Wasinetona - Ke noʻonoʻo nei ka Trump Administration's Environmental Protection Agency i ka ʻae ʻia ʻana o kahi insecticide neonicotinoid e pepehi ana i nā pi no ka hoʻohana ʻana ma luna o 57,000 mau ʻeka o nā kumulāʻau hua ma Maryland, Virginia, a me Pennsylvania, me nā ʻāpala, Peaches a me nā nectarine.
Inā ʻae ʻia, e hōʻailona kēia i ka makahiki 10 o ka loaʻa ʻana o nā mokuʻāina ʻo Maryland, Virginia, a me Pennsylvania i nā hoʻokuʻu pilikia no ka dinotefuran e hoʻopaʻa i nā ʻōpala lacewing ʻeleʻele ma luna o nā kumulāʻau hua ʻai a me nā pōhaku nani i ka nalo.Ke ʻimi nei nā mokuʻāina i ka ʻae ʻia retrospective no ka hoʻoulu ʻana mai Mei 15 a ʻOkakopa 15.
Ua loaʻa iā Delaware, New Jersey, North Carolina a me West Virginia nā ʻae like i nā makahiki 9 i hala iho nei, akā ʻaʻole ʻike ʻia inā e ʻimi nei lākou i ka ʻae ʻia ma 2020.
"ʻO ka pilikia maoli ma aneʻi ʻo ia ka US Environmental Protection Agency e hoʻohana pinepine i nā kaʻina hana backdoor e ʻae i nā pesticides i mea ʻawaʻawa loa i ka nalo," wahi a Nathan Donley, he kanaka ʻepekema kiʻekiʻe ma ka Center for Biodiversity."I ka makahiki i hala iho nei, ua hoʻohana ka EPA i kēia kaʻina hana hoʻokuʻu e pale aku i nā loiloi palekana maʻamau a ʻae i ka hoʻohana ʻana i kekahi mau neonicotinoids e pepehi ana i ka meli ma kahi kokoke i 400,000 mau ʻeka o nā mea kanu.Pono e pau kēia hana hoʻomāinoino ʻole i ke kaʻina hana hoʻokuʻu.
Ma waho aʻe o nā ʻae ʻana o ka dinotefuran no nā lāʻau apple, peach, a me nectarine, ua loaʻa pū kekahi ʻo Maryland, Virginia, a me Pennsylvania i nā ʻae pilikia i nā makahiki ʻeiwa i hala aku nei e hoʻohana i ka bifenthrin (he insecticides Pyrethroid ʻawaʻawa) e hakakā i nā mea ʻino like.
"He ʻumi makahiki ma hope mai, ua palekana ke ʻōlelo ʻana ʻaʻole he pilikia hou nā mea ʻino like ma ka lāʻau hoʻokahi," wahi a Tangli."ʻOiai ke ʻōlelo nei ka EPA e pale i nā pollinators, ʻo ka ʻoiaʻiʻo ke hoʻoikaika ikaika nei ka ʻoihana i kā lākou emi ʻana."
Hāʻawi pinepine ʻo EPA i nā hoʻokuʻu pilikia no nā kūlana wānana a me nā kūlana maʻi i loaʻa i nā makahiki he nui.I ka makahiki 2019, ua hoʻopuka ka US Environmental Protection Agency of the Inspector General i kahi hōʻike i ʻike ʻia ʻo ka ʻae ʻana o ka "emergency" maʻamau o ka miliona o nā ʻeka o nā pesticides ʻaʻole i ana pono i nā pilikia i ke olakino kanaka a i ʻole ke kaiapuni.
Ua waiho ke kikowaena i kahi palapala hoʻopiʻi kānāwai e noi ana iā EPA e kaupalena i ka hoʻokuʻu ʻana i ka pilikia i ʻelua makahiki e pāpā ai i kekahi mau hana hōʻino koʻikoʻi o kēia kaʻina hana.
Hiki mai ka ʻae ʻana o ka neonicotinoid dinotefuran i ka wā e ʻae hou ana ka EPA i nā neonicotinoids he nui no ka hoʻohana ʻole ʻana i ka pilikia ma kekahi o nā mea kanu ulu nui o ka ʻāina.He ʻokoʻa loa ka manaʻo hoʻoholo i manaʻo ʻia e ka EPA Office of Pesticides me nā hoʻoholo ʻepekema ma ʻEulopa a me Kanada e pāpā a hoʻopaʻa loa i ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā kukui neon ma waho.
Ua ʻōlelo ka mea kākau o kahi loiloi ʻepekema koʻikoʻi e pili ana i ka hōʻemi pōʻino o nā iniseti "ʻo ka hōʻemi nui ʻana i ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka pesticide" ʻo ia ke kī i ka pale ʻana i ka pau ʻana a hiki i ka 41% o nā pepeke o ka honua i nā makahiki e hiki mai ana.
ʻO ka Center for Biodiversity kahi hui mālama mālama waiwai ʻole me ka ʻoi aku ma mua o 1.7 miliona mau lālā a me nā mea hoʻoikaika pūnaewele i hoʻolaʻa ʻia no ka pale ʻana i nā ʻano mea make a me nā wahi hihiu.