Kangangamashumi eminyaka, abantu ababemangalela i-KPR US kwiNkundla yeSithili sase-US eMzantsi Georgia babehlala kwaye besebenza ngaphakathi kweekhilomitha ukusuka kwisityalo sase-Augusta, besithi abazange baqaphele ukuba baphefumla umoya onokuba yingozi kwimpilo yabo. Ngokutsho kwamagqwetha ommangali, abasebenzisi bemizi-mveliso ye-EtO babesazi ngeengozi ezinokubakho ze-EtO ekuqaleni kweminyaka yoo-1980. (I-Arhente yoKhuseleko lweNdalo yase-US idwelise i-ethylene oxide njenge-carcinogen ebantwini ngoDisemba ka-2016.)
Umntu otshutshisa i-KPR US uneentlobo ngeentlobo zomhlaza, kuquka umhlaza webele, i-B-cell lymphoma, umhlaza wesibeleko kunye nomhlaza wamathumbu amakhulu, kunye nokuphuphuma kwesisu. Kwityala elahlukileyo, umfi ka-Eunice Lambert wafaka ityala emva kokuba esweleke yi-leukemia ngo-2015.
Idatha ye-EPA edweliswe ngamagqwetha ommangali kwityala ibonisa ukuba i-KPR yayinciphisa kakhulu ukukhutshwa kwayo kwe-EtO kwiminyaka yoo-2010, kodwa yayiphezulu kakhulu kwiminyaka engamashumi adlulileyo.
“Ngenxa yoko, abantu abahlala nabasebenza kufutshane nezibonelelo zeKPR bajongene nezinye zezona ngozi ziphezulu zomhlaza eMelika ngaphandle kolwazi lwabo. Aba bantu bebesoloko bephefumla i-ethylene oxide bengazi rhoqo kangangeminyaka emininzi. Ngoku, bahlushwa ziintlobo ngeentlobo zomhlaza, ukuphuphuma kwesisu, iziphene zokuzalwa, kunye nezinye iziphumo zempilo ezitshintsha ubomi ngenxa yokuqhubeka bechatshazelwa yi-ethylene oxide,” babhale njalo abameli be-Atlanta Cook & Connelly uCharles C. Bailey kunye noBenjamin H. Richman noMichael. Ovca e-Edelson, eChicago.
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Ixesha lokuthumela: Novemba-26-2021
