Toxic-Free Future yadzipereka pakupanga tsogolo labwino mwa kulimbikitsa kugwiritsa ntchito zinthu zotetezeka, mankhwala ndi machitidwe kudzera mu kafukufuku wamakono, kulimbikitsa, kukonza mabungwe ambiri komanso kutenga nawo mbali kwa ogula.
Kuyambira m'ma 1980, kukhudzana ndi methylene chloride kwakhala kukugwirizana ndi imfa ya ogula ndi antchito ambiri. Mankhwala omwe amagwiritsidwa ntchito mu zotsukira utoto ndi zinthu zina zomwe zimayambitsa imfa nthawi yomweyo chifukwa cha kupuma movutikira komanso matenda a mtima, ndipo agwirizanitsidwa ndi khansa ndi kuwonongeka kwa ubongo.
Chilengezo cha EPA sabata yatha choletsa kugwiritsa ntchito methylene chloride chimatipatsa chiyembekezo chakuti palibe wina amene adzafa ndi mankhwala oopsawa.
Lamulo lomwe likuperekedwali liletsa kugwiritsa ntchito mankhwala aliwonse kwa ogula komanso mafakitale ambiri komanso amalonda, kuphatikizapo zotsukira mafuta, zochotsa utoto, ndi zochotsa utoto kapena zokutira, pakati pa zina.
Zimaphatikizaponso zofunikira pa chitetezo cha malo ogwirira ntchito kuti ziloledwe kugwiritsa ntchito zinthu zofunika kwambiri nthawi yochepa komanso kuchotsera kwakukulu kwa Dipatimenti Yoteteza ku US, Federal Aviation Administration, Dipatimenti Yoteteza Dziko, ndi NASA. Mosiyana ndi zimenezi, EPA imapereka "mapulogalamu oteteza mankhwala kuntchito okhala ndi malire okhwima kuti ateteze bwino ogwira ntchito." Mwachidule, lamuloli limachotsa mankhwala oopsa kwambiri m'masitolo ndi m'malo ambiri ogwirira ntchito.
Ndikokwanira kunena kuti kuletsa kwa dichloromethane sikukanachitika motsatira lamulo la Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) la 1976, kusintha komwe gulu lathu lakhala likugwira ntchito kwa zaka zambiri, osati pang'ono.
Kuthamanga kwa boma pa mankhwala ophera poizoni kukupitirirabe pang'onopang'ono. Sizinathandize kuti mu Januwale 2017, pamene kusintha kwa TSCA kunayamba kugwira ntchito, utsogoleri wa EPA unatenga mbali yotsutsana ndi malamulo. Kotero apa, patatha zaka pafupifupi zisanu ndi ziwiri kuchokera pamene malamulo osinthidwawo adasainidwa, ndipo iyi ndi nthawi yachiwiri yokha kuti EPA ipereke njira yolimbana ndi mankhwala "omwe alipo" pansi pa ulamuliro wake.
Iyi ndi sitepe yofunika kwambiri poteteza thanzi la anthu ku mankhwala oopsa. Nthawi yomwe ntchitoyi yachitika mpaka pano ikuwonetsa zaka zambiri za ntchito yofunika kwambiri kuti ifike pamenepa.
Nzosadabwitsa kuti methylene chloride ili pamndandanda wa mankhwala a EPA omwe adawunikidwa ndi kulamulidwa ndi TSCA yosinthidwa. Mu 1976, anthu atatu anamwalira chifukwa chogwiritsa ntchito mankhwalawo mwachangu, zomwe zidapangitsa kuti EPA iletse kugwiritsa ntchito mankhwala ochotsera utoto.
EPA inali kale ndi umboni wokwanira wa kuopsa kwa mankhwala amenewa kale kwambiri isanafike chaka cha 2016 - zoonadi, umboni womwe unalipo unapangitsa woyang'anira panthawiyo Gina McCarthy kugwiritsa ntchito mphamvu za EPA pansi pa TSCA yosinthidwayo popereka lingaliro lakuti kumapeto kwa chaka cha 2016 njira zochotsera utoto ndi zokutira zokhala ndi methylene chloride zaletsedwa kwa ogula ndi malo antchito.
