Hi capar hi Center for Public Integrity, tlukruannak kong hlathlainak caah aa pemi hlawknak a kawl lomi thawngzamhnak riantuannak he riantuan ti in chuahmi a si.
Tikholh. a thap. satbing. Kevin Hartley, Drew Wynn le Joshua Atkins hna cu an thih lio ah pakhat le pakhat thla 10 chung ah rian an ttuan nain an ttuan cuahmah. Thilri pawl cu an i dang, asinain an nunnak a tawitertu a ruang cu aa khat: dawr ah zuarmi rong hlonhnak seh le thilri dangdang chung i chemical pawl. ram pumpi.
Ngaihchiatnak le tihphannak he, an chungkhar hna nih methylene chloride nih midang a thah hna lonak ding caah an tuah khawhmi paoh tuah dingin bia an kam.
Asinain United States ah cun, chemical sehzung tlawmte lawng nih riantuantu le hmantu hna kilvennak a ttha lo caah cu bantuk thil an tong. Cucaah methylene chloride cu Hartley, Wayne le Atkins an chuah hlan hmanh ah a thli ttihnung kong ralrinnak pek a si ko nain, mi thahtu ah a cang. A tam deuh a si lo ahcun, naite kum hra chung ah hin zeibantuk agency hmanh nih hnahnawhnak pek loin mi tampi an thah hna.
Center for Public Integrity nih hlathlainak an tuah hnu le himnak lei ah a dirkamhtu hna nih an auh hna hnu ah, US pawngkam kilvennak zung nih a donghnak ah rong hlonhnak ah hi thilri hmannak khapnak kau piin an chuahpi.
Cu cu 2017 January thla a si, Obama cozah a donghnak ni hna a si. Hartley cu cu kum April thla ah a thi, Wynn cu cu kum October ah a thi, cun Atkins cu a hnu kum February ah a thi, cu lio caan ah cun Trump cozah nih phunglam thlennak kongah an lung a tho i phunglam chap nakin hloh an duh—a bik in EPA pawngkam. Methylene chloride ruahnak cheuhnak cu khoika hmanh ah a kal lo.
Sihmanhsehlaw, Atkins a thih hnu thla 13 ah, Trump's Environmental Protection Agency nih, hneknak tangah, methylene chloride aa telmi rong hlonhnak thilri pawl zuarnak ngol dingin biakhiahnak an tuah. April thla ah khan Biden’s Environmental Protection Agency nih cun mipi nih an hmanmi thilri vialte le riantuannak hmun tam deuh ah hi sii hi kham ding in phunglam an rak chuahpi.
“United States ah hi bantuk hi kan tuah bal lo,” tiah San Francisco University of California ah riantuannak le pawngkam sii lei thiamsang Dr. Robert Harrison nih a chim. "Hi chungkhar hna hi ka raltha an si."
Hi thil sining hna hmuh khawhnak ding caah harnak an tei ning le mah bantuk a harmi lam na zulh ahcun zeidah an in chimh lai ti cu hihi a si, thil sining cu thilri ttihnung, a him lomi riantuannak pawngkam, thurhnawmhnak asiloah hliamhma dangdang he aa pehtlaimi a si zongah.
“Zeizong vialte kha Google ah kawl,” tiah Brian Wynn nih a ti, a unau kum 31 a simi Drew nih a South Carolina cold brew coffee dawr le a kalnak fridge remh ṭhan awkah methylene chloride a cawk. “Cun mi sin phanh.”
Cuticun a unau a thih hlan kum hnih ah chuahmi Public Integrity Inquiry cu a hmuh, thiamsang pawl he pehtlaihnak a tuah i thilri a cawk khawhnak hmun in zeicahdah thihnak hna hi zulh a har timi tiang a hngalh. (Methylene chloride meikhu cu kharmi hmun ah an i pumh tikah thihnak a chuahter, cun ahohmanh nih toxicology hneksaknak an tuah lo ahcun thihnak bantuk a simi lung zawtnak a chuahter khawh.)
Kevin nu Wendy Hartley sin in ruahnak cheuhnak: “Academic” timi cu kawlnak ah a biapi bikmi biafang a si. Cuka ahcun hlathlainak phunphun nih an in hngak men lai. “Mah nih hin ruahnak le biatak thleidan khawhnak a bawmh lai,” tiah email in a tial.
BMX cycle fork a remh lio ah a thimi kum 31 Joshua nu Lauren Atkins nih UCSF's Harrison he voi zeimawzat bia an i ruah. February 2018 ah khan, a fapa cu vawlei ah a thi i a pawng ah litre thawl pakhat a ummi paint stripper he a hmuh.
Harrison nih methylene chloride kong a hngalhmi nih a fapa rungrul kong le ruak zohfelnak report pawl kha a thihnak a ruang fiang tein a leh khawh. Hi fiang tein langhternak nih tuahsernak caah hrampi fek a ser.
