Gas da ake amfani da shi a cikin gidaje yana da alaƙa da ciwon daji; Sau da yawa ba a gano Leaks
Daga Dennis Thompson Reporter HealthDay
JUMA’A, Yuli 1, 2022 (Labaran Lafiya)
Wani sabon bincike ya ce iskar gas da ake tadawa a cikin gidanku ya ƙunshi nau’ikan sinadarai masu guba, waɗanda suka haɗa da kusan dozin biyu masu cutarwa waɗanda aka keɓe su a matsayin gurɓataccen iska mai haɗari, in ji wani sabon bincike.
Samfurin iskar gas da aka ɗauka daga murhu na dafa abinci 69 na yankin Boston an gano cewa yana ɗauke da aƙalla 21 gurɓataccen iska mai haɗari daban-daban, waɗanda suka haɗa da benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene, xylene da hexane, bisa ga binciken da aka buga kwanan nan a mujallar Muhalli da Fasaha .
“Daya daga cikin dalilan da ya sa muke samun iskar gas a gidaje da yawa shi ne saboda an gaya mana cewa yana da tsabta,” in ji mawallafin marubucin Dr. Curtis Nordgaard, wani masanin kimiyar muhalli da cibiyar bincike ta PSE Healthy Energy da ke Oakland, Calif. “Wannan ya nuna cewa duk da cewa yana iya zama mai tsabta fiye da kona gawayi da mai ta fuskar gurbacewar iska, hakan ba yana nufin ya tsafta gaba daya ba.”
Benzene da aka samu a cikin iskar gas yana da matukar damuwa saboda sanannen carcinogen, kuma an same shi a cikin kashi 95% na samfuran da aka ɗauka, in ji Nordgaard.
Wasu daga cikin wasu na iya samun wasu ayyukan da ake zargi da cutar sankarau, amma benzene shine ainihin abin da ya fi damuwa. Mun san yana haifar da cutar sankarar bargo kuma yana da alaƙa da lymphoma , “in ji shi.
Wani binciken da aka buga a cikin wannan mujalla a watan Janairu ya gano cewa mafi yawan murhu na zubar da iskar gas, in ji Nordgaard da Tasha Stoiber, wani babban masanin kimiya na kungiyar Aiki ta Muhalli a Washington, DC.
Stoiber, wanda ba ya cikin binciken ya ce “Ruhun ku, ba tare da la’akari da lokacin da kuke amfani da shi ba, koyaushe yana cikin ƙananan matakin da ke zubar da iskar gas.” “Wannan shi ne abin da kuke nunawa a kowane lokaci, lokacin da akwai wannan kullun kullun.”
Don wannan binciken , Nordgaard da abokan aikinsa sun tattara samfuran iskar gas guda 234 daga dakunan dafa abinci na gidaje 69 a ciki da wajen Boston.
Binciken ya gano mahaɗan sinadarai na musamman guda 296 a cikin iskar gas , gami da 21 da Hukumar Kare Muhalli ta Amurka ta ayyana a matsayin gurɓataccen iska mai haɗari.
“Mun san daga wasu bincike cewa ana iya samun waɗannan gurɓatattun abubuwa a cikin iskar gas da ke fitowa daga rijiya,” in ji Nordgaard. “Don haka muna zargin da yawa daga cikin wadannan mahadi na iya kasancewa a zahiri daga inda iskar gas ke fitowa daga kasa har zuwa bututun da ke shiga gidanku da murhun kicin din ku.”
Abubuwan gurɓataccen iska mai haɗari a cikin iskar gas ya bambanta dangane da lokacin shekara, tare da mafi girma da aka samu a cikin hunturu.
Abin baƙin ciki, masu bincike sun gano cewa wasu samfurori sun ƙunshi rashin isassun matakan ruɓaɓɓen ƙamshin kwai waɗanda ake ƙarawa ga iskar gas don taimakawa mutane su fitar da leaks.
“A wasu lokuta ƙila ba za su isa su iya jin ƙamshin ɗigon ƙasa ba, wanda ke da kyau game da shi,” in ji Stoiber.
Waɗannan sinadarai masu haɗari na iya zama gurɓata iskar ɗakin dafa abinci da gidan ku ta hanyar jinkirin ɗigogi a cikin murhu.
Nordgaard ya ce “Lokacin da muke gudanar da bincike kan tsaro a lokacin binciken, mun gano cewa kashi 5% na gidajen sun sami yoyon fitsari wanda ya kai girman da muka ba da shawarar a gyara shi.”
Binciken da aka buga a watan Janairu ya ba da rahoton cewa, murhu a duka amma hudu daga cikin gidaje 53 da aka gwada suna zubar da iskar gas, yana mai nuni da cewa “yawancin murhu da bututun da ke kusa da su na ci gaba da zubar da methane.”
“Wannan shine abin da kuke nunawa lokacin da kuke dafa abinci,” in ji Stoiber. “Wannan shi ne abin da kuke nunawa a duk lokacin da akwai wannan kullun kullun.”
Nordgaard da Stoiber duk sun ba da shawarar cewa jama’a su maye gurbin murhun iskar gas da kuma dafa abinci da ƙirar lantarki.
Wasu biranen — Berkeley, San Francisco, Seattle da New York City a cikinsu — sun kafa dokoki da ke kawar da iskar gas zuwa sabon gini, in ji Stoiber. Waɗannan dokokin gabaɗaya ana nufin yaƙi da canjin yanayi, amma kuma suna iya taimakawa wajen kare ingancin iska na cikin gida na sabbin gidaje.
Ya kamata mutanen da ke da tukunyar gas su tabbata suna da murfin kewayon su yayin dafa abinci, kuma su tabbata suna da murfin kewayon da ke watsa bututu a wajen gidan maimakon sake zagayawa ta cikin kicin, in ji Nordgaard.
Hakanan ba zai cutar da dafa abinci tare da buɗe tagogi da yalwar iska ba, Stoiber ya kara da cewa.
Dukkanin ƙwararrun biyu sun ce kuma ya kamata ku kira ɗan kwangilar HVAC don duba kayan aikin ku na iskar gas kuma ku tabbatar da cewa ba su da ƙarfi sosai.
