Toxic-Free Future yakatsaurirwa kugadzira ramangwana rine hutano nekukurudzira kushandiswa kwezvinhu zvakachengeteka, makemikari nemaitiro kuburikidza nekutsvagisa kwazvino, kutsigira, kuronga vanhu vakawanda uye kubatanidzwa kwevatengi.
WASHINGTON, Dunhu reColumbia. Nhasi, Mutevedzeri weMutungamiriri weEPA, Michal Friedhoff, akapa mutemo wekupedzisira wekugadzirisa "njodzi isina musoro" inowanikwa mukuongororwa kwe methylene chloride neEPA pasi peToxic Substances Control Act (TSCA). Mutemo uyu waizorambidza vatengi vese uye kushandiswa kwakawanda kwe methylene chloride mumabhizinesi nemaindasitiri, kunze kwemamwe masangano ehurumende nevagadziri. Mutemo uyu wakapihwa ndiwo danho rechipiri rekupedzisira rakapihwa pasi peTSCA yakagadziriswazve yemakemikari "aripo", zvichitevera mutemo we chrysotile weEPA. Kana mutemo wacho waburitswa muFederal Register, nguva yekutaura yemazuva makumi matanhatu inotanga.
Mutemo wakarongwa unorambidza kushandiswa kwemakemikari aya nevatengi uye mumaindasitiri nemabhizinesi, kusanganisira zvinobvisa mafuta, zvinobvisa mavara, uye zvinobvisa pendi kana machira, pakati pezvimwe, uye unosimbisa zvinodiwa zvekuchengetedza nzvimbo yebasa kune mvumo mbiri dzekushandisa zvakanyanya dzinogara kwenguva pfupi. Toxic Free Future yakagamuchira chikumbiro ichi, ichikurudzira EPA kuti ipedzise mutemo uyu uye iwedzere dziviriro yayo kuvashandi vese nekukurumidza.
"Mhuri dzakawanda dzakasangana nematambudziko akawanda nekuda kwekemikari iyi; vashandi vakawanda vakakanganiswa nekusangana kwayo munzvimbo dzavo dzebasa. Kunyangwe zvikakundikana, US Environmental Protection Agency yafambira mberi zvikuru mukubvisa makemikari aya," akadaro Liz. . Hitchcock, director weSafer Chemicals Healthy Families, chirongwa chehurumende chekuchengetedza hupfumi hwemangwana chisina mishonga. "Anenge makore manomwe apfuura, Congress yakavandudza TSCA kuti ibvumire EPA kutora matanho akadaro panjodzi dzinozivikanwa dzekemikari. Mutemo uyu uchaderedza zvakanyanya kushandiswa kwekemikari iyi ine chepfu," akaenderera mberi.
"Methylene chloride yagara ichibvisa hutano hwevashandi vekuAmerica, pamwe nependi nemafuta ekuzora. Mutemo mutsva weEPA uchakurumidzisa kufambira mberi kwemakemikari akachengeteka uye nzira dzakachengeteka dzinoita kuti basa riitwe," akadaro Charlotte Brody, RN, mutevedzeri wemutungamiri weOccupational and Environmental Health, BlueGreen Alliance.
"Makore mashanu apfuura, Lowe's yakava mutengesi mukuru wekutanga kurambidza kushandiswa kwemethylene chloride muzvidziyo zvependi, zvichikonzera domino effect pakati pevatengesi vakuru munyika," akadaro Mike Shade, director weMind the Store, ane chirongwa cheProject Toxic. - Free future. "Tinofara kuti EPA iri kushanda nevatengesi kuti varambidze vatengi nevashandi kushandisa methylene chloride. Mutemo mutsva uyu unokosha uchaita zvakawanda mukudzivirira vatengi nevashandi kubva kukemikari iyi inokonzera kenza. Matanho anotevera eEPA ndekupa gwara kumakambani nevatengesi pakuongorora njodzi dzezvimwe zvinhu kuti vave nechokwadi chekuti makambani anoenda kumhinduro dzakachengeteka zvechokwadi."
"Tinorumbidza chiito ichi, icho chichadzivirira vanhu kubva kukemikari ine chepfu inouraya inonzi methylene chloride," akadaro Paul Burns, mukuru weVermont Public Interest Research Group, "asi tinobvumawo kuti zvakatora nguva yakareba uye zvakauraya vanhu vakawanda. Chero kemikari inotyisidzira hutano hwevanhu kwenguva yakareba kudaro haifanirwe kuiswa pamusika weveruzhinji."
"Iri izuva rakanaka kwatiri kuti tiratidze shanduko kumitemo yedu yehutano hweveruzhinji nedzezvakatipoteredza izvo zvichaponesa hupenyu, kunyanya pakati pevashandi vanobatwa nemakemikari ane chepfu," akadaro Cindy Lu, director weClean Water Action New England. nhengo dzemubatanidzwa uye vadyidzani uye vakapupura zvakananga vachitsigira mashandiro acho. "Tinokurudzira EPA Biden kuti arambe achiita zvakananga kuderedza mutoro pahutano, kudzivirira kukuvadzwa kwehutano hwedu, uye kuratidza sainzi iripo."
Dichloromethane, inozivikanwawo se dichloromethane kana DCM, chinhu chinonyungudutsa chinonzi organohalogen chinoshandiswa mumishonga yekupenda nezvimwe zvigadzirwa. Chakabatana nekenza, kukanganisa kugona kwepfungwa, uye kufa nekukurumidza nekuda kwekushaya simba. Pakati pa1985 na2018, kusangana nekemikari iyi nekukurumidza ndiko kwakakonzera kufa kwevanhu 85 muUnited States, zvichienderana neongororo yakaongororwa nevezera ravo neUCSF Program for Reproductive Health and the Environment (PRHE).
Kubva muna 2009, Toxic-Free Future neNational Health Advocates vanga vachishanda kusimbisa dziviriro yehurumende kubva kumakemikari ane chepfu. Mushure memakore ekutsigira nemubatanidzwa unotungamirwa neSafe Chemicals for Healthy Families of a Toxic-Free Future Initiative, Lautenberg Chemical Safety Act yakasainwa kuva mutemo muna 2016, ichipa EPA simba rakakodzera rekurambidza makemikari ane njodzi akadai semethylene chloride. Kubva muna 2017 kusvika 2019, chirongwa cheToxic-Free Future's Mind the Store chakamhanyisa mushandirapamwe wenyika yese unosanganisira vatengesi vakuru vanopfuura gumi nevaviri vanosanganisira Lowe's, Home Depot, Walmart, Amazon nevamwe kuti vamise kutengeswa kwependi necoating remover chloride dzine methylene. Muna 2022 na2023, Toxin Free Future ichaunza vadyidzani vemubatanidzwa kuti vataure, vapupure uye vasangane neEPA kuti vatsigire mutemo wekupedzisira wakaoma.
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