{"id":6007,"date":"2014-08-17T12:46:00","date_gmt":"2014-08-17T16:46:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/lawmakers-must-crack-down-on-toxic-chemicals-guest-opinion\/"},"modified":"2023-09-18T11:06:23","modified_gmt":"2023-09-18T15:06:23","slug":"lawmakers-must-crack-down-on-toxic-chemicals-guest-opinion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/es\/lawmakers-must-crack-down-on-toxic-chemicals-guest-opinion\/","title":{"rendered":"Los legisladores deben tomar medidas en\u00e9rgicas contra las sustancias qu\u00edmicas t\u00f3xicas: opini\u00f3n de los hu\u00e9spedes"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Como investigador biom\u00e9dico, me siento frustrado por el control laxo de las sustancias qu\u00edmicas.<\/span><\/p>\n

La ley federal todav\u00eda permite el uso de productos qu\u00edmicos en productos, desde juguetes hasta cajas de pizza, sin datos suficientes sobre sus efectos en la salud humana. Como resultado, se introducen nuevas sustancias qu\u00edmicas a un ritmo que supera con creces la capacidad de los investigadores de salud p\u00fablica para estudiarlas. La anticuada pol\u00edtica sobre sustancias qu\u00edmicas de nuestra naci\u00f3n es particularmente irritante cuando se trata de nuestros ni\u00f1os, expuestos sin saberlo a productos fabricados con sustancias qu\u00edmicas potencialmente da\u00f1inas.  <\/span><\/p>\n

Nuestra sociedad parece estar llevando a cabo un experimento mal dise\u00f1ado con nuestros hijos. Liberamos sustancias qu\u00edmicas que no han sido suficientemente probadas en sus espacios vitales, con la esperanza de que no entren en el cuerpo de los ni\u00f1os ni les hagan da\u00f1o. Luego pedimos a nuestros cient\u00edficos financiados con fondos p\u00fablicos que averig\u00fcen qu\u00e9 pas\u00f3.<\/span><\/p>\n

Si bien no todas las sustancias qu\u00edmicas nuevas son motivo de preocupaci\u00f3n, con demasiada frecuencia los miembros de la comunidad investigadora descubrimos que las sustancias qu\u00edmicas que investigamos est\u00e1n asociadas con consecuencias graves y da\u00f1inas. As\u00ed como fumar aumenta el riesgo de c\u00e1ncer de pulm\u00f3n, muchas sustancias qu\u00edmicas ampliamente utilizadas y disponibles comercialmente aumentan el riesgo de una variedad de problemas de salud para los beb\u00e9s en desarrollo en el \u00fatero, los beb\u00e9s y los ni\u00f1os. Estos riesgos para la salud incluyen efectos en los ri\u00f1ones, h\u00edgados y corazones, pero tambi\u00e9n riesgos para el desarrollo intelectual y psicol\u00f3gico, a trav\u00e9s de efectos en los cerebros en r\u00e1pido desarrollo de los ni\u00f1os.<\/span><\/p>\n

Evaluar y documentar estos efectos lleva a\u00f1os y cuesta dinero a los contribuyentes por cada sustancia qu\u00edmica, recursos que podr\u00edan usarse para encontrar curas para enfermedades si se les libera de la urgente tarea de evaluar los riesgos qu\u00edmicos. Entonces, cuando queda claro que una sustancia qu\u00edmica utilizada en productos cotidianos representa un riesgo para la salud, tenemos la responsabilidad moral y fiscal de tomar medidas como sociedad.<\/span><\/p>\n

Hay buenas noticias: el nuevo proyecto de ley del senador Jeff Merkley para poner fin al uso de varios productos qu\u00edmicos t\u00f3xicos en todo el pa\u00eds. Las sustancias qu\u00edmicas enumeradas en la ley propuesta por el senador son sustancias t\u00f3xicas que se acumulan en nuestro medio ambiente, se acumulan en la cadena alimentaria y, por tanto, se concentran en el cuerpo humano, incluida la leche materna. Estos qu\u00edmicos t\u00f3xicos persistentes y bioacumulativos ingresan a nuestra agua, aire y alimentos a trav\u00e9s de productos tan comunes como alfombras, sartenes, cosm\u00e9ticos y muebles. El senador Merkley tiene raz\u00f3n al insistir en que pongamos fin r\u00e1pidamente a su uso.<\/span><\/p>\n

Sin embargo, el proyecto de ley del Senador Merkley es s\u00f3lo un remedio muy necesario que permite a la EPA eliminar gradualmente algunas de las peores sustancias qu\u00edmicas del mercado. No reemplaza la necesidad de una revisi\u00f3n integral de la obsoleta Ley de Control de Sustancias T\u00f3xicas de 1976 de nuestra naci\u00f3n, un tema por el que la fiscal general de Oreg\u00f3n, Ellen Rosenblum, defendi\u00f3 acertadamente en una columna reciente en el Statesman Journal.<\/span><\/p>\n

Hasta que tengamos una ley federal efectiva, Oreg\u00f3n, l\u00edder en salud ambiental, deber\u00eda tomar sus propias medidas, como lo han hecho Washington y California. El a\u00f1o pasado, me un\u00ed a m\u00e9dicos, padres y expertos ambientales en un llamado a una pol\u00edtica estatal para revelar sustancias qu\u00edmicas t\u00f3xicas conocidas en los productos para ni\u00f1os. Imploro a nuestra Legislatura estatal que siga el liderazgo del Senador Merkley y aborde los qu\u00edmicos t\u00f3xicos en nuestros hogares y en nuestro estado. <\/span><\/p>\n


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