Toxic-Free Future yadzipereka kukulitsa 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.
Kuyambira m'ma 1980, kugwiritsa ntchito methylene chloride kwapha anthu ambiri komanso ogwira ntchito. Mankhwala omwe amagwiritsidwa ntchito mu zotsukira utoto ndi zinthu zina amatha kupha nthawi yomweyo chifukwa cha kupuma movutikira komanso matenda a mtima, komanso agwirizanitsidwa ndi khansa ndi kuwonongeka kwa ubongo.
Chilengezo cha EPA sabata yatha choletsa kugwiritsa ntchito methylene chloride chimatipatsa chiyembekezo chakuti palibe amene adzafa ndi mankhwala oopsawa.
Lamulo lomwe likuperekedwali liletsa kugwiritsa ntchito mankhwala onse kwa ogula, komanso kugwiritsa ntchito kwambiri mafakitale ndi mabizinesi, kuphatikizapo zotsukira mafuta, zochotsa madontho, zochotsa utoto kapena zokutira, ndi zina zambiri.
Zimaphatikizaponso kuchotsera nthawi yofunikira pa chitetezo cha malo ogwirira ntchito komanso kuchotsera kwakukulu kuchokera ku Dipatimenti Yoteteza, Federal Aviation Administration, Dipatimenti Yoteteza Dziko, ndi NASA. Mosiyana ndi zimenezi, EPA imapereka "mapulogalamu oteteza mankhwala kuntchito okhala ndi malire okhwima kuti ateteze antchito." Makamaka, lamuloli limaletsa mankhwala oopsa kwambiri kuti asatuluke m'masitolo ndi m'malo ambiri ogwirira ntchito.
Sizophweka kunena kuti lamulo loletsa methylene chloride silidzakhazikitsidwa motsatira Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) ya 1976, yomwe gulu lathu lakhala likugwira ntchito mwakhama kuti lisinthe kwa zaka zambiri.
Kuthamanga kwa boma pa mankhwala ophera poizoni kukupitirirabe pang'onopang'ono. Sizinathandize kuti atsogoleri a EPA atenge mbali yotsutsana ndi malamulo mu Januwale 2017, pomwe kusintha kwa TSCA kunayamba kugwira ntchito. Patha pafupifupi zaka zisanu ndi ziwiri kuchokera pamene malamulo osinthidwawo adasainidwa kukhala lamulo, ndipo iyi ndi njira yachiwiri yokha yomwe EPA yapereka yolimbana ndi mankhwala “omwe alipo” omwe ali pansi pa ulamuliro wake.
Iyi ndi sitepe yofunika kwambiri poteteza thanzi la anthu ku mankhwala oopsa. Nthawi yogwirira ntchito mpaka pano ikuwonetsa zaka za ntchito yofunika kwambiri kuti cholinga ichi chikwaniritsidwe.
N’zosadabwitsa kuti dichloromethane ili pamndandanda wa mankhwala “khumi apamwamba” a EPA omwe ayenera kuyesedwa ndi kulamulidwa motsatira TSCA yosinthidwa. Mu 1976, anthu atatu anamwalira chifukwa chogwiritsa ntchito mankhwalawo mwachangu, zomwe zinapangitsa kuti bungwe la Environmental Protection Agency lipemphe kuti liletse kugwiritsa ntchito mankhwalawo m'zochotsa utoto.
Isanafike chaka cha 2016, EPA inali kale ndi umboni wokwanira wa kuopsa kwa mankhwala amenewa—ndithudi, umboni womwe unalipo unapangitsa woyang'anira panthawiyo Gina McCarthy kugwiritsa ntchito mphamvu za EPA pansi pa TSCA yosinthidwa kuti apereke lingaliro loletsa kugwiritsa ntchito utoto wokhala ndi methylene chloride ndi njira zochotsera. pofika kumapeto kwa chaka cha 2016.
