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Ben Cang Portland ordau?
Ben cang nam d ha lull song Willamette, khoang giCra cau Broadway 6
trung tarn thanh pho Portland va dao Sauvie, Co nhieu ngifcfi lam viec
doctheo dong song va dong song nay con difocdung cho cac hoat dong
giai tri nhii cau ca, cheo thuyen, va boi loi.
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Ben Cing Portland
Song Miles
Tai sao toi phai lo ngai?
Nghien cifu cho thay rang cac chat gay o nhiem 6 Ben Cang Portland gay
ra nhiifng nguy hai khong the chap nhan dL/oc cho con ngi/di, ca va dong
vat hoang da. Vao nam 2000, Ben cang Portland difoc goi la mot dia diem
Superfund. Bia diem Superfund la nhCfng noi ma ngifdi ta nghi ngd chat
doc hoa hoc bi thai ra moi trifdng ma Co quan Bao ve Moi Sinh (EPA) xac
dinh la can dieu tra ve loai chat thai va tinh chat nghiem trong cua chat
thai do.
Lam the nao ma noi do b| 6 nhiem?
Trong the ky qua, cac chat o nhiem bi thai vao nifdc va troi den bd quanh
Ben cang Portland. Cac chat 6 nhiem sau day dtfoc tim thay 6 nhieu noi
di/6i nUdc, tren bd hoac cung nhi/6 ca d Ben Cang Portland:
Cac chat kim loai nhu' ch'i, thach tin, chromium, va cadmium
Thuoc trifsau ke ca DDT
Chat polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), la dung dich lam mat da bi
cam sir dung
Chat polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), la chat dot chay
Chat dioxins va furans, la nhCfng san pham phu cua quy trlnh ky
nghe,
Co quan Bao ve Moi Sinh (EPA) va cac to chirc khac da hop tac vdi nhau va
co dudinh don sach Ben Cang Portland. Muc dich la de co mot Ben Cang
sach hon, ngifdi dan co the an ca va ft so bi nhiem doc hon, va chung ta
se co nhifng bai bien an toan hon cho moi ngUdi.

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Ak ^F|ll United States
Environmental Protection
*m Agency
Co nhufng nguy ca nao doi v&i con ngtfcfi?
Mac du chung ta lam viec va giai tri doc theo Ben Cang Portland, nguy
co chu yeu cho con ngifdi la de bi o nhiem khi an cac loai ca nhif ca vifgc
(bass), ca da tron (catfish) va ca chep (carp). NhCfng loai ca song nay
(resident fish),chira nhieu chat o nhiem hoa hoc co the gay ung thif hay
lam roi loan su" phat trien cua con ngi/di, PCB la chat gay o nhiem chinh
gay nen phan Idn cac nguy hai do an ca song. Tre nho, tre so sinh va em
be trong bung me thu'cmg nhay dim nhat vdi cac hoa chat nay: Cac ba
me va tre em difng nen an ca sdng & Ben Cang Portland nhu hinh &
dUdi day.De biet thong tin tham van hay truy cap:
www.healthorecion.ora/fishadv hay goi (877) 290-6767.
Dieu gi hien dang dufcrc thufc hien de don sach?
Ca quan Bao ve Moi Sinh (EPA) dang xet duyet cac phifong ke li/a chon
de don sach Ben Cang Portland, nhCrng phuong ke nay di/oc trinh bay
trong mot tai lieu goi la nghien cifu kha thi. Cac phi/ong ke bao gom don
di cac chat phu sa (bun 6 song), xti ly chat gay o nhiem tai cho, che lap
hay day lai phu sa o nhiem va de cho phu sa m6i theo thdi gian tu1 nhien
lap tren phu sa bi o nhiem.
Tiep theo se la gi?
Ca quan Bao ve Moi Sinh (EPA) se soan
thio mot Chifong Trinh don sach Ben
Cang (du1 kien vao nam 2016). Se co mot
loat cac cuoc hop cung cap thong tin cho
cong dong nham thao luan chuong trinh
va lay y kien cong chung mot each chinh
thirc.
TCr nay cho den Iuc do, Co quan Bao ve Moi Sinh (EPA) se tiep tuc gap
cong chung de cung cap thong tin mdi, giai dap cac thSc mac, va lang
nghe nhu'ng lo ngai cua ngifdi dan.
Lam the nao de toi tham gia va tiep tuc di/oc thong bao?
OC/ng chan chCr! Hay lien lac vdi chung toi neu quy vi muon thao luan
trong nhom, can cac tai lieu giao due, hay muon trao doi y kien.
Hay truy cap website cua EPA de ghi danh nhan email thong bao ve cac
buoi hop, su1 kien va thong tin mdi.
Hay den diTcac buoi Hop Nhom Tham Van (CAG), vao ngay
ThifTuthur hai trong moi thang luc 6 gid chieu. Hay lien lac vdi
Jim Robison so 503-285-4805, hay
www.portlandharborcaa.info/ de biet thong tin.
Lien lac vdi Ca quan Bao ve Mdi Sinh EPA ^
Alanna Conley	Kristine Koch
Oieu Phoi Vien Cong Dong	GiamBocDu'An
conlev.alanna@epa.aov	koch.kristine@epa.gov
(503) 326-6831	(206) 553-6705
M
Ghi danh de nhan thong tin mdi: http://bit.lv/ptlndhrbr
Trang web Ben Cang Portland cua EPA:
http://vosemite.epa.gov/r10/cleanup.nsf/sites/ptldharbor

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