Cancer Inobatanidza Nehupfumi hweChiba-Geigy Corporation
Kubva kuma1990, mhuri dzeToms River dzakabatwa nekenza dzakabatana nekusvibiswa kwemabhizimisi dzave dziri kutsvaga chiitiko chechikoro chinopikisana neCiba-Geigy corporation, Union Carbide corporation, uye United Water Toms River.
The Ciba-Geigy Corporation
Kubvira muna 1952-1990, Ciba-Geigy Corporation (kubvira paakawana neBASF) yakashanda dhi rekugadzira dye muToms River.
Zvigadzirwa zvemarara kubva mumiti yacho zvingachengetwa mumatoro anenge 69 000 kana zvakarapwa uye kuputirwa nepayipi kuenda kuAlantic Ocean. Muna 1980, Dhipatimendi reNew Jersey rekuchengetedzwa kwezvakatipoteredza raida Ciba-Geigy kutanga matsime ekucherechedza pasi uye kutambisa doro panzvimbo yemiti. Muna 1983, nzvimbo yeToms River yakaiswa kuU.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Superfund. IEPA yakawana kuti tsvina panzvimbo iyi yakanga iri kuisa pasi pasi pasi. Muna 1989 yakarayira Ciba-Geigy kuti atange kuchenesa nzvimbo uye mvura yepasi.
Union Carbide Corporation
Vafudzi veRefich Farm vakanga vapa chikamu chechivako muna 1971 kune imwe nyika yakasununguka hauler. Muna December wegore iroro, vadzidzisi vakawana 4 500 matoro ematombo ane United Carbide mabhuku akanga aiswa pasi, uye kushandiswa kwemidziyo kwakadururirwa mumatanda. Kubva muna 1972-1974 Union Carbide yakabvisa madhangura, dongo remvura, uye ivhu rakasvibiswa.
Zvinosuruvarisa, nyika iri pamusoro pemvura yakasviba iyo ndiyo ndiyo yakakosha mvura yekunwa kweguta rose panguva iyoyo. Muna 1974, Dover Township Board of Health yakavhara mashizha akazvimiririra pedyo neReich Farm mushure mekuwana kusvibiswa, uye dzimba dzakabatana zvachose kune imwe mvura inopa mvura.
Vagari vomunharaunda vanotenda kuti kambani yemvura, Toms River Water Company (yava kunzi United Water Toms River), yakashandura mvura iyo yakava pachena kuti yakasvibiswa, uye haina kubata mvura yakakwana kuti iite yakachengeteka.
Kukwidza Child Child Cancer Rates
Mumakore ekuma1991 zvakaonekwa sekuti nhamba yevana vane kenza muToms River yakakura. Mukupindura kune zvinotarisirwa nevagari vayo, Dhipatimendi reHerp health reNew Jersey muna 1996 rakadzidza dambudziko racho uye rakaona kuti pakati pe1979 ne1995, vana 90 mukodhi vakaonekwa vane kenza. Izvi zvaive zvinopfuura makumi maviri nezviviri kupfuura zvingatarisirwa muhuwandu hwevanhu, zvinoreva kuti vana vakange vakagadziriswa neukemia uye uropi uye pakati pehutano hwemararamiro emakirini akareba kupfuura yehuwandu hwehurumende. Mhuri dzakatsamwa uye dzakakumbira hurumende kuti iongorore.
Kudzidza Kunowana Zvisungo
Dhipatimendi reNew Jersey Health and federal Agency for Toxic Substances and Registry Registry yakadzidza kuongorora ukama huri pakati pezvakatipoteredza uye zviitiko zvekenza. Yakapedzisa kuti:
- Hapana kana ngozi imwe chete inoratidzika seyo inokonzera chete kukura kwekenza yenguva
- Kushamwaridzana kwakawanikwa pakati pekusununguka kwepabonde kumvura yakasvibiswa uye leukemia muvana vechikadzi
- Kushamwaridzana kwakawanikwa pakati pekusununguka kwemazuva ekuberekwa kumhepo kubva kuCiba-Geigy uye chirwere cheukwepa muvana vechikadzi vanoonekwa kuti vasati vava nemakore mashanu.
Cash Settlement Yakasvika
Union Carbide, Ciba Specialty Chemicals, uye United Water Toms River, pasina kubvuma mutoro, vakabvumirana munaJanuary 2002 kune mamiriyoni emadhora ekugadzirisa mhuri nemhuri 69 dzine vana vakaonekwa vane kenza. Mamwe mhuri yakaramba kugadzirisa uye iri kutsvaga kirasi-action sutu. Linda Gillick, mutauriri wemudzimai wemhuri, akati, "Nhamba idzi hadziratidzi, nenzira ipi zvayo, izvo mhuri nevana vakayambuka." Mari yacho zvechokwadi haisi kunyaradza kumhuri 15 dzine vana vakafa, uye kune mitsva yekenza yenguva ino inowanikwa gore negore.
Sources:
Environmental News Network. "Masoja eTus River emasumbu emagetsi anokwana madhora 13.2 mamiriyoni." January 25, 2002.
Environmental Protection Agency. Nzvimbo Yenyika Yepamusoro Yekutanga Nyaya Chikamu: Ciba-Geigy Corp.
Environmental Protection Agency. Nzvimbo Yepamusoro Yenyika Yakakosha Chokwadi Chinyorwa: Reich Farm.
New Jersey Department of Health. "Nyaya-Kudzora Kuchengetwa Kwemwana Kanzura muDever Township (Ocean County), New Jersey, Vol. 1: Chidimbu." Inowanika paIndaneti mu .pdf format.