Toxic-Free Future yakazvipira kukurudzira kushandiswa kwezvinhu zvakachengeteka, makemikari uye maitiro ekuchengetedza ramangwana rine hutano kuburikidza nekutsvagisa kwazvino, kutsigira, kuronga vanhu vemunharaunda uye kubatanidzwa kwevatengi.
Kubva kuma1980, kushandisa methylene chloride kwakauraya vatengi nevashandi vakawanda. Kemikari inoshandiswa mumishonga yekupenda nezvimwe zvigadzirwa inogona kukonzera rufu nekukurumidza nekuda kwekushaya mweya uye chirwere chemwoyo, uye yakabatanawo nekenza uye kukanganisa kugona kwepfungwa.
Chiziviso cheEPA svondo rapfuura chekurambidza kushandiswa kwemethylene chloride chinotipa tariro yekuti hapana achafa nekemikari iyi inouraya.
Mutemo wakarongwa uyu ucharambidza kushandiswa kwemakemikari ese nevatengi, pamwe chete nekushandiswa kwakawanda kwemaindasitiri nemabhizimisi, kusanganisira zvinobvisa mafuta, zvinobvisa mavara, zvinobvisa pendi kana kuputira, nezvimwewo.
Inosanganisirawo kusashandiswa zvakanyanya kwenguva pfupi kubva pazvinodiwa zvekuchengetedzwa kwebasa uye kusashandiswa zvakanyanya kubva kuDhipatimendi reDziviriro, Federal Aviation Administration, Dhipatimendi reHomeland Security, neNASA. Kunze kweizvi, EPA inopa "zvirongwa zvekudzivirira makemikari munzvimbo yebasa zvine miganhu yakasimba yekuchengetedza vashandi zviri nani." Kunyanya, mutemo uyu unochengetedza makemikari ane chepfu yakawanda kubva mumasherufu ezvitoro nenzvimbo zhinji dzebasa.
Hazvisi zvidiki kutaura kuti mutemo unorambidza methylene chloride hauzogadzwi pasi peToxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) ya1976, iyo mubatanidzwa wedu wanga uchishanda nesimba kuti uigadzirise kwemakore.
Kumhanya kwehurumende pakurwisa chepfu kuchiri kunonoka zvisingagamuchirwi. Hazvina kubatsira kuti hutungamiriri hweEPA hwakatora danho rekupikisa mitemo muna Ndira 2017, panguva iyo shanduko yeTSCA yakatanga kushanda. Kwava nemakore anoda kusvika manomwe kubva pakasainwa mitemo yakagadziriswa, uye ichi ndicho chiito chechipiri chete chakarongwa neEPA kurwisa makemikari "aripo" ari pasi payo.
Iri idanho rakakosha mukudzivirira hutano hwevanhu kubva kumakemikari ane chepfu. Nguva yekushanda kusvika pari zvino inoratidza makore ebasa rakakosha rinodiwa kuti chinangwa ichi chizadziswe.
Hazvishamisi kuti dichloromethane iri pane runyorwa rwe "gumi repamusoro" rweEPA rwemakemikari anofanira kuongororwa uye kudzorwa pasi peTSCA yakagadziriswazve. Muna 1976, vanhu vatatu vakafa nekuda kwekushandisa kemikari iyi zvakanyanya, zvikaita kuti Environmental Protection Agency ikumbire kuti irambidzwe kushandiswa kwayo muzvishandiso zvekubvisa pendi.
Gore ra2016 risati rasvika, EPA yaitova nehumbowo hwakakwana hwengozi dzekemikari iyi—zvechokwadi, humbowo hwaivepo hwakaita kuti mukuru wepanguva iyoyo Gina McCarthy ashandise masimba eEPA pasi peTSCA yakagadziriswa kuti ape mutemo wekurambidza kushandiswa kwependi dzine methylene chloride nenzvimbo dzekubasa.
Vatsigiri vedu vezvematongerwo enyika pamwe chete nevamwe vatinoshandira pamwe chete vakafara zvikuru kugovana zvakawanda zvemashoko akagamuchirwa neEPA achitsigira kurambidzwa uku. Vatsigiri vehurumende vanofara kubatana nesu muchirongwa chedu chekukurudzira vatengesi vakaita saLowe's neHome Depot kuti varege kutengesa zvigadzirwa izvi vasati vabvumidzwa.
Zvinosuwisa kuti, EPA, inotungamirwa naScott Pruitt, yakavhara mitemo yese uye yakanonotsa chiito pakuongorora kwakakura kwemakemikari.
Vatsamwiswa nekusaita chimwe chinhu kweEPA, mhuri dzevechidiki vakafa nezvigadzirwa izvi dzakaenda kuWashington, dzikanosangana nevakuru veEPA nenhengo dzeCongress, uye dzakadzidza nemutsa nezvengozi chaiyo yemethylene chloride. Vamwe vavo vakabatana nesu pamwe chete nevamwe vedu mumubatanidzwa mukumhan'arira EPA kuti iwane dziviriro yakawedzerwa.
Muna 2019, apo Komisheni weEPA Andrew Wheeler akazivisa kurambidzwa kwekutengesa kune vatengi, takaona kuti chiito ichi, kunyange zvazvo chakagamuchirwa, chichiri kukuvadza vashandi.
Vanaamai vevaviri ava pamwe chete nevatinoshanda navo muPIRG muVermont vabatana nesu mukuisa nyaya kudare repamusoro vachikumbira EPA kuti ipe vatengi dziviriro yakafanana neyevashandi. (Nekuti nyaya yedu haisiriyo yega, dare rakabatana nezvikumbiro kubva kuNRDC, Latin American Progressive Labor Council, uye Halogenated Solvent Manufacturers Association. Yekupedzisira yakati EPA haifanirwe kurambidza kushandiswa kwevatengi.) Kunyange tichifara kuti mutongi akaramba chikumbiro cheboka revatengesi vemuindasitiri chekudzima mutemo wekudzivirira vatengi, takasuruvara zvikuru kuti kukundikana kwedare muna 2021 kukumbira EPA kurambidza kushandiswa kwebhizinesi kwakaisa vashandi muchetura uyu une njodzi.
Sezvo EPA ichiramba ichiongorora njodzi dzine chekuita nemethylene chloride, tinoramba tichikurudzira kuchengetedzwa kwekushandiswa kwese kwekemikari iyi. EPA payakaburitsa ongororo yayo yenjodzi muna 2020, yakaona kuti kushandiswa kwe47 kubva pa53 kwaive "nengozi isina musoro." Zvinotokurudzira zvikuru, hurumende itsva yakaongororazve kuti PPE haifanirwe kutorwa senzira yekudzivirira vashandi uye yakaona kuti kushandiswa kwese kunze kweimwe chete ye53 kwaifungidzirwa kwaive njodzi isina musoro.
Takasangana kakawanda nevakuru veEPA neWhite House avo vakagadzira ongororo yengozi nemitemo yekupedzisira, vakapa ongororo kuEPA Scientific Advisory Committee, uye vakataura nyaya dzeavo vasina kukwanisa kuuya.
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Tinokurudzira EPA kuti ikurumidze kuburitsa mutemo wakasimba unodzivirira vashandi vese, vatengi, nenharaunda kuti vagone kuita mabasa avo. Ndapota iva nechokwadi chekuti inzwi renyu rinonzwikwa kuburikidza nechikumbiro chedu chepamhepo munguva yekupa mhinduro.