I-US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ikhiphe uhlaka lombono wezinto eziphilayo ovela kwi-US Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) mayelana nemithi emibili yokubulala ukhula esetshenziswa kabanzi - i-atrazine kanye ne-simazine

Muva nje, i-US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ikhiphe uhlaka lombono wezinto eziphilayo ovela kwi-US Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) mayelana nemithi emibili yokubulala ukhula esetshenziswa kabanzi - i-atrazine kanye ne-simazine. Isikhathi sokuphawula komphakathi sezinsuku ezingama-60 siqalisiwe.

Ukukhishwa kwalolu hlaka kumele isinyathelo esibalulekile se-EPA kanye ne-FWS ekugcwaliseni inqubo yokubonisana ngokomthetho ngaphansi koMthetho Wezinhlobo Ezisengozini Yokushabalala. Iziphetho zokuqala zalolu hlaka zibonisa ukuthi, ngemuva kokwamukelwa kwezinyathelo ezifanele zokunciphisa, lawa ma-herbicides amabili awabangeli ingozi noma umthelela omubi ezinhlotsheni eziningi zezinhlobo ezisengozini kanye nezindawo zazo zokuhlala ezibalulekile okwatholakala ukuthi "zinemiphumela emibi engaba khona" ekuhlolweni kwezinto eziphilayo ngo-2021.

Isizinda Sokulawula

Ngokusho koMthetho Wezinhlobo Ezisengozini Yokushabalala, i-EPA kumele iqinisekise ukuthi izenzo zayo (kufaka phakathi ukuvunyelwa kokubhaliswa kwezibulala-zinambuzane) ngeke zibangele umonakalo noma imiphumela emibi ezinhlotsheni ezisengozini noma ezisengozini ezisohlwini lukahulumeni kanye nezindawo zazo zokuhlala ezibalulekile.

Lapho i-EPA inquma ekuhlolweni kwayo kwezinto eziphilayo ukuthiisibulala-zinambuzane“kungathinta” izinhlobo ezisengozini noma ezisongelwayo ezibhalwe nguhulumeni wobumbano, kumele iqale inqubo yokubonisana esemthethweni ne-FWS noma i-National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS). Ukuphendula, i-ejensi efanele izokhipha umbono webhayoloji ukuze ekugcineni inqume ukuthi ukusetshenziswa kwesibulala-zinambuzane kuyingozi yini.

I-glyphosate kanye ne-mesotrione, okuyimithi yokubulala ukhula esetshenziswa kakhulu kwezolimo zase-US, kudonsele ukunaka okukhulu enqubweni yokuhlola ye-ESA. Ngemva kokuba i-EPA iqede ukuhlolwa kwezinto eziphilayo ngo-2021, yaqala ukubonisana okusemthethweni ne-FWS. Uhlaka olusanda kukhishwa lombono wezinto eziphilayo luyingxenye ebalulekile yale nqubo.

Umthelela emabhizinisini afanele

● Umbono wesikhathi esifushane muhle: Uhlaka luphethe ngokuthi le mikhiqizo emibili ngeke ibangele “ukulimala noma imiphumela emibi” ezinhlobonhlobo eziningi zezilwane, okunciphisa ukukhathazeka kwemboni mayelana nokuvinjelwa okubanzi kwale mikhiqizo.

● Ukunakwa kwesikhathi eside kusadingeka: Ukuhlolwa kwezinhlobo ezimbalwa kusaqhubeka, futhi imibono yokugcina yezinto eziphilayo ingase isadinga izinyathelo ezengeziwe neziqinile zokunciphisa, ezingathinta amalebula omkhiqizo kanye neziqondiso zokusetshenziswa. Izinkampani kudingeka zilungele izinguquko ezingaba khona zamalebula kanye nemikhawulo yokusetshenziswa.

Uhlelo olulandelayo

Ngemva kokuphela kokubonisana nomphakathi, i-EPA izothumela imibono eqoqwe ku-FWS ukuze ibhekisele kuyo kumbhalo wokugcina. Ngokusho kwesiqondiso senkantolo kahulumeni, umbono wokugcina we-FWS webhayoloji uhlelelwe ukuqedwa ngoMashi 31, 2026. Ngemva kokuqedwa kwazo zonke izingxoxo ne-FWS kanye ne-NMFS (ombono wabo wokugcina uhlelelwe ukuqedwa ngo-2030), i-EPA izokwenza isinqumo sokugcina ngokubhaliswa kwe-atrazine kanye ne-simazine. Kunconywa ukuthi amabhizinisi afanele aqaphe ngokucophelela le nqubo ukuqinisekisa ukuthi amasu abo okuthobela imithetho ahambisana nezidingo zomthetho.