Toxic-Free Future yakatsaurirwa kugadzira ramangwana rine hutano nekukurudzira kushandiswa kwezvinhu zvakachengeteka, makemikari nemaitiro kuburikidza nekutsvagisa kwazvino, kutsigira, kuronga vanhu vakawanda uye kubatanidzwa kwevatengi.
Kubva kuma1980, kushandiswa kwemethylene chloride kwave kuchibatanidzwa nerufu rwevatengi nevashandi vakawanda. Kemikari inoshandiswa mumishonga yekupenda nezvimwe zvigadzirwa inokonzera rufu rwepakarepo nekuda kwekushaya mweya uye kurwara nemoyo, uye yave ichibatanidzwa nekenza uye kukanganisa kugona kwepfungwa.
Chiziviso cheEPA svondo rapfuura chekurambidza kushandiswa kwemethylene chloride chinotipa tariro yekuti hapana mumwe munhu achafa nekemikari iyi inouraya.
Mutemo wakarongwa uyu waizorambidza kushandiswa kwekemikari iyi nevatengi vakawanda mumaindasitiri nemabhizimisi, kusanganisira zvinobvisa mafuta, zvinobvisa mavara, uye zvinobvisa pendi kana kuputira, pakati pezvimwe.
Inosanganisirawo zvinodiwa zvekuchengetedzwa kwebasa kuti pave nemvumo dzekushandisa zvakanyanya dzakaganhurirwa nenguva uye kusabvumidzwa kwakakosha kweUS Department of Defense, Federal Aviation Administration, Dhipatimendi reHomeland Security, neNASA. Kunze kweizvi, EPA inopa "zvirongwa zvekudzivirira makemikari munzvimbo yebasa zvine miganhu yakasimba yekuchengetedza vashandi zviri nani." Mutemo uyu unobvisa makemikari ane chepfu yakawanda mumasherufu ezvitoro nenzvimbo zhinji dzebasa.
Zvakwana kutaura kuti kurambidzwa kwe dichloromethane kwaisazoitika pasi peToxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) ya1976, shanduko yave ichishanda nemubatanidzwa wedu kwemakore, kwete chidiki.
Kumhanya kwehurumende pakurwisa chepfu kuchiri kunonoka zvisingagamuchirwi. Hazvina kubatsira kuti muna Ndira 2017, apo shanduko dzeTSCA dzakatanga kushanda, hutungamiriri hweEPA hwakatora chinzvimbo chekusateerera mitemo. Saka heinoi, makore angangoita manomwe mushure mekunge mitemo yakagadziriswa yasainwa, uye iyi inguva yechipiri chete iyo EPA yakurudzira chiito chekurwisa makemikari "aripo" pasi pemutemo wayo.
Iri idanho rakakosha mukudzivirira hutano hwevanhu kubva kumakemikari ane chepfu. Nguva yekushanda kusvika nhasi inoratidza makore ebasa rakakosha kuti tisvike pano.
Hazvishamisi kuti methylene chloride iri pane rondedzero yeEPA ye "Top 10" yemakemikoro akaongororwa uye akadzorwa neTSCA yakagadziriswa. Muna 1976, vanhu vatatu vakafa nekuda kwekusangana nekemikari iyi nekukurumidza, zvichiita kuti EPA irambidze kushandiswa kwayo muzvishandiso zvekubvisa pendi.
EPA yaitova nehumbowo hwakakwana hwengozi dzekemikari iyi kare kare 2016 isati yasvika - zvechokwadi, humbowo hwaivepo hwakaita kuti mukuru wepanguva iyoyo Gina McCarthy ashandise masimba eEPA pasi peTSCA yakagadziriswa nekutaura kuti pakupera kwa2016 nzira dzekubvisa pendi nemachira ane methylene chloride dzakarambidzwa kune vatengi nenzvimbo dzebasa.
Vatsigiri vedu vezvematongerwo enyika pamwe chete nevamwe vatinoshandira pamwe chete vakafara zvikuru kugovana zvakawanda zvemashoko akagamuchirwa neEPA achitsigira kurambidzwa uku. Vatsigiri venyika vanofara kubatana nemushandirapamwe wedu wekukurudzira vatengesi vakaita saLowe's neThe Home Depot kuti varege kutengesa zvigadzirwa izvi vasati varambidzwa zvizere.
Zvinosuwisa kuti, Environmental Protection Agency, inotungamirwa naScott Pruitt, yakadzima mitemo yese uye yakanonotsa matanho ekuongorora makemikari zvakanyanya.
Vatsamwiswa nekusaita chimwe chinhu kweEPA, mhuri dzevechidiki vakafa nekudya zvigadzirwa zvakadaro dzakaenda kuWashington kunosangana nevakuru veEPA nenhengo dzeCongress kuti vadzidzise vanhu nezvengozi chaiyo yemethylene chloride. Vamwe vavo vakabatana nesu pamwe chete nevamwe vedu mumubatanidzwa mukumhan'arira EPA kuti iwane dziviriro yakawedzerwa.
Muna 2019, apo Mutungamiriri weEPA Andrew Wheeler akazivisa kurambidzwa kwekutengesa kune vatengi, takaona kuti kunyange hazvo danho iri raive rakakurumbira, richiri kuisa vashandi panjodzi.
Amai vevechidiki vaviri vakafa pamwe chete nevatinoshanda navo veVermont PIRG vakabatana nesu mudare redzimhosva rehurumende vachitsvaga dziviriro imwecheteyo yevashandi iyo EPA inopa kune vatengi. (Nekuti nyaya yedu haisi yega, dare rakabatana nezvikumbiro kubva kuNRDC, Latin American Jobs Council, uye Halogenated Solvent Manufacturers Association. Yekupedzisira inoti EPA haifanirwe kurambidza kushandiswa kwevatengi.) Kunyange hazvo mutongi akaramba chirongwa cheboka revatengesi vemaindasitiri chekudzima mutemo wekudzivirira vatengi, takaodzwa mwoyo zvikuru kuti muna 2021 dare rakaramba kukumbira EPA kurambidza kushandiswa kwemabhizimisi kwakaisa vashandi mukemikari iyi ine njodzi.
Sezvo EPA ichiramba ichiongorora njodzi dzine chekuita nemethylene chloride, tinoramba tichikurudzira kuchengetedzwa kwekushandiswa kwese kwekemikari iyi. Zvainyaradza zvishoma apo EPA yakaburitsa ongororo yayo yenjodzi muna 2020 ndokuona kuti mafomu makumi mana nenomwe kubva pamakumi mashanu nematatu ekushandisa airatidza "njodzi isina musoro." Zvinotokurudzira zvikuru, hurumende itsva yakaongororazve kuti PPE haifanirwe kutorwa senzira yekudzivirira vashandi, uye yakaona kuti mashandisirwo ese kunze kweimwe chete pamashandisirwo makumi mashanu nematatu ayo yaiongorora airatidza njodzi isina musoro.
Tagara tichisangana nevakuru veEPA neWhite House avo vakagadzira ongororo dzenjodzi nemaitiro, vakapa humbowo hwakakosha kuSainzi Advisory Committee yeEPA, uye vakataura nyaya dzevanhu vaisagona kuvapo.
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Tinokurudzira EPA kuti iite basa nekukasika ibudise mutemo wakasimba unodzivirira vashandi vese, vatengi nenharaunda. Ndapota ipai pfungwa dzenyu muchipa mhinduro kuburikidza nechikumbiro chedu chepamhepo.