Wasinetona - Ke noʻonoʻo nei ka Trump Administration's Environmental Protection Agency i ka ʻae ʻia ʻana o kahi pesticide neonicotinoid e pepehi ana i nā pi no ka hoʻohana ʻana ma luna o 57,000 mau ʻeka o nā kumulāʻau hua, me nā ʻāpala, ma Maryland, Virginia, a me Pennsylvania., Peaches a me nā nectarine.
Inā ʻae ʻia, ʻo ia ka 10 o ka makahiki i hāʻawi ʻia e Maryland, Virginia, a me Pennsylvania i nā hoʻokuʻu pilikia dinotefuran no ka hoʻopaʻa ʻana i nā ʻōpala i kālai ʻia ma luna o nā pi a me nā kumulāʻau hua pōhaku, he mea nani loa i ka nalo.Ke ʻimi nei nā mokuʻāina i nā ʻae ʻia no ka hiki ke hoʻoheheʻe ʻia ma waena o Mei 15 a me ʻOkakopa 15.
I nā makahiki ʻeiwa i hala iho nei, ua loaʻa iā Delaware, New Jersey, North Carolina a me West Virginia nā ʻae like, akā ʻaʻole ʻike ʻia inā ua ʻimi pū lākou i ka ʻae no 2020.
"ʻO ka pilikia maoli ma ʻaneʻi ʻo ia ka hoʻohana pinepine ʻana o EPA i nā kaʻina hana backdoor e ʻae i nā pesticides i mea ʻona loa i ka nalo," wahi a Nathan Downley, he kanaka ʻepekema kahiko ma ka Center for Biodiversity."I ka makahiki i hala aku nei, ua hoʻohana ka EPA i kēia kaʻina hana hoʻokuʻu e pale i nā loiloi palekana maʻamau a ʻae i ka hoʻohana ʻana i kekahi mau neonicotinoids e pepehi ana i nā pi ma kahi o 400,000 mau ʻeka o nā mea kanu.Hoʻokuʻu ʻia mai ka hana ʻino.Pono e pau ka papahana.
Ma waho aʻe o ka ʻae ʻana i ka pilikia pilikia no ka ʻāpala, peach, a me nā kumu nectarine, ua loaʻa pū ʻo Maryland, Virginia, a me Pennsylvania i nā ʻae pilikia no nā makahiki ʻeiwa i hala e hoʻohana i ka bifenthrin (he pyrethroid ʻona) ma ka lāʻau hoʻokahi.Ester insecticides) hakakā i nā mea ʻino like.
"He ʻumi mau makahiki ma hope mai, ua palekana ke ʻōlelo ʻana ʻaʻole he pilikia hou ka pest like ma ka lāʻau hoʻokahi," wahi a Tangli."ʻOiai ke ʻōlelo nei ka EPA e makemake e pale i nā pollinators, ʻo ka ʻoiaʻiʻo ke hoʻoikaika nei ka ʻoihana i kāna mau hana pollination."
Hāʻawi mau ʻo EPA i ka hoʻokuʻu ʻana i ka pilikia no nā maʻi maʻi maʻi e hiki mai ana i nā makahiki he nui.Ua hoʻopuka ka EPA's Office of the Inspector General i kahi hōʻike i ka makahiki 2019 i ʻike ʻia ʻo ka ʻae ʻana o ke keʻena i ka ʻae ʻana o ka "emergency" no nā miliona o nā ʻeka pesticides ʻaʻole i ana pono i nā pilikia i ke olakino kanaka a i ʻole kaiapuni.
Ua waiho ke kikowaena i kahi palapala hoʻopiʻi kānāwai e kāhea ana i ka EPA e kaupalena i ka hoʻokuʻu ʻana i ka pilikia i ʻelua makahiki e pāpā ai i kekahi mau hana hōʻino koʻikoʻi o ke kaʻina hana.
I ka ʻae ʻana o ka US Environmental Protection Agency i nā neonicotinoids he nui no ka hoʻohana ʻole ʻana i ka pilikia ma kekahi o nā mea kanu ulu nui o ka ʻāina, ua ʻae koke ʻo ia i nā neonicotinoid difurans.He ʻokoʻa loa ka manaʻo i manaʻo ʻia e ka EPA Office of Pesticides me nā hoʻoholo ʻepekema o ʻEulopa a me Kanada e pāpā a hoʻopaʻa loa i ka hoʻohana ʻana i waho o ka nicotine.
Ua ʻōlelo ka mea kākau o kahi loiloi ʻepekema nui e pili ana i ka make ʻino o nā ʻōpala "ʻo ka hoʻohaʻahaʻa nui ʻana i ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā pesticides" ʻo ia ke kī e pale ai i ka 41% o nā iniseti mai ka pau ʻana i nā makahiki e hiki mai ana.
ʻO ka Center for Biodiversity he hui mālama mālama waiwai ʻole me ka ʻoi aku o 1.7 miliona mau lālā a me nā mea hoʻoikaika pūnaewele i hoʻolaʻa ʻia no ka pale ʻana i nā ʻano mea ʻino a me ke kaiapuni hihiu.