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.
WASHINGTON, DC – Lero, Wothandizira Woyang'anira wa EPA, Michael Friedhoff, wapereka lamulo lomaliza loyang'anira "zoopsa zosafunikira" zomwe zapezeka mu kuwunika kwa methylene chloride ndi EPA motsatira Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA). Lamuloli liletsa kugwiritsa ntchito methylene chloride ndi makampani ambiri, kupatula mabungwe ena aboma ndi opanga. Lamuloli ndi gawo lachiwiri lomaliza lomwe laperekedwa pa mankhwala "omwe alipo" motsatira TSCA yosinthidwa, motsatira lamulo la EPA la asbestos la chrysotile. Nthawi yopereka ndemanga ya masiku 60 iyamba lamuloli litasindikizidwa mu Federal Register.
Lamulo lomwe likuperekedwali likuletsa kugwiritsa ntchito mankhwala onse kwa ogula komanso kugwiritsa ntchito mankhwala ambiri m'mafakitale ndi m'mabizinesi, kuphatikizapo zotsukira mafuta, zochotsa utoto, ndi zochotsa utoto ndi zokutira, ndipo likupereka ziletso ziwiri za nthawi yochepa pakugwiritsa ntchito kofunikira kuti zikwaniritse zofunikira pachitetezo cha malo ogwirira ntchito. Toxic-Free Futures yalandira lingaliroli pomwe ikupempha Environmental Protection Agency kuti ichitepo kanthu mwachangu kuti amalize lamuloli ndikuwonjezera chitetezo chake kwa ogwira ntchito onse.
"Mabanja ambiri akumana ndi mavuto ambiri chifukwa cha mankhwala awa; ntchito zambiri zawonongeka ndi mankhwala awa. Ngakhale kuti malamulo a EPA sanapambane, amathandiza kwambiri kuchotsa methylene chloride m'malo ogwirira ntchito komanso m'nyumba. Kupita patsogolo kwakukulu kwachitika," adatero Liz Hitchcock, mkulu wa Safe Chemicals for Healthy Families ku federal Toxic Future Policy Initiative. "Pafupifupi zaka zisanu ndi ziwiri zapitazo, Congress idasintha TSCA kuti ilole EPA kuchita izi pa zoopsa zamankhwala zodziwika bwino. Lamuloli lidzachepetsa kwambiri kugwiritsa ntchito mankhwala oopsa awa," adapitiliza.
"Kwa nthawi yayitali, methylene chloride yakhala ikubera thanzi la ogwira ntchito aku America pomwe ikuwabera utoto ndi mafuta. Lamulo latsopano la EPA lidzafulumizitsa chitukuko cha mankhwala otetezeka komanso njira zotetezeka pamene ntchitoyo ikuchitika," Charlotte adauza Blue-Green Alliance. Brody, Wachiwiri kwa Purezidenti wa Occupational and Environmental Health.
“Zaka zisanu zapitazo, Lowe’s inakhala wogulitsa wamkulu woyamba kuletsa kugwiritsa ntchito methylene chloride mu zochotsa utoto, zomwe zinayambitsa domino effect pakati pa ogulitsa akuluakulu mdziko muno,” anatero Mike, mkulu wa Mind the Store, pulogalamu yopanda poizoni. “Tikusangalala kuti Environmental Protection Agency potsiriza ikugwirizana ndi ogulitsa poletsa kupezeka kwa methylene chloride kwa ogula ndi antchito. Lamulo latsopano lofunika ili lidzathandiza kwambiri kuteteza ogula ndi antchito kuti asakumane ndi mankhwala oyambitsa khansa awa. Gawo lotsatira la bungweli ndi lakuti ntchito ya EPA iyenera kukhala kupatsa makampani ndi ogulitsa malangizo pakuwunika zoopsa za njira zina kuti atsimikizire kuti mabizinesi akupita ku mayankho otetezekadi.”
“Tikusangalala ndi izi poteteza anthu ku mankhwala oopsa otchedwa methylene chloride,” anatero Paul Burns, mkulu wa Vermont Public Interest Research Group. “Koma tikuzindikiranso kuti zatenga nthawi yayitali ndipo zawononga miyoyo yambiri.” . Mankhwala aliwonse omwe ali pachiwopsezo chachikulu komanso cha nthawi yayitali pa thanzi la anthu sayenera kugulitsidwa pamsika wotseguka.”
"Lero ndi tsiku labwino kwambiri pamene tingatchule kusintha kwa malamulo azaumoyo wa anthu onse ndi zachilengedwe komwe kudzapulumutsa miyoyo, makamaka kwa ogwira ntchito omwe ali ndi mankhwala oopsa," adatero Cindy Luppi, mkulu wa New England Clean Water Initiative. "Bungweli lasonkhanitsa mamembala ake ndi mabungwe ogwirizana ndipo lapereka umboni mwachindunji pochirikiza izi. "Tikulimbikitsa EPA ya Biden kuti ipitirize kuchitapo kanthu mwachindunji kuti ichepetse mavuto azaumoyo, kupewa kuvulaza thanzi lathu, komanso kuwonetsa sayansi yamakono"
Methylene chloride, yomwe imadziwikanso kuti methylene chloride kapena DCM, ndi chosungunulira cha organohalogen chomwe chimagwiritsidwa ntchito mu zochotsa utoto ndi zinthu zina. Chimagwirizanitsidwa ndi khansa, kulephera kuzindikira komanso kufa nthawi yomweyo chifukwa cha kupuma. Kukhudzana ndi mankhwalawo mwachangu kunayambitsa imfa 85 ku United States pakati pa 1985 ndi 2018, malinga ndi kafukufuku wowunikidwa ndi anzawo kuchokera ku Program on Reproductive Health and the Environment (PRHE) ku University of California, San Francisco.
Kuyambira mu 2009, Toxic Futures ndi oimira zaumoyo mdziko lonselo akhala akugwira ntchito yolimbitsa chitetezo cha boma ku mankhwala oopsa. Pambuyo pa zaka zambiri zolimbikitsa ndi mgwirizano wotsogozedwa ndi Toxics Free Future's Safe Chemicals, Healthy Families initiative, Lautenberg Chemical Safety Act idasainidwa kukhala lamulo mu 2016, kupatsa Environmental Protection Agency mphamvu yofunikira yoletsa mankhwala oopsa monga methylene chloride. Kuyambira mu 2017 mpaka 2019, pulogalamu ya Toxic-Free Future's Mind the Store idatsogolera kampeni yapadziko lonse kuti ipeze kudzipereka kwa ogulitsa akuluakulu oposa khumi ndi awiri, kuphatikiza Lowe's, Home Depot, Walmart, Amazon ndi ena, kuti asiye kugulitsa utoto ndi zokutira zokhala ndi methylene remover. Chloride. Mu 2022 ndi 2023, Toxic-Free Futures idalimbikitsa ogwirizana nawo kuti apereke ndemanga, apereke umboni, ndikukumana ndi EPA kuti alimbikitse malamulo omaliza olimba.
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