog koj paub qhia koj zaj dab neeg, ces nws yog ib feem ntawm koj lub neej, ces koj ua tau - thiab thaum koj qhia tau zaj dab neeg ntawd, thov kom koj muaj hmoo, tus neeg sawv cev rau koj," Brian Wayne hais. "Peb tuaj nrog kev mob siab thiab kev hlub uas tsis muaj leej twg piv tau."
Wendy Hartley cov lus qhia: "Tsis txhob ntshai qhia koj txoj kev xav." Tham txog qhov cuam tshuam rau koj thiab koj tsev neeg. "Qhia lawv txog qhov cuam tshuam tus kheej nrog cov duab."
"Rau xyoo dhau los, yog tias muaj ib tug neeg hais tias, 'Yog koj qw nrov txaus, tsoomfwv yuav mloog koj,' kuv yuav luag," Lauren Atkins hais. "Koj puas paub? Ib daim ntawv pov npav tuaj yeem ua qhov sib txawv. Kuv xav tias nws yog ib feem ntawm kuv tus tub txoj qub txeeg qub teg."
Jamie Smith Hopkins yog ib tug neeg sau xov xwm rau Center for Public Integrity, ib lub chaw xov xwm tsis muaj txiaj ntsig uas tshawb nrhiav txog kev tsis sib luag.