“Yi-dj vu kwakhona.” Kwi-Horticulture and Home Pest News, nge-3 ka-Epreli, 1991, siquke inqaku malunga neengozi zokusebenzisa “itshoko yezinambuzane” engekho mthethweni ukulawula izinambuzane zasekhaya. Ingxaki isabonakala, njengoko kubonisiwe koku kwingxelo yeendaba ye-California Environmental Protection Agency (eguquliweyo).

ISILUMKISO ESIKHUTSHWEYO NGOKUBULALA IZITYALO EZINGAMATSHINI “ETSHAYILE”: INGOZI EBANTWANENI

ISebe leMigaqo yeZibulali-zinambuzane laseCalifornia kunye neNkonzo zezeMpilo namhlanje lilumkise abathengi ngokusebenzisa itshokhwe yokubulala izinambuzane engekho mthethweni. “Ezi mveliso ziyingozi ngendlela ekhohlisayo. Abantwana banokuzijonga ngokulula njengetshokhwe eqhelekileyo yasekhaya,” utshilo iGosa lezeMpilo leSizwe uJames Stratton, MD, MPH, “Abathengi kufuneka baziphephe.” “Ngokucacileyo, ukwenza ityhefu ibonakale ngathi yinto yokudlala kuyingozi – kwaye akukho mthethweni,” utshilo uSekela Mlawuli oyiNtloko we-DPR uJean-Mari Peltier.”

Ezi mveliso — ezithengiswa ngamagama ahlukeneyo orhwebo kuquka iPretty Baby Chalk, kunye neMiraculous Insecticide Chalk — ziyingozi ngezizathu ezibini. Okokuqala, zinokuba kwaye ziphazanyiswe njengetshokholethi eqhelekileyo yasekhaya kwaye zityiwe ngabantwana, nto leyo ebangela izifo ezininzi. Okwesibini, iimveliso azibhaliswanga, kwaye izithako kunye nokupakishwa kwazo akulawuleki.

I-Arhente yoKhuseleko lweNdalo yase-US ithathe amanyathelo nxamnye nomnye wabasasazi kwaye ikhuphe umyalelo kwi-Pretty Baby Co., ePomona, eCalif., wokuba “iyeke ukuthengisa imveliso engabhaliswanga eyingozi kwimpilo yoluntu.” I-Pretty Baby ithengisa ngenkuthalo imveliso yayo engabhaliswanga kubathengi nakwizikolo kwi-Intanethi nakwiintengiso zamaphephandaba.

“Iimveliso ezinje zinokuba yingozi kakhulu,” utshilo uPeltier. “Umenzi angayitshintsha le fomyula ukusuka kwelinye ibhetshi ukuya kwelinye.” Umzekelo, iisampulu ezintathu zemveliso ebhalwe “Miraculous Insecticide Chalk” zahlalutywa yi-DPR kwinyanga ephelileyo. Ezimbini zazine-insecticide deltamethrin; eyesithathu yayine-insecticide cypermethrin.

I-Deltamethrin kunye ne-cypermethrin zii-pyrethroids ezenziweyo. Ukuchama kakhulu kunokubangela iziphumo ezibi zempilo, kubandakanya ukuhlanza, iintlungu zesisu, ukuxhuzula, ukungcangcazela, i-coma, kunye nokufa ngenxa yokungasebenzi kakuhle kokuphefumla. Iimpendulo ezibi kakhulu ze-allergy nazo zinokwenzeka.

Iibhokisi ezinemibala eqhele ukusetyenziswa kwezi mveliso zifunyenwe ziqulathe amanqanaba aphezulu e-lead kunye nezinye iintsimbi ezinzima kwiphakheji. Oku kunokuba yingxaki ukuba abantwana bafaka ibhokisi emlonyeni wabo okanye baphathe iibhokisi baze badlulisele intsalela yesinyithi emlonyeni wabo.

Iingxelo zezifo ezingaqhelekanga ebantwaneni ziye zanxulunyaniswa nokuginywa okanye ukuphathwa kwetshoko. Esona sibi kakhulu senzeke ngo-1994, xa umntwana waseSan Diego walaliswa esibhedlele emva kokutya itshoko ebulala izinambuzane.

Abathengi abathenge ezi mveliso zingekho mthethweni akufuneki bazisebenzise. Lahla imveliso kwiindawo zenkunkuma eyingozi yasekhaya.