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I-Montana, eyaziwa ngendawo yayo emangalisayo kanye namapulazi achumayo, okwamanje isempambanweni yenkinga engase ibe khona. I-US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), ekuhloleni kwayo okuqhubekayo kanye nokuhlola ubungozi, iphakamisa ukukhathazeka ngokusetshenziswa kwe-formaldehyde—ikhemikhali ebaluleke kakhulu emapulazini kahulumeni angu-27,000.
I-Formaldehyde, isisekelo sokwakha esibalulekile emikhiqizweni ehlukahlukene yezolimo, idlala indima ebalulekile ekubulaleni amagciwane emfuyo, ekwelashweni kwezilwane, nasekuthuthukiseni isivuno sezitshalo. Kodwa-ke, umkhondo wamanje we-EPA ukhombisa ukuchezuka emigomeni yesayensi emisiwe, ngokuhlolwa kwengozi okungase kukhulise ubungozi be-formaldehyde, okubeka isibonelo esingaphansi kakhulu kwamazinga okuphepha akhona.
Umthelela wesinqumo esinjalo ungaphinde ubuyele emikhakheni eminingi, okuhlanganisa eyezimoto, ezempilo, ezokwakha, ezokukhiqiza, futhi, ikakhulukazi, ezolimo—umkhakha onikela ngaphezu kwezigidigidi ezi-3 zamaRandi emnothweni waseMontana. Kuzwelonke, izimboni ezihlobene ne-formaldehyde zenza imali engaphezu kwezigidigidi ezingama-500 kanye nemisebenzi ecishe ibe yisigidi, okwenza noma yikuphi ukungahambi kahle kwemithetho kube inhlekelele yezomnotho engaba khona.
Abalimi, abatshala izigidigidi ekunakekeleni imfuyo nezilimo, bazolahlekelwa kakhulu. Iqhaza le-formaldehyde ekuvimbeleni ukulahlekelwa okuhlobene nezifo, isamba esingamaRandi ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingu-3.7 wezinkukhu kanye namaRandi ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingu-1.7 wengulube minyaka yonke, igcizelela ukubaluleka kwayo ekugcineni uchungechunge lokuhlinzekwa kokudla oluzinzile. E-Montana, lapho ukukhiqizwa kwezitshalo kukodwa kubiza amaRandi ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingu-1.5, imiphumela yokukhawulela i-formaldehyde ingaba mibi kakhulu.
I-EPA kufanele ibuyekeze isimo sayo samanje ukuze ivimbele umthelela omubi ezimbonini, ezolimo kazwelonke, kanye nomnotho wonkana. Ngokunamathela kusayensi ephusile, ehlanganisa amashumi eminyaka ocwaningo, kanye nokucabangela isiqondiso senhlangano yezempilo yomhlaba wonke mayelana namazinga aphephile e-formaldehyde, i-EPA ingaba nokulinganisela phakathi kokukhathazeka kwemvelo kanye nezidingo ezingokoqobo zabalimi.
Ukushintsha okungaba khona kwe-EPA emithethweni ye-formaldehyde kubangela usongo olukhulu kwezolimo zaseMontana kanye nomnotho obanzi wase-US. Ukuthola ukulingana okufanele phakathi kokuvikelwa kwemvelo kanye nezidingo zemboni yezolimo kubalulekile. Kuphoqelekile ukuthi i-EPA ilalele ikhwelo lezinqumo ezisekelwe ngokwesayensi zokuvikela izimpilo zabalimi, umnotho kanye nokudla kwesizwe.