Ngā rōpū taiao, kua roa nei e tautohetohe ana ki te Tari Tiaki Taiao, ki ngā rōpū pāmu me ētahi atu mō te tiaki i ngā momo kararehe e tata ana ki te ngaro mai ingā patu pepeke, i mihi nui ki te rautaki me te tautoko a ngā rōpū pāmu mōna.
Kāore te rautaki e whakatakoto ana i ngā whakaritenga hou ki ngā kaimahi pāmu me ētahi atu kaiwhakamahi patupatu, engari e whakarato ana i ngā aratohu ka whakaarohia e te EPA i te wā e rēhita ana i ngā patupatu hou, e rēhita anō rānei i ngā patupatu kua wātea kē ki te mākete, e ai ki te tari i roto i tētahi pānui pāpāho.
I hangaia e te EPA ētahi huringa ki te rautaki i runga i ngā urupare mai i ngā rōpū pāmu, ngā tari ahuwhenua a te kāwanatanga me ngā whakahaere taiao.
Ina koa, i tāpirihia e te tari he kaupapa hou hei whakaiti i te rere o te rehu patu pepeke, te rerenga ki ngā awa, me te horo o te oneone. Ka whakaitihia e te rautaki te tawhiti i waenga i ngā nohoanga o ngā momo e mōrearea ana me ngā wāhi rehu patu pepeke i raro i ētahi āhuatanga, pērā i te wā kua whakatinanahia e ngā kaiwhakatipu ngā mahi whakaiti rere, kei ngā wāhi kāore i pāngia e te rere o te rere ngā kaiwhakatipu, kei te mahi rānei ngā kaiwhakatipu i ētahi atu mahi hei whakaiti i te rere o ngā patu pepeke. Ka whakahoutia hoki e te rautaki ngā raraunga mō ngā momo invertebrate e noho ana i runga i te whenua ahuwhenua. I kī te EPA kei te whakamahere ia ki te tāpiri i ngā kōwhiringa whakaiti i te heke mai ina hiahiatia.
"Kua kitea e mātou he huarahi mohio hei tiaki i ngā momo kararehe e tata ana ki te ngaro, kāore e whakararu i ngā kaihanga e whakawhirinaki ana ki ēnei taputapu hei oranga mō rātou, ā, he mea nui hoki hei whakarite i te haumaru me te rawaka o te kai," te kī a te Kaiwhakahaere EPA, a Lee Zeldin, i roto i tētahi panuitanga pāpāho. "E whakapau kaha ana mātou ki te whakarite kei te hapori ahuwhenua ngā taputapu e hiahiatia ana hei tiaki i tō mātou iwi, inā koa ko tā mātou kai, mai i ngā pepeke me ngā mate."
I mihi nui ngā rōpū pāmu e tohu ana i ngā kaihanga hua whenua pērā i te kānga, te pīni soya, te miro me te raihi ki te rautaki hou.
"Mā te whakahou i ngā tawhiti ārai, te urutau i ngā mahi whakaiti i te horapa, me te whakamana i ngā mahi tiaki taiao, ka whakarei ake te rautaki hou i ngā tiakitanga taiao me te kore e whakararu i te haumaru me te pumau o ngā kai, whāngai kararehe, me ngā rauemi muka a tō tātou motu," te kī a Patrick Johnson Jr., he kaiwhakatipu miro nō Mississippi me te perehitini o te Kaunihera Miro ā-Motu, i roto i tētahi panui pāpāho a te EPA.
I whakanuia anō hoki e ngā tari ahuwhenua a te kāwanatanga me te Tari Ahuwhenua o Amerika te rautaki a te EPA i roto i taua panuitanga pāpāho anō.
I te nuinga o te wā, e koa ana ngā kaitiaki taiao kua whakaae te umanga ahuwhenua kei te pā ngā whakaritenga o te Ture Momo Mōrearea ki ngā ture patu pepeke. Kua roa ngā rōpū pāmu e whawhai ana ki aua whakaritenga.
"E harikoa ana ahau ki te kite i te rōpū tautoko ahuwhenua nui rawa atu o Amerika e mihi ana ki ngā mahi a te EPA ki te whakamana i te Ture Momo Mōrearea me te mahi i ngā mahi whakaaro nui hei tiaki i ā tātou tipu me ā tātou kararehe tino whakaraerae mai i ngā patu pepeke kino," te kī a Laurie Ann Byrd, te kaiwhakahaere o te Kaupapa Tiaki Taiao i te Center for Biological Diversity. "Ko taku tumanako ka kaha ake te rautaki patu pepeke whakamutunga, ā, ka mahi mātou ki te whakarite kia whakaurua ngā tiakitanga kaha ake ki ngā whakataunga a meake nei mō te whakamahi i te rautaki ki ngā matū motuhake. Engari ko te tautoko a te hapori ahuwhenua mō ngā mahi ki te tiaki i ngā momo mōrearea mai i ngā patu pepeke he taahiraa tino nui ki mua."
Kua maha ngā wā kua whakawakia e ngā rōpū taiao te EPA, me te kī kei te whakamahi rātou i ngā patu pepeke ka kino pea ki ngā momo kararehe e tata ana ki te ngaro, ki ō rātou kāinga rānei, me te kore e kōrero ki te Ratonga Ika me te Kararehe Mohoao me te Ratonga Hī ika Moana ā-Motu. I roto i te tekau tau kua pahure ake nei, kua whakaae te EPA i roto i ētahi whakataunga ture ki te aromatawai i ētahi patu pepeke mō ō rātou kino pea ki ngā momo kararehe e tata ana ki te ngaro. Kei te mahi te tari i tēnei wā ki te whakaoti i aua aromatawai.
I te marama kua taha ake nei, i pānuitia e te Tari Tiaki Taiao he raupapa o ngā mahi e aro ana ki te tiaki i ngā momo kararehe e tata ana ki te ngaro mai i tētahi o aua patupatu, arā, te patupatu carbaryl carbamate. I kī a Nathan Donley, te kaiwhakahaere o te pūtaiao tiaki taiao i te Center for Biological Diversity, mā ngā mahi "ka whakaiti i ngā mōrearea e pā ana ki ngā tipu me ngā kararehe e tata ana ki te ngaro, ā, ka whakarato hoki i ngā aratohu mārama ki te hapori ahuwhenua ahumahi mō te whakamahinga."
I kī a Donley he rongo pai ngā nekehanga hou a te EPA ki te tiaki i ngā momo kararehe e tata ana ki te ngaro mai i ngā patu pepeke. "Neke atu i te tekau tau te roa o tēnei tukanga, ā, he maha ngā kaipupuri hea kua mahi tahi i roto i ngā tau maha ki te tīmata. Kāore tetahi e tino harikoa ana ki tēnei, engari kei te mahi, ā, kei te mahi tahi te katoa," tana kī. "Te āhua nei kāore he pokanoa tōrangapū i tēnei wā, he mea whakatenatena tēnei."
Wā tuku: Mei-07-2025