Ka taƙaita labarin:  Magungunan kashe kwari mai guba wanda ya yi wa dangin Amurka da ke hutu a tsibirin Virgin Islands guba an kuma yi amfani da shi ba daidai ba a Puerto Rico, Hukumar Kare Muhalli ta Amurka ta ce a ranar Alhamis bayan binciken tarayya. Jami'ai sun ce takardun sun nuna cewa methyl bromide na iya amfani da shi ba daidai ba a wurare daban-daban a Puerto Rico. Manajan yankin EPA Judith Enck ya ce hukumar da Ma'aikatar Aikin Gona ta Puerto Rico suna binciken inda kuma lokacin da aka yi amfani da maganin kashe kwari da kuma yawan da aka yi amfani da shi. Steve Esmond (a hagu) da matarsa, Dokta Theresa Devine (a dama), da 'ya'yansu maza biyu matasa sun kamu da rashin lafiya mai tsanani a lokacin da suke hutu a tsibirin St. John. An gano guba mai guba da ta yi wa iyalin guba a wurare daban-daban a Puerto Rico, in ji Hukumar Kare Muhalli ta Amurka a ranar Alhamis. 'EPA tana daukar wannan da matukar muhimmanci,' in ji ta a wata hira ta waya. 'Ba zan iya gaya muku yadda yadu wannan ne... Mun fara binciken ne da wuri.' Sean, mai shekaru 16, (hoton) da ɗan'uwansa Ryan mai shekaru 14 suna cikin coma makonni biyu bayan da aka kwantar da su a asibiti saboda guba ta methyl bromide. Enck ta ce ba ta san wani da ya kamu da cutar methyl bromide a Puerto Rico ba. EPA ta haramta amfani da sinadarin a gidaje a shekarar 1984, da farko saboda damuwar kiwon lafiya. Nancy Feliciano, mai magana da yawun ma'aikatar aikin gona, ta ce jami'an Puerto Rico za su yi bayani nan ba da jimawa ba. Magungunan sun kamu da wani iyali mai mutane hudu daga Wilmington, Delaware, a watan da ya gabata a tsibirin Virgin Islands na Amurka. Yara maza biyu sun shiga cikin coma bayan an fallasa su a Gidan shakatawa na Sirenusa a Cruz Bay, St. John. Iyalin Esmond suna zaune a bene na biyu na rukunin wanda bene na farko aka fesa da maganin kashe kwari don kawar da kwaro na cikin gida wanda ke cin itace, in ji jami'ai. Steve Esmond da matarsa, Dr. Theresa Devine, da 'ya'yansu maza biyu sun kamu da rashin lafiya a lokacin da suka zauna. Sun fara samun rikice-rikice kuma an tura su zuwa asibitoci daban-daban a Philadelphia suna fama da mummunan rauni na numfashi. Sean, mai shekara 16, da kuma Ryan,
An yi amfani da Methyl Bromide ba daidai ba a tsibirin tsibirin Virgin Islands na Amurka cewa iyalin suna zama a lokacin da aka yi musu guba. Steve Esmond, matarsa Theresa Divine da 'ya'yansu maza biyu sun kamu da rashin lafiya yayin da suke zama a Sirenusa Resort a St. John. Hukumar kare muhalli ta Amurka ta ce mai yiwuwa an yi amfani da guba mai guba ba daidai ba a wasu wurare a Puerto Rico. Shugabar hukumar kula da muhalli ta yankin Judith Enck ta ce ba ta san da wani da ya kamu da cutar ta maganin kashe kwari a Puerto Rico ba.