Amacala amaningi okuhlushwa avumela abantu abaningi abalinyazwe into eyodwa noma umuntu bamangalele ndawonye ukuze bathole ubulungiswa. Kulezi zimo, izidakamizwa eziyingozi, amagajethi aphukile, noma amakhemikhali anobuthi kuvame ukudlala. Ngokuvamile bathola ukunakwa ezweni lonke ngoba bathinta abantu abaningi. Ziphinde zidale izinguquko ezinkulu endleleni izinkampani ezisebenza ngayo kanye nendlela ezisingatha ngayo ukuphepha komphakathi.
Amacala amakhulu ezweni lonke abe nomthelela kwabanye abantu eBaltimore. Idolobhakazi linomphakathi oqinile wezomthetho kanye nokufinyelela ezinkantolo ezinkulu zenhlangano. Ngenxa yalokhu, abantu abalimele ngokuvamile bathola usizo abameli abaningi baseBaltimore ukwenza izicelo nokuthola isinxephezelo. Abantu bangathola usizo kulaba ochwepheshe ukuze bajoyine amacala aseqhubeka ezweni lonke.
Ngezansi amanye amacala amaningi okuhlukumeza aqhubekayo okufanele wazi ngawo.
I-Opioid Litigation
Elinye lamacala amakhulu kakhulu emlandweni wase-US laqala ngenxa yenkinga ye-opioid. Izinkulungwane zezimangalo zafakwa ngokumelene nabenzi bezidakamizwa, amaketanga ekhemisi, nabasabalalisi bezidakamizwa. Abamangali bathi ukuphusha kwalezi zinkampani ukuthengiswa kwe-opioid kuholele ekuluthweni nasekufeni.
IPurdue Pharma kanye noJohnson & Johnson yizinkampani ezimbili ezibalulekile ezibandakanyekayo. Inkampani i-Purdue yaqothuka futhi yavuma ukukhokha isamba sezigidigidi zamarandi. Eziningi zalezi zimo manje seziyingxenye ye-MDL enkulu e-Ohio.
I-Roundup Weed Killer
I-Monsanto, manje ephethwe yi-Bayer, imangalelwe ngomkhiqizo we-Roundup ewenzayo. Abanye abantu abasebenzisa isibulali khula bathi sibanike i-non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. Bathi iMonsanto ayizange ibaxwayise abantu ngezingozi.
Abanye abamangali banikezwe izinxephezelo ezinkulu yizinkantolo. Yize i-Bayer ikhokhe izigidigidi zamaRandi ekunxephezelweni, iyaqhubeka nokuthola amacala amasha. Isayensi yesixhumanisi se-glyphosate engcupheni yomdlavuza akukavunyelwana ngayo.
Amacala e-Talcum Powder
UJohnson & Johnson umangalelwe ngempushana yakhe ye-talcum. Abamangali bathi umkhiqizo unawo i-asbestos kuyo, enikeza abantu umdlavuza. Kunezinkulungwane zamacala, futhi ngalinye linomphumela ohlukile enkantolo.
Amanye amajaji akhiphe umonakalo omkhulu kwamanye amacala. Ukuhambisa izimangalo enkampanini engaphansi kokuqothuka kungenye yezindlela i-J&J ezamile ngayo ukunciphisa ukulahlekelwa kwayo. Lezi zinyathelo zomthetho zisaphonselwa inselelo.
I-3M Combat Arms Earplugs
Omakadebona bezempi baye bayisa i-3M enkantolo ngama-earplugs ayo. Kusukela ngo-2003 kuya ku-2015, amasosha ayefaka izixhumi ezindlebeni, ezenzelwe ukuvikela ukuzwa kwawo. Abantu abaningi bathi amagajethi abenamaphutha futhi abangele ukungezwa noma i-tinnitus.
Lezi zimo ziyingxenye ye-MDL enkulu eFlorida. Amanye amajaji avumelana nabamangali kanti amanye awazange. Njengoba ingcindezi ikhula, ukuxazululwa komhlaba wonke kungenzeka.
Ukungcola kwe-PFAS
Amakhemikhali e-PFAS atholakala ezintweni eziningi zansuku zonke, njengegwebu lesicishamlilo namapani angagxili. Lawa "makhemikhali angunaphakade" ayingozi kuwe zezempilo ngoba azibhidlizi. Izinkampani ezifana ne-3M neDuPont zimangalelwa abantu abachayeke emanzini angcolile.
Abacwaningi bathole izixhumanisi phakathi kwe-PFAS nomdlavuza, ukulimala kwesibindi, nezinye izinto. Amanzi aphuzwa abantu baseMelika abangaphezu kwezigidi ezingu-110 kungenzeka abadalule kulokhu kungcola. Amacala akhona ezweni lonke, kodwa iningi lawo lenzeka eduze nezindawo zamasosha namafekthri.
Amacala eZantac
Ngo-2020, i-Zantac yakhishwa emakethe. Kwakuwumuthi odumile wesilungulela. Ukuhlolwa kwabonisa ukuthi ingakhiqiza I-NDMA, ikhemikhali engabangela umdlavuza. Abanye abantu abathatha iZantac base benomdlavuza manje sebeyamangalela.
Icala enkantolo ikakhulukazi limayelana nobufakazi besayensi. Abamangali kufanele bakhombise ukuthi umuthi ubagulisile. Icala lisathuthuka, futhi ziningi izimangalo ezintsha ezisendleleni.
