Amategeko mashya y’Ikigo gishinzwe kurengera ibidukikije agamije guhashya ihumana ry’ikirere gihumanya rituruka ku nganda zikora ibyuma muri Amerika, hagabanywa imyuka ihumanya nka mercure, benzene na lead imaze igihe kinini ihumanya ikirere mu duce dukikije izo nganda.
Ayo mategeko areba imyanda iva mu ziko ry’ibyuma bya coke. Gazi iva mu ziko ituma umuntu ashobora kwandura kanseri mu kirere hafi y’inganda z’ibyuma igera kuri 50 kuri miliyoni imwe, abashinzwe ubuzima rusange bavuga ko ari mbi ku bana n’abantu bafite ibibazo by’ubuzima.
Iyi miti ntigera kure y’uruganda, ariko abayishyigikiye bavuga ko yangije ubuzima bw’abaturage mu duce tw’amikoro make "dukikije inyubako z’ibyuma", kandi ikaba ari ikibazo cy’ubutabera ku bidukikije.
Patrice Simms, visi perezida wa Earthjustice ushinzwe imiryango myiza, yagize ati: “Abantu bamaze igihe bahura n’ibyago bikomeye ku buzima, nka kanseri, bitewe n’umwanda uterwa n’ibigega bya coke.” Ayo mategeko ni “ingenzi cyane mu kurinda abaturage n’abakozi begereye ibigega bya coke”.
Amatanura ya Coke ni ibyumba bishyushya amakara kugira ngo bikore coke, akaba ari icyuma gikomeye gikoreshwa mu gukora ibyuma. Gazi ikorwa n'amatanura ishyirwa mu byiciro na EPA nk'itera kanseri rizwi ku bantu kandi rigizwe n'ibinyabutabire biteje akaga, ibyuma biremereye n'ibintu bihindagurika.
Inyinshi muri izi miti zifitanye isano n'ibibazo bikomeye by'ubuzima, harimo eczema ikomeye, ibibazo by'ubuhumekero n'ibisebe byo mu gifu.
Nubwo hari ibimenyetso byinshi byerekana uburozi bw’iyi gaze mu myaka ya vuba aha, abanenga bavuga ko EPA ntacyo yakoze mu gukumira ihumana ry’iyi gaze. Imiryango irengera ibidukikije yakomeje gushishikariza ko habaho imipaka mishya no kunoza igenzura ry’ibidukikije, kandi mu 2019 ubutabera bw’isi bwareze EPA kubera iki kibazo.
Amatanura ya Coke yagiye yibasira cyane imijyi yo mu turere tw’inganda two mu majyaruguru y’uburengerazuba bw’uburengerazuba na Alabama. I Detroit, uruganda rwa Coke rwamaze imyaka icumi rurenze ku mahame y’ubuziranenge bw’umwuka inshuro ibihumbi ni rwo ruri mu manza zikomeje kuvugwa ko dioxyde de sulfur ikorwa na gaze ya Coke mu ifuru yanduje abaturage bo hafi aho mu gace gatuwe n’abirabura benshi, nubwo amategeko mashya adasobanura uwo mwanda.
Amategeko yasohotse ku wa gatanu asaba ko hakorwa ibizamini bya "uruzitiro" bikikije inganda, kandi, iyo hagaragaye ko hari ikintu cyanduye kirenze urugero rushya, abakora ibyuma bagomba kumenya aho gikomoka no kugira icyo bakora kugira ngo bamanure urugero.
Ayo mategeko kandi akuraho icyuho inganda zakoreshaga mbere kugira ngo zirinde gutanga raporo ku byuka bihumanya ikirere, nko kurekura imipaka y’ibyuka bihumanya ikirere mu gihe habayeho impanuka.
Mu gupima hanze y’uruganda rwa Pittsburgh rukorerwa na US Steel, imwe mu nganda nini zikora ibikomoka kuri kanseri, hagaragaye urugero rwa benzene, itera kanseri, ruri hejuru y’inshuro 10 ugereranyije n’imipaka mishya. Umuvugizi wa US Steel yabwiye Allegheny Front ko amategeko atazashoboka kuyashyira mu bikorwa kandi ko azagira “ikiguzi kidasanzwe ndetse n’ingaruka mbi zishobora guterwa n’ibidukikije”.
Umuvugizi yagize ati: “Ikiguzi cyabyo cyaba kidasanzwe kandi kitazwi kuko nta ikoranabuhanga ryizewe rihari ryo kugenzura imyuka ihumanya ikirere runaka.”
Adrienne Lee, umunyamategeko w’ubutabera bw’ubutaka, yabwiye Guardian ko iri tegeko rishingiye ku makuru y’inganda yatanzwe kuri EPA, kandi yavuze ko muri rusange amategeko atazagabanya imyuka ihumanya ikirere, ahubwo azarinda irengagijwe.
Lee yagize ati: “Birangoye kwemera ko [imipaka] izagorana kuyubahiriza.”
Dushobora gutanga ibikoresho by'ubwiza bwa gaze bifite ibipimo bitandukanye
Igihe cyo kohereza: Kamena-03-2024