Caan tampi ah, chemical he i tonghnak nih hin kum tampi chung a lang lomi minung hna caah caan saupi ngandamnak lei hnahnawhnak a chuahter khawh. Thil thurhnawmhnak cu aa lo ngaimi tuanbia a si kho men. Asinain cozah nih cu bantuk harnak tawlrel awkah cawlcanghnak tuah hna seh ti na duh ahcun, fimcawnnak lei hlathlainak cu hramthawknak tha a si rih.
An hlawhtlinnak hrampi cu chungkhar nih chemical himnak kong he pehtlai in rian a ttuan cangmi phu pawl le pakhat le pakhat pehtlaihnak an ngeihmi kha a si.
Tahchunhnak ah, Lauren Atkins nih Safe Chemicals for Healthy Families (atu cu Toxic Free Future) timi dirkamhnak phu in methylene chloride thilri kong he pehtlai in Change.org nawlnak ca a hmuh i naite ah a tlaumi a fapa philhlonak caah nawlnak ca cu a min a thut. Brian Wayne nih a kut cu a samh colh.
A tthawngmi ralkap hna nih an ṭhatnak tling tein hngalh khawh awkah an i fonh. EPA nih zeihmanh a tuah lo ahcun, hi chungkhar hna nih hin thil zuartu hna kha an thilri chiahnak in thilri pawl chuah dingin forh in a hramthawk tein an thawk a hau lai lo: A him deuhmi chemicals Ngandamnak a ngeimi chungkhar hna nih hi bantuk auhnak lehnak ah “Dawr kha ruat” timi campaign an thawk.
Capitol Hill ah agency phunglam le lobbying chunglei riantuannak kha anmah tein an tuaktan a hau lo. A him deuhmi sii, a ngandammi chungkhar, le pawngkam kilvennak tangka nih hi lei ah thiamnak an ngei.
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“Hi bantuk phu pakhat na dirh khawh tikah ... thazaang tthawng taktak na ngei,” tiah Brian Wynn nih a chim, Natural Resources Defense Council cu hi kong he pehtlai in a cawlcangmi phu dang pakhat in a langhter.
Hi i phomhnak ah aa telmi paoh nih mipi hmai ah an i tel kho lai lo. Tahchunhnak ah, zungzal phungning dirhmun a ngei lomi ramdangmi hna nih riantuannak hmun ah ttihnung a chuahter khomi thil an tong deuh, cun dirhmun ngeih lonak nih an caah biachim a harter khawh hna asiloah a si kho lomi a siter khawh hna.
Hi chungkhar hna nih EPA ah an lungthin dihlak an pek ahcun, agency nih zeihmanh a tuah kho men lo, a hlei in Trump cozah nih phunglam a hnulei ah a hnuh hna caah.
Nunnak khamh awkah methylene chloride aa telmi rong hlonhnak thilri zuar lo dingin “an dawr zohkhenhnak” in thil zuartu hna kha an forh hna. Nawlnak ca le duhlonak langhternak nih rian a ttuan. Home Depot le Walmart telh in company pawl nih ngol dingin hnatlaknak an ngei.
Congress chungtel hna cu Safer Chemicals, Healthier Families le Environment Fund hmangin cawlcangh dingin an nawl hna. Chungkhar hmanthlak he Washington lei ah an kal. Thawngzamhtu hna he bia an i ruah i thawngpang an hmuh i cu nih cun buainak a karhter chin.
South Carolina senators le congressman pakhat nih cu lio pawngkam kilvennak agency hruaitu Scott Pruitt sinah ca an tial. Congressman dang pakhat nih April 2018 biaceihnak ah Pruitt cungah dohnak a chuahpi. Brian Wynn nih cun hi vialte nih hin chungkhar cu May 2018 ah Pruitt he tonnak tuah dingin a bawmh hna tiah a zumh.
“Security pa cu a hohmanh an ra lo caah a khuaruah a har,” tiah Brian Wayne nih a chim. “A liannganmi le a thawngmi Oz ram he i ton bantuk a si.”
Lamkam ah, chungkhar nih taza an cuai hna. Social media hmangin mipi kha tihnung ah i chia hlah u tiah ralrinnak an pek hna. Lauren Atkins cu thilri dawr ah a kal i an chim bantukin methylene chloride thilri pawl kha an thil chiahnak kuang chungin an chuah taktak maw ti kha amah tein a zoh. (A caan ah a si, a caan ah a si lo.)
Hi vialte hi a fahtermi a lo ahcun, na palh lo. Asinain chungkhar hna nih cun an rak i tel lo ahcun zeidah a cang hnga ti cu a fiang ko tiah an zumh.
“A hlan ah tuah bal lomi bantuk in zeihmanh tuah a si lai lo,” tiah Lauren Atkins nih a chim.
Teinak hmete cu a karh. Chungkhar nih an lungdongh lo caah thil pakhat nih thil dang a chuahpi. Caan saupi hmuhning cu a herh tawn: Federal phunglam sernak cu a hramthawk tein a tlawm.
Agency pakhat nih phunglam pakhat chuahpi awkah a herhmi hlathlainak lim awkah kum zeimawzat asiloah a tam deuh a rau kho. Ruahnak cheuhnak cu a dih hlanah harnak a tei a hau. Sihmanhsehlaw, zeibantuk khamnak asiloah herhmi thar paoh cu caan a hung rauh deuh tikah tlawmpal in an tuah khawh.
