Ciwon daji da aka haɗa da Cibiyar Gida ta Ciba-Geigy
Tun daga shekarun 1990s, iyalai na Toms da ke fama da ciwon daji da aka danganta da tsabtace masana'antu sunyi aiki da kotu a kan ƙungiyar Ciba-Geigy, ƙungiyar Union Carbide, da kuma Kogin Water Toms na United.
Kamfanin Ciba-Geigy
Daga 1952-1990, Ciba-Geigy Corporation (tun lokacin da BASF ya samo shi) yayi amfani da tsire-tsire a cikin Toms River.
Kwayoyin da aka lalata daga shuka sun kasance ana adana su a cikin wasu tashoshi 69,000 ko aka bi da su da kuma tafe ta hanyar bututun mai zuwa ga Atlantic Ocean. A 1980, Sabuwar Jerin Ma'aikatar Kiwon Lafiyar Jama'a ta buƙatar Ciba-Geigy don fara kulawa da ruwa da ƙurar drum a wurin ginin. A 1983, an sanya tashar Toms a kan jerin sunayen Superfund na Amurka. EPA ya gano cewa sharar gida a kan shafin yana bawa cikin ruwan karkashin ƙasa. A 1989 ya umarci Ciba-Geigy don fara tsabtace shafin da ruwa.
Union Carbide Corporation
Masu mallakan Reich Farm sun yi hayar wani ɓangare na dukiya a shekara ta 1971 zuwa wani mai haya mai cin gashin kanta. A cikin watan Disamba na wannan shekara, masu mallakar sun gano tashoshi 4,500 da ke dauke da alamun Carbide a cikin ƙasar, an kuma zubar da kayan sharar gida a cikin ramuka. Daga 1972-1974 Tarayyar Carbide ta cire gurasar, da sharar gida, da gurɓata ƙasa.
Abin baƙin cikin shine, ƙasar ta kasance a saman wani tafkin ruwa wanda shine babban tushen ruwan sha ga dukan gari a wannan lokacin. A shekara ta 1974, Hukumar Dogon ta Lafiya ta rufe asibiti 148 da ke kusa da Reich Farm bayan da aka gano lalacewa, kuma gidajensu sun kasance suna haɗewa zuwa wani ruwa.
Mazauna a yankin sunyi imanin cewa kamfanin ruwa mai suna Toms River Water Company (a yanzu United Water Toms River), ya ɓoye ruwa lokacin da ya bayyana cewa an gurbata shi, kuma bai kula da ruwa ba don tabbatar da shi lafiya.
Hawan Kwayoyin Yara Kwayoyin Yara
A shekarun 1990s sun kasance kamar yawancin yara da ke fama da ciwon daji a yankin Toms River suna girma. Dangane da damuwa da mazauna, New Jersey Department of Health a 1996 ya bincika matsala kuma ya gano cewa tsakanin shekarun 1979 zuwa 1995, an gano yara 90 a cikin garin da ciwon daji. Wannan shi ne mafi yawan mutane 23 da za a iya tsammanin a cikin yawan jama'a, ma'ana cewa yara sun ci gaba da cutar sankarar bargo da kwakwalwa da kuma tsarin kula da cutar mai tsanani fiye da na kasa. Iyaye sunyi fushi kuma sun bukaci gwamnati ta bincika.
Binciken Nemi Bincike
New Jersey Ma'aikatar Lafiya da Hukumar Tarayya don Magunguna da Ciwon Cututtuka sun gudanar da wani binciken don nazarin dangantakar tsakanin muhallin muhalli da kuma maganin ciwon daji. Ya kammala:
- Babu wani nau'i mai hadarin gaske wanda ya kasance yana da alhakin tashin ƙwayar cutar ciwon yara
- An sami wata ƙungiya a tsakanin ɗaukar hoto game da shan jini zuwa ga ruwan da aka gurbata da cutar sankarar bargo a cikin yara mata
- An sami wata ƙungiya a tsakanin ɗaukar daukar ciki a cikin iska daga Ciba-Geigy shuka da cutar sankarar bargo a cikin yara mata da aka gano kafin su kai shekaru biyar.
Cash Settlement Ta isa
Union Carbide, Ciba Specialty Chemicals, da kuma United Water Toms River, ba tare da amincewa da alhaki ba, sun yarda a watan Janairun 2002 zuwa yarjejeniyar da za ta kai miliyoyin dala tare da iyalan 69 da aka gano yara da ciwon daji. Sauran iyalai sun ƙi yin shawarwari kuma suna bin tsarin kwalliya. Linda Gillick, mai magana da yawun iyalai, ya ce, "Lambobin ba su yin tunani, a kowace hanya, abin da iyalai da yara suka ratsa." Gaskiya ba alamar ta'aziyya ga iyalai 15 da 'ya'yansu suka mutu ba, kuma ga sababbin lokuta na ciwon daji na yara ya samo asali a kowace shekara.
Sources:
Gidan yanar gizon muhalli. "Tsarin gine-gine na Toms River ya ƙunshi fiye da dolar Amirka miliyan 13.2." Janairu 25, 2002.
Hukumar Kariya ta Yankin Muhalli. Shafin Farko na Ƙasa na Ƙasar: Ciba-Geigy Corp.
Hukumar Kariya ta Yankin Muhalli. Shafin Farko na Ƙasa na Ƙasar: Reich Farm.
New Jersey Ma'aikatar Lafiya. "Tattaunawa na Kariya na Kwayoyin Cutar Kanana a Dover Township (Ocean County), New Jersey, Vol 1: Tsarin." Akwai shi a cikin layi a cikin .pdf.