Kweminye imimandla yaseNyakatho Carolina, iihagu zingaphezulu kwabahlali ezingama-40 ukuya kwenye.UPETROS MUHLY / AFP / imifanekiso kaFetty Kuqikelelwa 10 yezigidi zehagu kushishino lokufuya iihagu eNorth Carolina. Ngokudibeneyo, bavelisa inkunkuma elingana ne Izigidi ezili-100 zabantu . Okubi ngakumbi kukuba, iziseko zophuhliso ze-septic azikho kwimizi-mveliso yehagu ukuphatha ngokufanelekileyo isixa esikhulu senkunkuma yehagu eveliswa mihla le.
Ngo-Okthobha u-2016, i INew York Times ‘Ibhodi yabahleli ipapashe i ilungisiwe oko kuchaziwe i malunga nama-4,000 inkunkuma yamachaphaza epinki adaka ngasempuma North Carolina. Iibhaktheriya ezivela kula madama ziye zaziwa ngokungcolisa amanzi angaphantsi komhlaba kunye namanzi angaphezulu, okungena kwiindawo ezikufutshane kunye nomsi onobungozi. Ibhodi ibhala ithi, Abantu abahlala kufutshane nala madike basemngciphekweni wokonyuka kwesifuba, isifo sorhudo, ukuqaqanjelwa ngamehlo, uxinzelelo kunye nezinye iingxaki zempilo. Ngo-2016 ingxelo eqhutywa nguJulia Kravchenko ovela kwiDuke University School of Medicine wafumana amakhonkco phakathi kokuchaphazeleka kwenkunkuma kwiifama zehagu kunye nokunyuka koxinzelelo lwegazi, ukungasebenzi kakuhle komzimba kunye nokusebenza kwemiphunga. Ingxelo yakhe ikwafumanise iziphumo zomhlaza ukunyanzeliswa ngemichiza evela Inkunkuma yokufuya iihagu.
Ukufuya ihagu bububi obungeyomfuneko obutshabalalisa i-North Carolina eyayintle ngaphakathi nangaphandle, kanye njengokuba isenza kubantu abatya inyama yehagu kwaye bahlala ezifama, u-Kip Andersen, umlawuli we-documentary Ubuqhophololo, uxelele uMqwalaseli, ebhekisa kwinkunkuma evela kwiifama kunye neempawu zomzimba ezinxulumene nokutya okufana nebhekoni. Kwincwadi yakhe yokugqibela, Yintoni iMpilo , Udliwanondlebe noAndersen bendawo ezininzi eDuplin County, North Carolina, apho kuhlala khona uninzi lwala manzi amdaka, kunye neehagu inani likhulu abahlali 40 kuye. Utata wam uhlala apho, kwaye andinakucinga ukuba nabani na uyazi ukuba uthatha inxaxheba kolu shishino loyikekayo nakanjani na.
Kwi Yintoni iMpilo , UAndersen uthetha nomhlali waseDuplin County uRene Miller. Uthi, Dade wethu, unesifo sombefu. Ubhuti wakhe (wakhomba usana aluphetheyo), unesifuba. Ubathathu, kwaye asikazi ukuba unantoni. Ndine-asthma… ndine-sarcoidosis evela kwi-bacteria. Kwaye ndinesixhobo sokubetha kwentliziyo, esigulayo isifo sesono. Ubukhulu becala wonke umntu okule ndawo wayenesifuba okanye umhlaza. Ummelwane wam apho wasweleka ngumhlaza mhlawumbi kunyaka ophelileyo. Umtshana wam ezantsi kwesitalato, unomdlavuza. Ukwinqanaba lesine lomhlaza ongapheliyo. Ungatshayi, hayi umntu oselayo. Kwaye akukho semiphungeni yakhe. Kukwii-lymph node zakhe. Uyaqhubeka, ukuba uhlala apha kwaye wabona into abayenzayo, awuyi kutya nyama yehagu. Asilutyi ubhekeni kuba ndiyazi ukuba luvela phi. Xa besifa, bangena ebhokisini, kwaye bayabola kuba badumbile, ingakumbi bubushushu. Ilori iyeza ibathathe, ibase kwindawo yokulungisa izinto eRoseville, ibenze indawo yokutya, kwaye ibondle babuyise iihagu.
Amashumi amabini anesihlanu eepesenti abahlali baseDuplin County bamnyama, kwaye ngaphezulu kweepesenti ezingama-20 ngabaseSpanishi. An Uhlalutyo eqhutywa yi-WaterKeeper Alliance ifumanise ukuba kwi-2,246 yehagu egxile kwimisebenzi yokutya kwezilwanyana kurhulumente, kuphela li-12 kuye kwafuneka ukuba bafumane imvume phantsi koMthetho waManzi acocekileyo. Zonke ezinye zisebenza phantsi kwezikhokelo zemvume zelizwe. Ngo-2014 ukufunda eqhutywa yiDyunivesithi yaseNorth Carolina eChapel Hill yafumanisa ukuba abantu abamnyama banamaxesha ayi-1.54 amathuba okuba bahlale kufutshane nale misebenzi yehagu eMantla e-Carolina kunabantu abamhlophe, ii-Hispanics zingama-1.39 amaxesha amaninzi, kwaye amaMelika aseMelika amaxesha angama-2.18.
Ityala lesenzo seklasi lalikhona Kutshanje kufayilishwe ngabahlali abaphantse babe ngama-500, uninzi lwamalungu oluntu oluchaphazelekayo lwaseMelika eMpuma North Carolina, ngokuchasene noMurphy-Brown, oyena mvelisi wehagu mkhulu waseNorth Carolina, wokulahla inkunkuma yehagu ngokuyitshiza kunganyangwa emasimini akufutshane noluntu. Umgwebo wenza indlela eya kwinkundla yomanyano ngaxeshanye indlu yowiso-mthetho yaseNyakatho Carolina ibisoloko inyanzelisa umthetho osayilwayo wokuqhubela phambili imimiselo yokusebenza kwehagu. Andothusi ukuba kubekho ityala, utshilo UProfesa weYunivesithi yaseDuke. Ndiyamangaliswa ukuba kuthathe ixesha elide ukuba umntu afayilishwe.