Chungkhar hna nih EPA sin in tlawmpal khamnak an hmuh khawhnak ding caah a rannak in a tuahtu cu, agency nih a ngol taktak hlanah ruahnak cheuhnak cu a chuahpi. Asinain Kevin Hartley a thih hnu kum hnih le cheu hnu ah pawngkam kilvennak zung nih khamnak an tuah. Cun riantuannak hmun hmannak kong zong an huap lo, cu hna cu kum 21 a simi Kevin nih riantuannak ah a tuahmi ti kholhnak kuang suainak rian bantuk an si.
Sihmanhsehlaw, agency chung ah hruaitu dangdang nih biakhiahnak an tuahmi aa dang kho. EPA nih a donghnak bik an chuahpimi ruahnak cheuhnak, August 2024 ah cohlan ding in ruahmi nih, riantuannak hmun ah methylene chloride hmannak kha a tam deuh caah a kham lai, ti kholhnak kuang thianhnak zong aa tel.
“Lungsau tein um a herh.Inkhawhnak na ngeih a hau,” tiah Lauren Atkins nih a chim. “Mi pakhat nunnak kong ah, a bik in na fale kong ah, na hmuh ko.Straightaway”.
Thlennak tuah cu a har. Nangmah asiloah na dawtmi pakhatkhat nih fahnak an ton caah thlennak chuahpi cu a har deuh kho, asinain zeidang nih an pek khawh lomi hnangamnak a pek khawh.
“I hruk, zeicahtiah hi cu lungthin lei rawhralnak a si lai,” tiah Lauren Atkins nih ralrin a pek. “Mi nih an ka hal lengmang, lungthin a fahtermi le a harmi a si ko nain, zeicahdah hi thil hi ka tuah peng, ka lehnak cu a si zungzal i a si zungzal lai: “Cucaah na ṭhut a hau lo.” ka umnak hmun.Cucaah ka pawngah na um a hau ti lo.
“Nangmah le nangmah cheukhat na sungh hnu ah zeitindah na riantuan ning a si, a caan ahcun a lung a dai i ka lungthin zong nikhat te ah a dai tiah ka ruah,” tiah a chim. “Asinain hi bantuk thil hi midang nih an ton sual lai ti ka duh lo caah le Joshua nih a sunghmi midang zong nih an sungh sual lai ti ka duh lo caah, cucu ka tinhmi a si, a herhmi paoh tuah dingin timhcia ka si.”
Brian Wynne zong nih mah bantuk ruahnak a ngei ve i marathon tlikzuamnak ah bawmtu dingah lungretheihnak zorternak cawlcanghnak cheukhat a chimh. Gym cu amah ta a si. “Na lungthin umtuning chuahnak lam na kawl a hau,” tiah a ti.
Wendy Hartley nih cawlcanghnak cu amah tein damnak a si ti kha a hmuh – chungkhar dang bawmhnak le hmunkhat ah an hmuhmi phichuak thawngin.
Organ donor pakhat a si bantukin, a fapa nih midang nunnak ah direct in thlennak a tuah. A riantuannak cu dawr thil chiahnak le cozah zung tiang a karh chin lengmangmi hmuh cu lungthawh awk ngai a si.
"Kevin nih nunnak tampi a khamh hna," tiah a tial, "cun hmailei kum tampi chung nunnak a khamh peng lai."
Thlennak caah na forh ahcun, a tu lio thil sining kilvennak caah tangka a hmangmi lobbyist pawl nih teinak an hmuh zungzal lai tiah ruah a fawi. Asinain na nunnak hmuhtonnak nih cawk khawh lomi thilrit a phorh.
“Na tuanbia zeitindah chim ding a si ti na hngalh ahcun, cun na nunnak ah aa telmi a si ahcun, na tuah khawh ko lai — cun cu tuanbia cu na chim khawh tikah, hlawhtlinnak hmu ko, lobbyist pawl,” tiah Brian Wayne nih a chim. "A tluk lomi duhnak le dawtnak he kan ra."
Wendy Hartley ruahnak cheuhnak: “Na intuarnak langhter kha ṭih hlah.” Mah lungput hna nih nangmah le na chungkhar cungah huham a ngeih ning kong kha chim. “Hmanthlak hmangin pumpak thlennak kha langhter hna.”
“A luancia kum 6 lio ah khan, mi pakhat nih, ‘A thang tuk in na au ahcun cozah nih an theih ko lai,’ tiah rak ka ti sehlaw ka nih ko lai,” tiah Lauren Atkins nih a chim. "Zeidah na ruah? Aw pakhat nih thlennak a chuahpi khawh. Cucu ka fapa ro ah aa telmi a si tiah ka ruah."
Jamie Smith Hopkins cu Center for Public Integrity caah thawngzamhtu a si, tlukruannak a um lonak kong a hlathlaimi hlawknak a kawl lomi thawngzamhnak zung a si.