I-Chlorpyrifos Era Iyaphela, futhi Ukuseshwa Kwezinye Izindlela Ezintsha Sekuseduze

Idethi: 2022-03-15

Ngomhla zingama-30 ku-Agasti 2021, i-US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) yakhipha uMthethonqubo 2021-18091, osusa imikhawulo yezinsalela ye-chlorpyrifos.

Ngokusekelwe kudatha etholakalayo yamanje kanye nokucabangela ukusetshenziswa kwe-chlorpyrifos ebhalisiwe. I-EPA ayikwazi ukuphetha ngokuthi ingozi yokuchayeka iyonke ewumphumela wokusebenzisa i-chlorpyrifos ihlangabezana namazinga okuphepha “I-Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act”. Ngakho-ke, i-EPA isuse yonke imikhawulo yezinsalela ze-chlorpyrifos.

Lesi simiso sokugcina sisebenza kusukela ngo-Okthoba 29, 2021, futhi ukubekezelela i-chlorpyrifos kuzo zonke izimpahla kuzophelelwa isikhathi ngomhla ka-Febhruwari 28, 2022. Kusho ukuthi i-chlorpyrifos ayikwazi ukutholwa noma isetshenziswe kuyo yonke imikhiqizo yase-United States kusukela ngomhla ka-Febhruwari 28, 2022. . I-Huisong Pharmaceuticals isabele kahle kunqubomgomo ye-EPA futhi iyaqhubeka nokulawula ngokuqinile ukuhlolwa kwezinsalela zezibulala-zinambuzane eMnyangweni wethu Wekhwalithi ukuze kuqinisekiswe ukuthi yonke imikhiqizo ethunyelwa e-US ayinayo i-chlorpyrifos.

I-Chlorpyrifos isisetshenziswe iminyaka engaphezu kwengu-40 futhi ibhaliselwe ukusetshenziswa emazweni acishe abe yi-100 ezitshalweni ezingaphezu kuka-50. Nakuba i-chlorpyrifos yethulwa ngokuyinhloko ukuze ithathele izibulala-zinambuzane ze-organophosphorus ezinobuthi obuvamile, luyanda ucwaningo olubonisa ukuthi i-chlorpyrifos isenemiphumela ehlukahlukene yobuthi yesikhathi eside engaba khona, ikakhulukazi ubuthi be-neurodevelopmental obusakazwa kabanzi. Ngenxa yalezi zici ezinobuthi, i-Chlorpyrifos ne-chlorpyrifos-methyl kudingeke ukuthi ivinjelwe yi-European Union kusukela ngo-2020. Ngokufanayo, njengoba ukuchayeka kwe-chlorpyrifos kungase kubangele ukulimala kwezinzwa ebuchosheni bezingane (okuhambisana nobuthi be-neurodevelopmental), i-California Environmental Protection Agency. uphinde wafinyelela esivumelwaneni nomkhiqizi wokuba abe nokwenqatshelwa okuphelele ekuthengisweni nasekusetshenzisweni kwe-chlorpyrifos kusukela ngoFebhuwari 6, 2020. Amanye amazwe anjengeCanada, Australia kanye neNew Zealand nawo ayandisa imizamo yawo yokuhlola kabusha i-chlorpyrifos, izaziso zokuvimbela i-chlorpyrifos esezikhishiwe e-India, Thailand, Malaysia naseMyanmar. Kukholakala ukuthi i-chlorpyrifos ingase ivinjelwe emazweni amaningi.

Ukubaluleka kwe-chlorpyrifos ekuvikelweni kwezitshalo kubonakala ikakhulukazi eYurophu naseNyakatho Melika, lapho ukwenqatshelwa kwayo ukusetshenziswa kudale umonakalo omkhulu emkhiqizweni wezolimo. Inqwaba yamaqembu ezolimo e-United States aveze ukuthi azothola ukulimala okungenakulungiseka uma i-chlorpyrifos ivinjelwe ezitshalweni zokudla. NgoMeyi 2019, uMnyango Wokulawulwa Kwezinambuzane eCalifornia waqala ukuqeda ukusetshenziswa kwesibulala-zinambuzane i-chlorpyrifos. Umthelela wezomnotho wokuqedwa kwe-chlorpyrifos ezitshalweni eziyisithupha ezinkulu zaseCalifornia (i-alfalfa, amabhilikosi, amawolintshi, ukotini, amagilebhisi, nama-walnuts) mkhulu. Ngakho-ke, sekuwumsebenzi obalulekile ukuthola ezinye izindlela ezintsha ezisebenza kahle, ezinobuthi obuphansi kanye nemvelo ukuze uzame ukubuyisela ukulahlekelwa kwezomnotho okubangelwe ukuqedwa kwe-chlorpyrifos.