Bungwe la European Commission lawonjezera mphamvu ya glyphosate kwa zaka zina 10 pambuyo poti mayiko omwe ali mamembala sanagwirizane.

Mabokosi a Roundup ali pa shelufu ya sitolo ku San Francisco, pa 24 February, 2019. Chisankho cha EU chokhudza ngati chilole kugwiritsa ntchito mankhwala ophera udzu otsutsana a glyphosate m'gululi chachedwa kwa zaka zosachepera 10 pambuyo poti mayiko omwe ali mamembala alephera kukwaniritsa mgwirizano. Mankhwalawa amagwiritsidwa ntchito kwambiri m'maiko 27 ndipo adavomerezedwa kuti agulitsidwe pamsika wa EU pofika pakati pa Disembala. (AP Photo/Haven Daily, File)
BRUSSELS (AP) — Bungwe la European Commission lipitiliza kugwiritsa ntchito mankhwala ophera udzu otsutsana a glyphosate ku European Union kwa zaka zina 10 pambuyo poti mayiko 27 omwe ali mamembala alepheranso kugwirizana pa nthawi yowonjezera.
Oimira EU sanathe kupanga chisankho mwezi watha, ndipo voti yatsopano ya komiti yoona za apilo Lachinayi sinalinso yokwanira. Chifukwa cha kusamvana kumeneku, mkulu wa EU adati athandizira lingaliro lake ndikuwonjezera kuvomereza kwa glyphosate kwa zaka 10 ndi zinthu zatsopano zowonjezera.
"Zoletsa izi zikuphatikizapo kuletsa kugwiritsa ntchito mankhwala ophera tizilombo asanakololedwe komanso kufunika kochitapo kanthu kuti titeteze tizilombo tomwe sitingathe kuwononga," kampaniyo idatero m'mawu ake.
Mankhwalawa, omwe amagwiritsidwa ntchito kwambiri ku EU, adayambitsa mkwiyo waukulu pakati pa magulu oteteza zachilengedwe ndipo sanavomerezedwe kugulitsa pamsika wa EU mpaka pakati pa Disembala.
Gulu la ndale la Green Party mu Nyumba Yamalamulo ya ku Ulaya nthawi yomweyo linapempha European Commission kuti ithetse kugwiritsa ntchito glyphosate ndikuletsa.
"Sitiyenera kuika pachiwopsezo mitundu yathu ya zamoyo ndi thanzi la anthu mwanjira imeneyi," anatero Bas Eickhout, wachiwiri kwa wapampando wa komiti yoona za chilengedwe.
Kwa zaka khumi zapitazi, glyphosate, yomwe imagwiritsidwa ntchito mu zinthu monga mankhwala ophera tizilombo otchedwa Roundup, yakhala pakati pa mkangano waukulu wa sayansi wokhudza ngati imayambitsa khansa komanso kuwonongeka komwe ingayambitse ku chilengedwe. Mankhwalawa adayambitsidwa ndi kampani yayikulu ya mankhwala yotchedwa Monsanto mu 1974 ngati njira yophera udzu bwino komanso kusiya mbewu ndi zomera zina zosakhudzidwa.
Bayer adagula Monsanto pa $63 biliyoni mu 2018 ndipo akukumana ndi milandu yambirimbiri yokhudzana ndi Roundup. Mu 2020, Bayer adalengeza kuti alipira mpaka $10.9 biliyoni kuti athetse milandu pafupifupi 125,000 yomwe idaperekedwa komanso yosaperekedwa. Masabata angapo apitawo, oweruza milandu aku California adapereka $332 miliyoni kwa munthu yemwe adasumira Monsanto mlandu, ponena kuti khansa yake imagwirizana ndi zaka zambiri akugwiritsa ntchito Roundup.
Bungwe la International Agency for Research on Cancer ku France, lomwe ndi nthambi ya World Health Organization, linaika glyphosate m'gulu la "khansa yomwe ingayambitse khansa mwa anthu" mu 2015.
Koma bungwe la EU loona za chitetezo cha chakudya linati mu Julayi kuti "palibe madera ofunikira omwe apezeka" pakugwiritsa ntchito glyphosate, zomwe zikutsegulira njira yowonjezera zaka 10.
Bungwe la US Environmental Protection Agency linapeza mu 2020 kuti mankhwala ophera tizilombo sali pachiwopsezo pa thanzi la anthu, koma chaka chatha khoti la apilo la boma ku California linalamula bungweli kuti liganizirenso za chisankho chimenecho, ponena kuti sichinachirikizidwe ndi umboni wokwanira.
Kuwonjezeredwa kwa zaka 10 komwe kwaperekedwa ndi European Commission kumafuna "ambiri oyenerera", kapena 55% mwa mayiko 27 omwe ali mamembala, omwe akuyimira osachepera 65% ya anthu onse a EU (pafupifupi anthu 450 miliyoni). Koma cholinga ichi sichinakwaniritsidwe ndipo chisankho chomaliza chinasiyidwa kwa akuluakulu a EU.
Pascal Canfin, wapampando wa komiti yoona za chilengedwe ya Nyumba Yamalamulo ya ku Ulaya, adadzudzula purezidenti wa European Commission kuti akupita patsogolo ngakhale kuti panali kusakhazikika.
"Chifukwa chake Ursula von der Leyen adatsutsa nkhaniyi povomerezanso glyphosate kwa zaka khumi popanda ambiri, pomwe mayiko atatu akuluakulu a ulimi ku kontinenti (France, Germany ndi Italy) sanagwirizane ndi lingaliroli," adalemba pa malo ochezera a pa Intaneti X. Poyamba netiwekiyi inkatchedwa Twitter. "Ndikudandaula kwambiri ndi izi."
Ku France, Purezidenti Emmanuel Macron adalumbira kuti aletsa glyphosate pofika chaka cha 2021 koma pambuyo pake adabwerera m'mbuyo, dzikolo lisanavote kuti lisiya kugwiritsa ntchito m'malo mopempha kuti aletse.
Mayiko a EU ali ndi udindo wololeza zinthu kuti zigwiritsidwe ntchito m'misika yawo yapakhomo pambuyo powunika chitetezo.
Germany, dziko lalikulu kwambiri m'dziko la EU, ikukonzekera kusiya kugwiritsa ntchito glyphosate kuyambira chaka chamawa, koma chisankhochi chikhoza kutsutsidwa. Mwachitsanzo, chiletso cha dziko lonse ku Luxembourg chinathetsedwa kukhoti koyambirira kwa chaka chino.
Greenpeace yapempha EU kuti ikane kuvomerezanso msika, ponena za kafukufuku wosonyeza kuti glyphosate ingayambitse khansa ndi mavuto ena azaumoyo ndipo ikhoza kukhala poizoni kwa njuchi. Komabe, gawo la bizinesi yaulimi likuti palibe njira zina zomwe zingagwiritsidwe ntchito.