Dirty air nah good fuh breathing
Dem Boys Seh…
Kaieteur News – Dem boys read a nice story on the BBC News website about a girl who took an oil company. When de child was nine years old, he began to suffer from breathing problems – lipstick, asthma and headache.
At first, de doctors could not diagnose de cause or de problem. But eventually, with the help of a toxicologist, a problem was discovered from an oil well across a road from where she lived. It also affected her neighbors. Apparently, some chemicals, used in the extraction of tea oil, were a source of problem tea.
Now those residents were dealing with a small oil well on the waterfront in their neighborhood. Imagine what the impact of tea emissions, including natural gas flares, would be associated with much larger offshore operations.
Although the Stabroek Block is 150 miles offshore Guyana, de fact is dat has flaunted 14 billion cubic feet of natural gas. Dat is a lot of dirty air off Guyana, and we also know that millions of barrels of wastewater and ballast water are dumped in our waters. How do we know that dice dis nah is affecting our health.
Is it about time we also called in a toxicologist to test tea air, we breathe it, and the water in which our fishermen fish.
Dat lil’s child took action against the company, which was polluting her community. Wah happen to us. Goat bite us! Why can’t we also run some fuh tests to see if we are airing clean and safe, as it should be?
Talk half and wait fuh to see if de EEE PEE A by mek de moves first.