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.
Mu Epulo 2023, EPA idapereka lingaliro loletsa kugwiritsa ntchito methylene chloride kwambiri. Toxic Free Future idalandira lingalirolo, ndikulimbikitsa EPA kuti itsirize lamuloli ndikuwonjezera chitetezo chake kwa ogwira ntchito onse mwachangu.
Dichloromethane (yomwe imadziwikanso kuti dichloromethane kapena DCM) ndi chosungunulira cha organohalogen chomwe chimagwiritsidwa ntchito pochotsa utoto kapena zophimba ndi zinthu zina monga zochotsa mafuta ndi zochotsa utoto. Utsi wa methylene chloride ukachuluka, mankhwalawa amatha kuyambitsa kutsamwa ndi matenda a mtima. Izi zachitika kwa anthu ambiri omwe agwiritsa ntchito zochotsa utoto ndi zophimba zomwe zili ndi mankhwalawa, kuphatikizapo Kevin Hartley ndi Joshua Atkins. Palibe banja lomwe lataya wokondedwa wawo chifukwa cha mankhwalawa.
Mu 2017, bungwe la US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) linapereka lingaliro loletsa kugwiritsa ntchito dichloromethane pa zinthu zochotsera utoto (zogwiritsidwa ntchito ndi ogula komanso amalonda). Pambuyo pake chaka chimenecho, methylene chloride inali imodzi mwa mankhwala khumi oyamba "omwe analipo" omwe EPA inayamba kuchita poyesa zoopsa kuti iphunzire momwe mankhwalawo amagwiritsidwira ntchito.
Kampeni ya Toxic-Free Future inakakamiza ogulitsa oposa khumi ndi awiri, kuphatikizapo Lowe's, The Home Depot ndi Walmart, kuti asiye kugulitsa zochotsa utoto zomwe zili ndi mankhwalawa. Pambuyo pokumana ndi mabanja a anthu omwe anamwalira chifukwa chogwiritsa ntchito mankhwalawa mwachangu, EPA pamapeto pake inaletsa kugwiritsa ntchito mankhwalawa pazinthu zomwe anthu amagula mu 2019, koma inalola kuti apitirize kugwiritsidwa ntchito kuntchito, komwe kungakhale kosiyana kwambiri ndi kugwiritsa ntchito kunyumba. Ndipotu, mwa imfa 85 zomwe zinanenedwa chifukwa chogwiritsa ntchito mankhwalawa pakati pa 1985 ndi 2018, kugwiritsidwa ntchito ndi anthu ena kunali chifukwa cha imfa 75%.
Mu 2020 ndi 2022, EPA idatulutsa kuwunika kwa zoopsa komwe kunawonetsa kuti kugwiritsa ntchito kwambiri methylene chloride kukuwonetsa "chiwopsezo chosafunikira cha kuvulaza thanzi kapena chilengedwe." Mu 2023, EPA ikupereka lingaliro loletsa kugwiritsa ntchito mankhwala onse kwa ogula komanso mafakitale ambiri ndi amalonda, ndi zofunikira zotetezera malo ogwirira ntchito zomwe zimafuna kuti anthu asamagwiritse ntchito mankhwala molakwika komanso kuti asamagwiritse ntchito mankhwala molakwika kuchokera ku mabungwe ena aboma.