Amabhokisi e-Roundup aseshalofini lesitolo eSan Francisco, ngoFebhuwari 24, 2019. Isinqumo se-EU sokuthi kuvunyelwe yini ukusetshenziswa kwe-glyphosate yamakhemikhali ephikisanayo kuleli qembu sibambezelekile okungenani iminyaka eyi-10 ngemuva kokuba amazwe angamalungu ehlulekile ukufinyelela esivumelwaneni. Leli khemikhali lisetshenziswa kabanzi emazweni angu-27 futhi lavunyelwa ukuthengiswa emakethe ye-EU maphakathi noDisemba. (Isithombe se-AP/Haven Daily, Ifayela)
I-BRUSSELS (AP) — IKhomishini yaseYurophu izoqhubeka nokusebenzisa i-glyphosate yamakhemikhali ephikisanayo e-European Union eminye iminyaka eyi-10 ngemuva kokuba amazwe angamalungu angu-27 ehlulekile futhi ukuvumelana ngesandiso sesikhathi.
Abamele i-EU bahlulekile ukufinyelela esinqumweni ngenyanga edlule, futhi ivoti elisha lekomidi lokudlulisa amacala ngoLwesine alizange liphumelele futhi. Ngenxa yalesi siphazamiso, isikhulu esiphezulu se-EU sathi sizosekela isiphakamiso saso futhi sandise ukuvunyelwa kwe-glyphosate iminyaka eyi-10 kanye nemibandela emisha eyengeziwe.
“Le mikhawulo ihlanganisa ukwenqatshelwa kokusetshenziswa ngaphambi kokuvuna njenge-desiccant kanye nesidingo sokuthatha izinyathelo ezithile zokuvikela izinto eziphilayo ezingezona ezihlosiwe,” kusho inkampani esitatimendeni.
Le khemikhali, esetshenziswa kabanzi e-EU, yabangela intukuthelo enkulu phakathi kwamaqembu ezemvelo futhi ayizange ivunyelwe ukuthengiswa emakethe ye-EU kwaze kwaba maphakathi noDisemba.
Iqembu lezepolitiki le-Green Party ePhalamende laseYurophu ngokushesha lacela iKhomishini yaseYurophu ukuthi iqede ukusetshenziswa kwe-glyphosate futhi ivimbele.
“Akufanele sibeke engcupheni ukuhlukahluka kwethu kanye nempilo yomphakathi ngale ndlela,” kusho uBas Eickhout, iphini likasihlalo wekomidi lezemvelo.
Eminyakeni eyishumi edlule, i-glyphosate, esetshenziswa emikhiqizweni efana ne-herbicide Roundup, ibilokhu iphakathi kwempikiswano enkulu yesayensi mayelana nokuthi ingabanga yini umdlavuza kanye nomonakalo engayibangela emvelweni. Leli khemikhali lalethwa yinkampani enkulu yamakhemikhali iMonsanto ngo-1974 njengendlela yokubulala ukhula ngempumelelo ngenkathi ishiya izitshalo nezinye izitshalo zingathintekile.
IBayer ithenge iMonsanto ngamaRandi ayizigidigidi ezingama-63 ngo-2018 futhi ibhekene nezinkulungwane zamacala namacala ahlobene neRoundup. Ngo-2020, iBayer yamemezela ukuthi izokhokha kufika ku-$10.9 billion ukuxazulula izimangalo ezingaba ngu-125,000 ezifakiwe nezingakafakwa. Emasontweni ambalwa edlule, ijaji laseCalifornia linikeze indoda eyamangalela iMonsanto amaRandi ayizigidi ezingama-332, ithi umdlavuza wayo uhlobene namashumi eminyaka okusetshenziswa kweRoundup.
I-International Agency for Research on Cancer yaseFrance, inkampani engaphansi kwe-World Health Organization, yahlukanisa i-glyphosate ngokuthi “ingaba umdlavuza kubantu” ngo-2015.
Kodwa i-ejensi yokuphepha kokudla ye-EU yathi ngoJulayi “akukho zindawo ezibalulekile eziye zatholakala” ekusetshenzisweni kwe-glyphosate, okuvula indlela yokwandiswa kweminyaka eyi-10.
I-US Environmental Protection Agency yathola ngo-2020 ukuthi umuthi wokubulala ukhula awuzange ube yingozi empilweni yabantu, kodwa ngonyaka odlule inkantolo yokudlulisa amacala kahulumeni eCalifornia yayala le nhlangano ukuthi iphinde icabangele leso sinqumo, ithi asisekelwa ubufakazi obanele.
Ukwelulwa kweminyaka eyi-10 okuphakanyiswe yiKhomishini yaseYurophu kudinga “iningi elifanelekile”, noma u-55% wamazwe angamalungu angu-27, okumele okungenani u-65% wabantu be-EU (cishe abantu abayizigidi ezingu-450). Kodwa lo mgomo awuzange ufezwe futhi isinqumo sokugcina sashiywa kubaphathi be-EU.
UPascal Canfin, usihlalo wekomidi lezemvelo lePhalamende laseYurophu, usole umongameli weKhomishini yaseYurophu ngokuqhubekela phambili naphezu kokungavumelani.
“Ngakho-ke u-Ursula von der Leyen wabhekana nale nkinga ngokugunyaza kabusha i-glyphosate iminyaka eyishumi ngaphandle kweningi, kuyilapho amazwe amathathu amakhulu ezolimo ezwekazini (iFrance, iJalimane ne-Italy) engasisekeli lesi siphakamiso,” wabhala ezinkundleni zokuxhumana u-X. Ngaphambilini inethiwekhi yayibizwa nge-Twitter. “Ngiyazisola kakhulu ngalokhu.”
EFrance, uMongameli u-Emmanuel Macron wafunga ukuthi uzoyivimba i-glyphosate ngo-2021 kodwa kamuva wabuyela emuva, izwe lathi ngaphambi kokuvota lizoyeka esikhundleni sokubiza ukuvinjelwa.
Amazwe Angamalungu e-EU anesibopho sokugunyaza imikhiqizo ukuthi isetshenziswe ezimakethe zawo zasekhaya ngemuva kokuhlolwa kokuphepha.
IJalimane, umnotho omkhulu kunayo yonke e-EU, ihlela ukuyeka ukusebenzisa i-glyphosate kusukela ngonyaka ozayo, kodwa lesi sinqumo singase siphikiswe. Isibonelo, ukuvinjelwa kuzwelonke eLuxembourg kwachithwa enkantolo ekuqaleni kwalonyaka.
I-Greenpeace icele i-EU ukuthi yenqabe ukugunyaza kabusha imakethe, icaphuna izifundo ezibonisa ukuthi i-glyphosate ingabangela umdlavuza nezinye izinkinga zempilo futhi ingaba yingozi ezinyosini. Kodwa-ke, umkhakha webhizinisi lezolimo uthi azikho ezinye izindlela ezisebenzayo.
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