WASHINGTON, DC — Senator wa ku US Tom Carper (D-Del.), Wapampando wa Komiti ya Senate pa Zachilengedwe ndi Ntchito za Anthu (EPW), lero wapereka chiganizo chotsatirachi chokhudza kuletsa kwa bungwe la US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) kugwiritsa ntchito methylene chloride, mankhwala oopsa omwe amadziwika kuti ndi oopsa kwambiri pa thanzi la anthu.
“Lero, EPA yapita patsogolo kwambiri pokwaniritsa maudindo ake motsatira Toxic Substances Control Act popereka ziletso pakugwiritsa ntchito methylene chloride, mankhwala okhudzana ndi zoopsa zazikulu paumoyo,” anatero Sen. Card Per. “Lingaliro lochokera ku sayansi ili likuyimira mtundu wa chitetezo chanzeru chomwe Congress idapereka zaka pafupifupi zisanu ndi ziwiri zapitazo popereka lamulo la Frank R. Lautenberg Chemical Safety Act la m'zaka za m'ma 2000. Chitetezo ndichofunika kwambiri ndipo ndikudzipereka kuonetsetsa kuti zinthu zofunika ku Agency Environmental Protection Agency kuti zipitirize kuphunzira mankhwala omwe ali pachiwopsezo chachikulu pa thanzi la anthu.”
Malamulo oyendetsera zoopsa omwe EPA ikupereka akufuna kuchepetsa mwachangu kupanga, kukonza ndi kufalitsa methylene chloride pazinthu zonse zomwe ogula amagwiritsa ntchito komanso ntchito zambiri zamafakitale ndi zamalonda, zomwe zambiri zidzagwiritsidwa ntchito mokwanira mkati mwa miyezi 15. Kusanthula kwa EPA kwawonetsa kuti pa ntchito zambiri za methylene chloride zomwe EPA ikupereka kuti ziletse, njira zina zogulira ndi magwiridwe antchito m'malo mwa zinthu za methylene chloride zimapezeka nthawi zambiri.
Ulalo wokhazikika: https://www.epw.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/2023/4/carper-statement-on-epa-proposal-to-limit-use-of-methylen-chloride