Toxic-Free Futures imagwira ntchito yolimbikitsa kugwiritsa ntchito zinthu zotetezeka, mankhwala ndi machitidwe kuti tsogolo likhale labwino kudzera mu kafukufuku wamakono, kulimbikitsa, kukonza anthu wamba komanso kutenga nawo mbali kwa ogula.
Mu Epulo 2023, bungwe loteteza zachilengedwe linapereka lingaliro loletsa kugwiritsa ntchito methylene chloride kwambiri. Toxic-Free Futures inalandira lingaliroli pomwe ikupempha bungwe loteteza zachilengedwe kuti lichitepo kanthu mwachangu kuti limalize lamuloli ndikuwonjezera chitetezo chake kwa ogwira ntchito onse.
Methylene chloride (yomwe imadziwikanso kuti methylene chloride kapena DCM) ndi chosungunulira cha organohalogen chomwe chimagwiritsidwa ntchito pochotsa utoto kapena zophimba ndi zinthu zina monga zochotsa mafuta ndi zochotsa utoto. Pamene nthunzi ya methylene chloride isonkhana, mankhwalawa angayambitse kupuma ndi matenda a mtima. Izi zachitika kwa anthu ambiri omwe adagwiritsa ntchito zochotsa utoto ndi zophimba zomwe zili ndi mankhwalawa, kuphatikizapo Kevin Hartley ndi Joshua Atkins. Palibe banja lomwe liyenera kutaya wokondedwa wake kachiwiri chifukwa cha mankhwalawa.
Mu 2017, bungwe la US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) linapereka lingaliro loletsa kugwiritsa ntchito methylene chloride pa zinthu zochotsera utoto (zogwiritsidwa ntchito m'nyumba ndi m'mabizinesi). Pambuyo pake chaka chimenecho, methylene chloride inakhala imodzi mwa mankhwala khumi oyamba omwe "alipo" omwe bungwe la Environmental Protection Agency linayamba kuwunika zoopsa kuti liganizire momwe mankhwalawo amagwiritsidwira ntchito.
Toxic-Free Future yayambitsa kampeni yokopa ogulitsa oposa khumi ndi awiri, kuphatikizapo Lowe's, Home Depot ndi Walmart, kuti asiye kugulitsa zotsukira utoto zomwe zili ndi mankhwalawa. Pambuyo pokumana ndi mabanja a anthu omwe anamwalira chifukwa chokhudzidwa kwambiri ndi mankhwalawa, Environmental Protection Agency pamapeto pake inaletsa kugwiritsa ntchito kwake pazinthu zomwe anthu amagula mu 2019, koma inalola kuti ipitirire kugwiritsidwa ntchito m'malo ogwirira ntchito komwe kugwiritsidwa ntchito kwake kungaphatikizidwe ndi imfa yomweyo ikagwiritsidwa ntchito kunyumba. . Ndipotu, pakati pa 1985 ndi 2018, panali anthu 85 omwe ananenedwa kuti anafa chifukwa chokhudzidwa ndi mankhwala, ndipo 75% mwa iwo anali chifukwa chokhudzidwa ndi mankhwalawo kuntchito.

Mu 2020 ndi 2022, Environmental Protection Agency inafalitsa kuwunika kwa zoopsa komwe kunapeza kuti kugwiritsa ntchito methylene chloride kwambiri kumabweretsa "chiwopsezo chosafunikira ku thanzi kapena chilengedwe." Mu 2023, Environmental Protection Agency inapereka lingaliro loletsa kugwiritsa ntchito mankhwala onse kwa ogula komanso kugwiritsa ntchito mafakitale ndi mabizinesi ambiri, ndi nthawi yochepa yochotsera kugwiritsa ntchito zinthu zofunika kwambiri komanso kuchotsera kwakukulu kwa mabungwe ena aboma pazofunikira zotetezera malo ogwirira ntchito.