Iibhokisi zeRoundup zibekwe kwishelufu yevenkile eSan Francisco, nge-24 kaFebruwari 2019. Isigqibo se-EU sokuba kuvunyelwe na ukusetyenziswa kwe-glyphosate yekhemikhali ephikisanayo kwi-bloc siye salibaziseka ubuncinane iminyaka eli-10 emva kokuba amazwe angamalungu engaphumelelanga ukufikelela kwisivumelwano. Le khemikhali isetyenziswa kakhulu kumazwe angama-27 kwaye yavunywa ukuba ithengiswe kwimarike ye-EU phakathi kuDisemba. (Ifoto ye-AP/Haven Daily, Ifayile)
I-BRUSSELS (AP) — IKhomishini yaseYurophu iza kuqhubeka nokusebenzisa i-glyphosate yekhemikhali yokubulala ukhula ephikisanayo kwiManyano yaseYurophu eminye iminyaka eli-10 emva kokuba amazwe angamalungu angama-27 ephinde asilela ukuvumelana ngolwandiso.
Abameli be-EU basilele ukufikelela kwisigqibo kwinyanga ephelileyo, kwaye ivoti entsha eyenziwe yikomiti yezibheno ngoLwesine ayizange iphumelele. Ngenxa yokungavisisani, umphathi omkhulu we-EU uthe uza kuxhasa isindululo sakhe aze andise imvume ye-glyphosate kangangeminyaka eli-10 kunye neemeko ezintsha ezongeziweyo.
“Le miqathango ibandakanya ukuthintelwa kokusetyenziswa ngaphambi kokuvuna njengesixhobo sokukhupha ulwelo kunye nesidingo sokuthatha amanyathelo athile okukhusela izinto eziphilayo ezingajoliswanga,” itshilo inkampani kwingxelo.
Le khemikhali, esetyenziswa kakhulu kwi-EU, yabangela umsindo omkhulu phakathi kwamaqela okusingqongileyo kwaye ayizange ivunywe ukuba ithengiswe kwimarike ye-EU de kwaba phakathi kuDisemba.
Iqela lezopolitiko leGreen Party kwiPalamente yaseYurophu licele iKhomishini yaseYurophu ukuba isuse ukusetyenziswa kwe-glyphosate kwaye iyithintele.
“Akufanele sibeke emngciphekweni ubomi bethu bendalo kunye nempilo yoluntu ngale ndlela,” utshilo uBas Eickhout, usekela-sihlalo wekomiti yokusingqongileyo.
Kwiminyaka elishumi edlulileyo, i-glyphosate, esetyenziswa kwiimveliso ezifana ne-herbicide Roundup, ibisoloko iphakathi kwengxoxo yesayensi malunga nokuba ingaba ibangela umhlaza kunye nomonakalo enokuwubangela kwindalo esingqongileyo. Le khemikhali yaziswa yinkampani enkulu yeekhemikhali iMonsanto ngo-1974 njengendlela yokubulala ukhula ngempumelelo ngelixa ishiya izityalo nezinye izityalo zingachukunyiswanga.
IBayer ithenge iMonsanto nge-$63 yeebhiliyoni ngo-2018 kwaye ijongene namawaka eetyala kunye namatyala anxulumene neRoundup. Ngo-2020, iBayer yabhengeza ukuba iza kuhlawula ukuya kuthi ga kwi-$10.9 yeebhiliyoni ukuhlawula amabango amalunga ne-125,000 afakiweyo nangakhange afakwe. Kwiiveki ezimbalwa ezidlulileyo, ijaji laseCalifornia linike indoda eyamangalela uMonsanto, isithi umhlaza wayo unxulunyaniswa namashumi eminyaka okusetyenziswa kweRoundup.
I-Arhente yaseFransi yoPhando ngoMhlaza, inkampani engaphantsi kwe-World Health Organisation, yabeka i-glyphosate “njengesifo esinokubangela umhlaza ebantwini” ngo-2015.
Kodwa i-arhente yokhuseleko lokutya ye-EU yathi ngoJulayi “akukho ndawo zibalulekileyo eziye zachongwa” ekusebenziseni i-glyphosate, nto leyo evula indlela yokwandiswa kweminyaka eli-10.
I-Arhente yoKhuseleko lweNdalo yase-US ifumanise ngo-2020 ukuba le nkunkuma yokubulala izinambuzane ayizange ibe yingozi kwimpilo yabantu, kodwa kunyaka ophelileyo inkundla yezibheno karhulumente eCalifornia yayalela le arhente ukuba iphinde icinge ngeso sigqibo, isithi ayixhaswa bubungqina obaneleyo.
Ulwandiso lweminyaka eli-10 olucetywayo yiKhomishini yaseYurophu lufuna “uninzi olufanelekileyo”, okanye i-55% yamazwe angama-27 angamalungu, amele ubuncinci i-65% yabemi be-EU bebonke (malunga nabantu abazizigidi ezingama-450). Kodwa le njongo ayizange ifezekiswe kwaye isigqibo sokugqibela sashiywa kulawulo lwe-EU.
UPascal Canfin, usihlalo wekomiti yezendalo yePalamente yaseYurophu, utyhole umongameli weKhomishini yaseYurophu ngokuqhubela phambili nangona kukho ukungavisisani.
“Ngoko ke u-Ursula von der Leyen walwa nomba ngokugunyazisa kwakhona i-glyphosate iminyaka elishumi ngaphandle kwenani elikhulu, ngelixa amazwe amathathu amakhulu kwezolimo kwilizwekazi (iFransi, iJamani kunye ne-Itali) engazange ayixhase le ngcebiso,” wabhala kwimidiya yoluntu u-X. Ngaphambili le nethiwekhi yayibizwa ngokuba yi-Twitter. “Ndizisola kakhulu ngale nto.”
EFransi, uMongameli u-Emmanuel Macron wafunga ukuba uza kuyivala i-glyphosate ngo-2021 kodwa kamva wajika, ilizwe lisithi ngaphambi kokuvota alizukuyivala endaweni yokuba libize ukuba ivalwe.
Amazwe angamalungu e-EU anoxanduva lokugunyazisa ukusetyenziswa kweemveliso kwiimarike zawo zasekhaya emva kovavanyo lokhuseleko.
IJamani, uqoqosho olukhulu kwi-EU, iceba ukuyeka ukusebenzisa i-glyphosate ukususela kunyaka ozayo, kodwa esi sigqibo sinokuphikiswa. Umzekelo, ukuvalwa kwelizwe lonke eLuxembourg kwarhoxiswa enkundleni ekuqaleni kwalo nyaka.
IGreenpeace icele i-EU ukuba ingavumi ukuphinda ivumele imakethi, ikhankanya izifundo ezibonisa ukuba i-glyphosate inokubangela umhlaza kunye nezinye iingxaki zempilo kwaye inokuba yityhefu kwiinyosi. Nangona kunjalo, icandelo lezoshishino lwezolimo lithi azikho ezinye iindlela ezifanelekileyo.
Ixesha leposi: Matshi-27-2024