Olimbikitsa ufulu wathu ndi ogwirizana nafe m'gulu la anthu ogwirizana anali okondwa kwambiri kugawana ndemanga zambiri mwa ndemanga zambirimbiri zomwe EPA idalandira pochirikiza chiletsochi. Ogwirizana nafe m'dziko lonselo ali okondwa kulowa nawo kampeni yathu yolimbikitsa ogulitsa monga Lowe's ndi The Home Depot kuti asiye kugulitsa zinthuzi chiletsocho chisanakhazikitsidwe.
Mwatsoka, bungwe la Environmental Protection Agency, lotsogozedwa ndi Scott Pruitt, laletsa malamulo onse awiri ndipo lachedwetsa kuchitapo kanthu pakuwunika kwakukulu kwa mankhwala.
Atakwiya ndi kusachitapo kanthu kwa EPA, mabanja a achinyamata omwe adamwalira chifukwa chodya zinthu zotere adapita ku Washington kukakumana ndi akuluakulu a EPA ndi mamembala a Congress kuti akaphunzitse anthu za kuopsa kwenikweni kwa methylene chloride. Ena mwa iwo agwirizana nafe ndi ogwirizana nafe pomanga mlandu EPA kuti atiteteze.
Mu 2019, pamene Woyang'anira EPA Andrew Wheeler adalengeza kuletsa kugulitsa kwa ogula, tidazindikira kuti ngakhale kuti kusinthaku kunali kotchuka, kumaikabe antchito pachiwopsezo.
Mayi wa achinyamata awiri omwe anamwalira ndi anzathu a Vermont PIRG adalowa nafe pamlandu wa khothi la federal wofuna chitetezo chofanana ndi cha EPA kwa ogula. (Popeza mlandu wathu si wapadera, khothi lagwirizana ndi mapempho ochokera ku NRDC, Latin American Jobs Council, ndi Halogenated Solvent Manufacturers Association. Womalizayu akunena kuti EPA siyenera kuletsa kugwiritsa ntchito mankhwala osokoneza bongo.) Ngakhale woweruzayo adakana lingaliro la gulu la amalonda la mafakitale loletsa lamulo loteteza ogula, takhumudwa kwambiri kuti mu 2021 khothi linakana kulamula EPA kuti iletse kugwiritsa ntchito mankhwala osokoneza bongo omwe amaika antchito pachiwopsezo cha mankhwala oopsa awa.
Pamene EPA ikupitiliza kuwunika zoopsa zomwe zimabwera chifukwa cha methylene chloride, tikupitilizabe kulimbikitsa chitetezo cha kugwiritsa ntchito mankhwala onsewa. Zinali zolimbikitsa pang'ono pamene EPA idatulutsa kuwunika kwake kwa zoopsa mu 2020 ndikupeza kuti ma application 47 mwa 53 anali "chiwopsezo chosamveka." Cholimbikitsa kwambiri, boma latsopano lawunikanso kuti PPE siyenera kuonedwa ngati njira yotetezera antchito, ndipo lapeza kuti kugwiritsa ntchito konse kupatulapo kamodzi mwa 53 komwe idawunikirako kunali chiopsezo chosamveka.
Takumana mobwerezabwereza ndi akuluakulu a EPA ndi White House omwe adapanga kuwunika zoopsa ndi mfundo, adapereka umboni wofunikira ku Komiti Yolangiza ya Sayansi ya EPA, ndipo adafotokoza nkhani za anthu omwe sakanatha kukhalapo.
Sitinathebe - lamulo likangosindikizidwa mu Federal Register, padzakhala nthawi ya masiku 60 yopereka ndemanga, pambuyo pake mabungwe aboma adzasanthula ndemangazo asanakhale mtundu womaliza.
Tikulimbikitsa bungwe la EPA kuti ligwire ntchito mwachangu popereka lamulo lolimba lomwe limateteza ogwira ntchito onse, ogula ndi madera. Chonde perekani maganizo anu pamene mukupereka ndemanga kudzera mu pempho lathu la pa intaneti.