PFAS (per- da polyfluoroalkyl abu) wani bangare ne na kumfa mai samar da fim mai ruwa (AFFF) da ake amfani da shi wajen kashe gobara a filayen jirgin sama. Amfani da AFFF ya zama dole don kashe gobara a filayen jiragen sama saboda yanayin tashin gobarar jiragen sama.
Ma'aikatar Sufuri ta Hawaii (HDOT) tana ɗaukar matakai don magance PFAS da ta shafi ƙasa a kusa da Ramin Horar da Jirgin Sama na Kahului (OGG). Matakan da HDOT ke ɗauka sun haɗa da shinge daga yankin inda samfurin ƙasa ya nuna PFAS da ƙaddamar da wani shiri na gyara na wucin gadi ga Sashen Lafiya na Hawaii (HDOH).
Duk da yake ba a sake sakin AFFF a horon kashe gobara a yau, an yi amfani da shi a horo kafin 2021. An sake gyara motocin ARFF a duk faɗin jihar don iyakance amfani da AFFF kawai don yin wuta da man jirgin sama ko kusa.
Dangane da amfani da tarihi, Ma'aikatar Sufuri ta Hawaii ta fara samfurin ƙasa don PFAS a wurare shida. Wadannan wurare sune: 1) OGG ARFF Training Pit, 2) Tsohon ARFF Pit a filin jirgin sama na Daniel K. Inouye, 3) ARFF Pit a filin jirgin sama na Ellison Onizuka a Keahole, 4 & 5) tsohon ARFF. Ramin horo a filin jirgin sama na Hilo, da 6) tsohon Ramin horo na ARFF a filin jirgin sama na Lihue. Samfurin rukunin yanar gizon OGG ya gano mahaɗan PFAS da yawa a ko sama da matakan aikin muhalli na Sashen Lafiya na Hawaii don tuntuɓar ƙasa na yau da kullun cikin shekaru masu yawa.
Ruwan cikin ƙasa da ke ƙarƙashin yankin horon wuta shima PFASs ya yi tasiri.
Ruwan karkashin kasa ba shine tushen ruwan sha ba kuma baya barazana ga sauran albarkatun ruwan sha a tsibirin. Ana ci gaba da gudanar da ƙarin bincike kan gurbatar ruwan ƙasa.
Wataƙila akwai dubban PFAS waɗanda a halin yanzu suke a Amurka. Kowane ɗayan waɗannan sinadarai yana da kaddarori daban-daban kuma ana iya amfani da su don dalilai daban-daban ko ƙila su kasance kawai azaman samfuran da ba a yi niyya ba na wasu masana'antu ko wasu matakai. Yawan guba na sinadarai ya bambanta. HDOT zai ci gaba da aiki tare da HDOH akan ayyukan gyara a wannan rukunin yanar gizon.
Ana samun ƙarin bayani akan PFASs a health.hawaii.gov/heer/environmental-health/highlighted-projects/per-and-polyflouroalkl-sbstances-pfass or epa.gov/pfas.
