{"id":800,"date":"2023-06-27T15:14:47","date_gmt":"2023-06-27T19:14:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/?p=800"},"modified":"2023-07-18T15:15:16","modified_gmt":"2023-07-18T19:15:16","slug":"doggett-merkley-and-others-urge-epa-for-more-aggressive-action-against-plastic-pollution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/es\/doggett-merkley-and-others-urge-epa-for-more-aggressive-action-against-plastic-pollution\/","title":{"rendered":"DOGGETT, MERKLEY Y OTROS PIDEN A LA EPA QUE TOME MEDIDAS M\u00c1S AGRESIVAS CONTRA LA CONTAMINACI\u00d3N POR PL\u00c1STICO"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>martes, 27 de junio de 2023<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>Washington DC<\/em><\/strong>&nbsp;\u2013 Hoy, el representante de EE. UU. Lloyd Doggett (D-Austin), el senador Jeff Merkley (D-OR) y 64 miembros instaron al administrador de la Agencia de Protecci\u00f3n Ambiental (EPA) Michael S. Regan a hacer m\u00e1s para reducir los desechos pl\u00e1sticos y la contaminaci\u00f3n y prevenir los micropl\u00e1sticos. de entrar en nuestras v\u00edas fluviales.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cA medida que nuestras v\u00edas fluviales se desbordan con pl\u00e1sticos y nuestros cuerpos son invadidos por micropl\u00e1sticos, ahora es el momento de tomar medidas urgentes y significativas, no de timidez\u201d.&nbsp;<strong>dijo el representante Doggett.<\/strong>&nbsp;\u201cPara responder al da\u00f1o creciente y al bombardeo publicitario masivo y enga\u00f1oso de la industria del pl\u00e1stico, la EPA deber\u00eda estar haciendo mucho m\u00e1s y hacerlo antes. Si continuamos pateando la botella de pl\u00e1stico, este tipo de contaminaci\u00f3n seguir\u00e1 causando estragos en nuestras comunidades\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cCuando se trata de reducir los desechos, nos ense\u00f1aron las tres R: reducir, reutilizar y reciclar; sin embargo, la realidad de los pl\u00e1sticos son las tres B: enterrados, quemados o llevados al mar\u201d,&nbsp;<strong>dijo el senador Merkley.&nbsp;<\/strong>\u201cLa EPA debe tomar medidas para reducir la producci\u00f3n de pl\u00e1stico y la contaminaci\u00f3n a fin de proteger nuestra salud p\u00fablica, las v\u00edas fluviales y los animales. No basta con que limitemos nuestro propio uso individual de pl\u00e1stico: Estados Unidos debe tomar medidas a nivel federal e internacional para resolver esta crisis\u201d.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>El 21 de abril, la EPA public\u00f3 una&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.epa.gov\/circulareconomy\/draft-national-strategy-prevent-plastic-pollution\">Proyecto de Estrategia Nacional para Prevenir la Contaminaci\u00f3n por Pl\u00e1sticos<\/a>, que forma parte de la serie de iniciativas de la EPA para eliminar los desechos pl\u00e1sticos de fuentes terrestres para 2040.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cAunque este Borrador avanza en el enfoque de nuestro gobierno federal sobre la contaminaci\u00f3n pl\u00e1stica, creemos que la estrategia necesita planes y requisitos pr\u00e1cticos. Todo el ciclo de vida de los pl\u00e1sticos, desde la producci\u00f3n hasta la eliminaci\u00f3n, plantea serias amenazas para la salud del planeta y de todos los que lo llamamos hogar. Si bien el Borrador de la Estrategia Nacional reconoce los peligros de la contaminaci\u00f3n pl\u00e1stica, incluidas las preocupaciones sobre la salud de los efectos disruptores endocrinos de la exposici\u00f3n a los productos qu\u00edmicos que lixivian los pl\u00e1sticos, se requiere un compromiso urgente con las acciones necesarias para frenar tales amenazas a la salud p\u00fablica.&nbsp;<strong>escribieron los legisladores.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>En la carta, los legisladores se\u00f1alan que la EPA deber\u00eda desarrollar un plan para eliminar gradualmente los productos de un solo uso en todo el gobierno federal, lo que ayudar\u00eda a liderar la carga tanto en el sector p\u00fablico como en el privado. Otras agencias federales han comenzado planes y procesos internos para eliminar gradualmente los pl\u00e1sticos de un solo uso, pero el liderazgo de la EPA se queda atr\u00e1s, dado su uso continuo de pl\u00e1sticos de un solo uso.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>&quot;La EPA debe ser l\u00edder al establecer un cronograma urgente para su propia adquisici\u00f3n y alentar un esfuerzo de todo el gobierno para eliminar gradualmente los pl\u00e1sticos de un solo uso como parte de su Estrategia Nacional para Reducir la Contaminaci\u00f3n por Pl\u00e1sticos&quot;.&nbsp;<strong>escribieron los legisladores.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Los legisladores solicitan a la EPA que incluya acciones como eliminar la adquisici\u00f3n de pl\u00e1sticos de un solo uso por parte de la EPA, reducir la adquisici\u00f3n de cloruro de polivinilo y poliestireno por parte de la EPA, dos de los pl\u00e1sticos m\u00e1s t\u00f3xicos, establecer un derecho a la informaci\u00f3n de la comunidad para la producci\u00f3n de nuevos qu\u00edmicos para pl\u00e1stico, iniciando la autoridad bajo la Ley de Agua Limpia para minimizar los micropl\u00e1sticos y las microfibras en las v\u00edas fluviales, y recomendando oportunidades para la elaboraci\u00f3n de normas para limitar los micropl\u00e1sticos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cEl Borrador ha demostrado los muchos peligros del pl\u00e1stico para la salud humana y ambiental y algunas de las formas de mitigar este da\u00f1o. Para proteger significativamente a las comunidades en todo Estados Unidos, ahora la EPA debe incluir m\u00e1s medidas procesables para reducir realmente los desechos pl\u00e1sticos y la contaminaci\u00f3n\u201d.&nbsp;<strong>concluyeron los legisladores.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Actualmente, la EPA est\u00e1 aceptando comentarios sobre el Borrador de la Estrategia Nacional para Prevenir la Contaminaci\u00f3n por Pl\u00e1sticos, y la fecha l\u00edmite para enviar un comentario p\u00fablico es el 31 de julio de 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lea el texto completo de la carta, con todos los firmantes,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/doggett.house.gov\/sites\/evo-subsites\/doggett.house.gov\/files\/evo-media-document\/quill-letter-l11861-epa-draft-national-strategy-to-prevent-plastic-pollution-version-5-06-27-2023-02-38-pm.pdf\">aqu\u00ed<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tuesday, June 27, 2023 Washington, D.C.&nbsp;\u2013 Today, U.S. Representative Lloyd Doggett (D-Austin), Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR), and 64 Members urged the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Michael S. 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