Laurene Allen

Laurene Allen 'yar asalin Amurka ce kuma mai fafutukar kare lafiyar muhalli da ke zaune a New Hampshire">Merrimack, New Hampshire . An san ta da aikinta na magance gurɓata daga PFAS da ke da alaƙa da masana'antar Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics a Merrimack. A cikin 2025, Allen ta sami lambar yabo ta muhalli ta Goldman don Arewacin Amurka saboda kokarin da ta yi na al'umma don wayar da kan jama'a game da gurɓataccen PFAS da kuma ba da shawara don Kare muhalli mai ƙarfi a New Hampshire.

 Tarihi 
Allen ya zauna a Merrimack tun daga shekarun 1980 kuma a baya ya yi aiki a matsayin ma'aikacin zamantakewa na asibiti. Ta shiga cikin batutuwan muhalli bayan gwaje-gwajen ruwa na cikin gida sun nuna matakan PFAS a cikin 2016. A wannan lokacin, an gano gurɓatawar zuwa hayaki daga wurin Saint-Gobain da ke kusa.

 Yunkurin kare muhalli 
Bayan binciken, Allen ya taimaka wajen shirya mazauna don neman ƙarin bayani daga hukumomin jihar da kamfanin da ke da hannu. Ta kafa kungiyar Merrimack Citizens for Clean Water, wacce ta fara karbar bakuncin tarurruka, tattara bayanai game da gidajen da abin ya shafa, da kuma ba da shawara don gyarawa. Kungiyar daga baya ta taimaka wajen kafa National PFAS Contamination Coalition, wanda ke haɗa al'ummomin da ke fuskantar irin wannan batutuwan gurɓataccen yanayi a duk faɗin Amurka.

Allen da sauran masu ba da shawara na cikin gida sun matsa don ƙara gwajin, rarraba ruwan kwalba, da tsaftacewa na dogon lokaci a ƙarƙashin kulawar jihar. Ci gaba da goyon bayansu ya ba da gudummawa ga sabbin ka'idojin ruwa na jihar akan iyakokin PFAS da tsarin kula da jama'a.

 Rufewar masana'antar Saint-Gobain 
A cikin 2023, Saint-Gobain ya ba da sanarwar cewa zai rufe wurin aikinta na Merrimack har abada, yana mai da hankali kan abubuwan tattalin arziki da rashin tabbas. Rahoton yankin ya bayyana shawarar ne sakamakon ci gaba da bincike da ayyukan tilasta bin shekaru na korafe-korafe daga mazauna da kungiyoyin muhalli. Ayyukan tsaftacewa da gyare-gyare sun kasance a karkashin bita ta Ma'aikatar Ayyukan Muhalli ta New Hampshire.

 Manazarta 
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