Olimbikitsa ufulu wathu ndi ogwirizana nafe m'bungweli anali okondwa kwambiri kugawana ndemanga zambiri mwa ndemanga zikwizikwi zomwe EPA idalandira pochirikiza chiletsochi. Ogwirizana nafe m'boma ali okondwa kuti atigwirizane nafe mu kampeni yathu yolimbikitsa ogulitsa monga Lowe's ndi Home Depot kuti asiye kugulitsa zinthuzi chiletsocho chisanavomerezedwe.
Mwatsoka, bungwe la EPA, lotsogozedwa ndi Scott Pruitt, linaletsa malamulo onse awiri ndipo linachepetsa kuchitapo kanthu pa kuwunika kwakukulu kwa mankhwala.
Atakwiya ndi kusachitapo kanthu kwa EPA, mabanja a achinyamata omwe adamwalira ndi zinthuzi adapita ku Washington, adakumana ndi akuluakulu a EPA ndi mamembala a Congress, ndipo adaphunzira mwachifundo za kuopsa kwenikweni kwa methylene chloride. Ena mwa iwo agwirizana nafe ndi ogwirizana nafe pomanga mlandu EPA kuti atiteteze.
Mu 2019, pamene Kazembe wa EPA Andrew Wheeler adalengeza kuletsa kugulitsa kwa ogula, tinaona kuti zomwe zinachitika, ngakhale zili zolandiridwa, zikupwetekabe antchito.
Amayi a anthu awiri omwe akhudzidwa ndi vutoli komanso anzathu a PIRG ku Vermont agwirizana nafe popereka mlandu kukhothi la federal kupempha EPA kuti ipatse ogula chitetezo chofanana ndi cha ogwira ntchito. (Popeza mlandu wathu siwo wokhawo, khothilo linagwirizana ndi mapempho ochokera ku NRDC, Latin American Progressive Labor Council, ndi Halogenated Solvent Manufacturers Association. Omalizawa adanena kuti EPA siyenera kuletsa kugwiritsa ntchito mankhwala osokoneza bongo.) Ngakhale tikusangalala kuti woweruza milandu anakana pempho la gulu la amalonda la mafakitale loletsa lamulo loteteza ogula, takhumudwa kwambiri kuti kulephera kwa khothi mu 2021 kufuna EPA kuletsa kugwiritsa ntchito mankhwala osokoneza bongo kunapangitsa kuti ogwira ntchito alandire mankhwala oopsa awa.
Pamene EPA ikupitiliza kuwunika zoopsa zomwe zimabwera chifukwa cha methylene chloride, tikupitilizabe kulimbikitsa chitetezo cha kugwiritsa ntchito mankhwala onsewa. Pamene EPA idatulutsa kuwunika kwake kwa zoopsa mu 2020, idapeza kuti kugwiritsa ntchito 47 mwa 53 kunali "koopsa kwambiri." Cholimbikitsa kwambiri, boma latsopano lawunikanso kuti PPE siyenera kuonedwa ngati njira yotetezera antchito ndipo lapeza kuti kugwiritsa ntchito konse kupatulapo kamodzi mwa 53 komwe kudaganiziridwa kunali chiopsezo chosafunikira.
Tinakumana kangapo ndi akuluakulu a EPA ndi White House omwe adapanga malamulo owunikira zoopsa ndi malamulo omaliza, adapereka ndemanga ku Komiti Yolangiza ya Sayansi ya EPA, ndikufotokozera nkhani za omwe sanathe kupezekapo.
Sitinathebe - lamulo likangosindikizidwa mu Federal Register, padzakhala nthawi ya masiku 60 yopereka ndemanga, pambuyo pake mabungwe aboma adzawunikanso ndemangazo motsatira zilembo za alfabeti asanayambe kugwira ntchito.
Tikulimbikitsa bungwe la EPA kuti lipereke mwachangu lamulo lolimba lomwe limateteza ogwira ntchito onse, ogula, ndi madera kuti athe kugwira ntchito zawo. Chonde onetsetsani kuti mawu anu amveka kudzera mu pempho lathu la pa intaneti panthawi yopereka ndemanga.