Mō ngā tekau tau, ko te hunga i whakawakia a KPR US i roto i te Kōti Takiwā o US i te Tonga o Georgia i noho, i mahi hoki i roto i ngā maero o te tipu o Augusta, me te kī kāore rātou i kite i te manawa i roto i te hau e tūpono ana ki te whakararu i tō rātou hauora. E ai ki ngā rōia a te kaiwhakapae, i mōhio ngā kaiwhakamahi ahumahi o te EtO ki ngā tūponotanga kino o te EtO i ngā tau tōmua o te tekau tau atu i 1980. (I whakarārangihia e te Tari Tiaki Taiao o US te ethylene oxide hei carcinogen tangata i te Hakihea 2016.)
He maha ngā mate pukupuku o te tangata e whakawakia ana a KPR US, tae atu ki te mate pukupuku o te ū, te lymphoma pūtau-B, te mate pukupuku o te ovarian me te koroni, me te mate whānautanga. I roto i tētahi atu kereme, i tukuna e te tupapaku o Eunice Lambert tētahi kereme whai muri i tōna matenga i te leukemia i te tau 2015.
Ko ngā raraunga EPA i whakarārangihia e ngā rōia o te kaiwhakapae i roto i te kereme e whakaatu ana i tino whakaitihia e KPR āna tukunga EtO i ngā tau 2010, engari he nui ake i ngā tekau tau kua pahure.
"Nō reira, ko ngā tāngata e noho ana, e mahi ana hoki i te taha o ngā whare o KPR, ka tūtaki ki ētahi o ngā tūponotanga mate pukupuku roa rawa atu i te United States, me te kore e mōhiotia e rātou. Kua maha ngā tekau tau e hongi ana ēnei tāngata i te ethylene oxide i runga i te kore mōhiotia, i runga i te tikanga tonu. Ināianei, kei te pāngia rātou e ngā mate pukupuku maha, ngā whānautanga kore, ngā whānautanga hapa, me ētahi atu pānga hauora e whakarerekē ana i te ora nā te mea ka pā tonu ki te ethylene oxide," te tuhituhi a ngā rōia o Atlanta Cook & Connelly, a Charles C. Bailey, me Benjamin H. Richman, me Michael Ovca i Edelson, Chicago.
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Wā tuku: Whiringa-ā-rangi 26-2021





