Ukhilimu Wokunakekelwa Kwesikhumba Ongcolisiwe Ushiye Owesifazane Esimweni Esithi "Semi-Comatose"

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Ubuthi beMercury buvame ukuhlotshaniswa ne-sushi nezinye izinhlobo zokudla kwasolwandle. Kodwa owesifazane oneminyaka engu-47 ubudala eCalifornia usanda kulaliswa esibhedlela ngemva kokuchayeka e-methylmercury emkhiqizweni wokunakekelwa kwesikhumba, ngokombiko wezikhulu Zezempilo Zomphakathi zaseSacramento County.

Owesifazane ongaziwa, manje “osesimeni esifana nesakhe,” waya esibhedlela ngoJulayi enezimpawu ezifana nokukhuluma kabi, ukuba ndikindiki ezandleni nasebusweni, nokuhlupheka ukuhamba ngemuva kokusebenzisa imbiza yePond's Rejuveness Anti-Aging Face Cream eyayingeniswe eMexico ngokusebenzisa "inethiwekhi engakahleleki,"Izindaba ze-NBC imibiko.

Ukuhlolwa kwegazi lalona wesifazane kukhombise izinga eliphezulu kakhulu le-mercury, okuholele ekutheni odokotela bahlole izimonyo zakhe bathola i-methylmercury emkhiqizweni obhalwe ukuthi Pond's. Ukhilimu okukhulunywa ngawo awungcoliswanga abakhiqizi bePond kodwa kukholakala ukuthi ungcoliswe umuntu wesithathu, ngokusho kombiko weSacramento County Public Health. IPond's ibingatholakali kalula ukuphawula ngesikhathi sokushicilelwa.

I-Methylmercury ichazwa yi-EPA njenge- "organic organic compound." Ngobuningi, kungabangela imiphumela emibi yezempilo, njengokulahlekelwa umbono, "izikhonkwane nezinaliti" ezandleni, ezinyaweni, nasemlonyeni, ukuntuleka kokuxhumana, ukukhubazeka kokukhuluma, ukuzwa, kanye/noma ukuhamba, kanjalo. njengobuthakathaka bemisipha.

Odabeni lowesifazane waseSacramento, bekusele isonto ngaphambi kokuba odokotela bamthole ngokusemthethweni ukuthi une-mercury poisoning. Ngaleso sikhathi, ubekade ebhekene nenkulumo engacacile nokulahleka kwemoto; manje usembhedeni ngokuphelele futhi akakhulumi, kusho indodana yakhe, uJay I-FOX40. (Okuhlobene: ICosta Rica Ikhishwe Isaziso Sezempilo Mayelana Notshwala Obungcoliswe Ngamazinga Ane-Toxic Methanol)

Ngokusobala, lo wesifazane ubengagcini ngoku-oda umkhiqizo obhalwe ileli Pond ngale "network engakahleleki" kule minyaka engu-12 eyedlule, kodwa ubekwazi nokuthi "kukhona okwenezelwe kukhilimu ngaphambi kokuba uhanjiswe," kuchaza uJay. Kodwa-ke, kungokokuqala ukuthi abhekane nezinkinga zezempilo ezihlobene nokhilimu wokunakekelwa kwesikhumba, engeza.

"Kunzima impela, uyazi, kuhle kakhulu ukwazi nje ukuthi umama wami ngubani ... nobuntu bakhe," kusho uJay I-FOX40. "Ungowesifazane okhuthele, uyazi, ekuseni kakhulu, vuka, wenze izivivinyo zokusa, uhambe nenja yakhe."

Yize leli kuyicala lokuqala le-mercury elitholakala kumkhiqizo wokunakekelwa kwesikhumba obikwe e-US, Isikhulu Sezempilo Esidlangalaleni seSacramento County, u-Olivia Kasirye, MD sikhiphe isexwayiso emphakathini ukuthi uyeke ukuthenga nokusebenzisa okhilimu abebengeniswe bevela eMexico kuze kufike esinye isikhathi.

Ngalesi sikhathi, iSacramento County Public Health isebenza noMnyango Wezempilo Womphakathi waseCalifornia ukuhlola imikhiqizo efanayo endaweni ukuthola iminonjana ye-methylmercury, ngokusho kwezikhulu zezempilo. Noma ubani othenge umkhiqizo wokunakekela isikhumba eMexico ukhuthazwa ukuba ayeke ukuwusebenzisa ngokushesha, awuhlole udokotela, futhi ahlolelwe i-mercury egazini nomchamo.

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