Toxic-Free Futures inoshanda kukurudzira kushandiswa kwezvinhu zvakachengeteka, makemikari uye maitiro ekuchengetedza ramangwana rine hutano kuburikidza nekutsvagisa kwazvino, kutsigira, kuronga vanhu vemunharaunda uye kubatanidzwa kwevatengi.
WASHINGTON, DC – Nhasi, Mutevedzeri weMutungamiriri weEPA, Michael Friedhoff, akapa mutemo wekupedzisira wekugadzirisa "njodzi dzisina musoro" dzakaonekwa muongororo yeEPA yemethylene chloride pasi peToxic Substances Control Act (TSCA). Mutemo uyu ucharambidza kushandiswa kwese kwemethylene chloride nevatengi vakawanda mumabhizinesi nemaindasitiri, kunze kwemamwe masangano ehurumende nevagadziri. Mutemo uyu ndiwo wechipiri wekupedzisira unopa mutemo wekemikari "iripo" pasi peTSCA yakagadziriswazve, zvichitevera mutemo weEPA we chrysotile asbestos. Nguva yekutaura kwemazuva makumi matanhatu ichatanga mushure mekunge mutemo wacho wadhindwa muFederal Register.
Mutemo wakarongwa unorambidza kushandiswa kwese kwemakemikari nevatengi uye kushandiswa kwakawanda kwemaindasitiri nemabhizimisi, kusanganisira zvinobvisa mafuta, zvinobvisa mavara, uye zvinobvisa pendi nependi, uye unoratidza kuregererwa kwenguva pfupi kwekushandiswa kwakakosha kusangana nezvinodiwa zvekuchengetedza nzvimbo. Toxic-Free Futures yakagamuchira chikumbiro ichi ichikumbira Environmental Protection Agency kuti iite nekukurumidza kupedzisa mutemo uyu uye kuwedzera dziviriro yawo kuvashandi vese.
"Mhuri dzakawanda dzakatambura nenjodzi huru nekuda kwekemikari iyi; mabasa akawanda akakuvadzwa nayo. Kunyange hazvo mitemo yeEPA isingabudirire, inobatsira zvikuru kubvisa methylene chloride munzvimbo dzebasa nemudzimba. Kufambira mberi kukuru kwaitwa," akadaro Liz Hitchcock, director weSafe Chemicals for Healthy Families kufederal Toxic Future Policy Initiative. "Makore angangoita manomwe apfuura, Congress yakavandudza TSCA kuti ibvumire EPA kutora matanho akadaro ekudzivirira njodzi dzekemikari dzinozivikanwa. Mutemo uyu uchaderedza zvakanyanya kushandiswa kwekemikari iyi ine chepfu," akaenderera mberi.
"Kwenguva yakareba, methylene chloride yave ichibira vashandi vekuAmerica hutano hwavo uku ichivabira pendi nemafuta avo. Mutemo mutsva weEPA uchakurumidzisa kugadzirwa kwemakemikari akachengeteka uye nzira dzakachengeteka ukuwo basa richiitwa," Charlotte akaudza Blue-Green Alliance. Brody, Mutevedzeri weMutungamiriri weOccupational and Environmental Health.
"Makore mashanu apfuura, Lowe's yakava mutengesi mukuru wekutanga kurambidza kushandiswa kwemethylene chloride muzvishandiso zvekubvisa pendi, zvichitanga domino effect pakati pevatengesi vakuru munyika," akadaro Mike, director weMind the Store, chirongwa chezvigadzirwa zvisina chepfu. "Tinofara kuti Environmental Protection Agency iri kuzobatana nevatengesi mukurambidza kuwanikwa kwemethylene chloride kune vatengi nevashandi. Mutemo mutsva uyu unokosha uchaita zvakawanda mukudzivirira vatengi nevashandi kubva pakusangana nekemikari iyi inokonzera kenza. Danho rinotevera reAgency nderekuti basa reEPA rinofanira kunge riri rekupa mhando nevatengesi gwara rekuongorora njodzi dzezvimwe zvinhu kuti mabhizinesi aende kumhinduro dzakachengeteka zvechokwadi."
"Tinopemberera chiito ichi chekudzivirira vanhu kubva kukemikari ine chepfu inouraya inonzi methylene chloride," akadaro Paul Burns, mukuru weVermont Public Interest Research Group. "Asi tinozivawo kuti zvakatora nguva yakareba uye zvakauraya vanhu vakawanda." . Chero kemikari inotyisidzira hutano hwevanhu zvakanyanya uye kwenguva refu haifanirwe kutengeswa pamusika wakavhurika."
"Iri izuva rakanaka patinogona kutaura nezvekuchinja kwemitemo yehutano hweveruzhinji nekuchengetedzwa kwezvakatipoteredza izvo zvichaponesa hupenyu, kunyanya kune vashandi vanobatwa nemakemikari ane chepfu," akadaro Cindy Luppi, director weNew England Clean Water Initiative. "Sangano iri rakaunganidza nhengo dzaro nevanoshanda navo mumubatanidzwa uye vakapupura zvakananga vachitsigira chiito ichi. "Tinokurudzira Biden's EPA kuti irambe ichiita chiito chakananga ichi kuderedza mitoro yehutano, kudzivirira kukuvadzwa kwehutano hwedu, uye kuratidza sainzi yemazuva ano"
Methylene chloride, inozivikanwawo semethylene chloride kana DCM, chinhu chinonyungudutsa chinonzi organohalogen chinoshandiswa mukubvisa pendi nezvimwe zvigadzirwa. Chinobatanidzwa nekenza, kutadza kuziva uye kufa nekukurumidza nekuda kwekushaya mweya. Kusangana nekemikari iyi zvakanyanya ndiko kwakakonzera kufa kwevanhu 85 muUnited States pakati pa1985 na2018, zvichienderana neongororo yakaongororwa nevezera kubva kuProgram on Reproductive Health and the Environment (PRHE) paYunivhesiti yeCalifornia, San Francisco.
Kubva muna 2009, Toxic Futures nevanotsigira hutano munyika yese vanga vachishanda kusimbisa dziviriro yehurumende kubva kumakemikari ane chepfu. Mushure memakore ekutsigira nemubatanidzwa unotungamirwa neToxics Free Future's Safe Chemicals, Healthy Families initiative, Lautenberg Chemical Safety Act yakasainwa kuva mutemo muna 2016, ichipa Environmental Protection Agency simba rakakodzera rekurambidza makemikari ane njodzi akadai semethylene chloride. Kubva muna 2017 kusvika 2019, chirongwa cheToxic-Free Future's Mind the Store chakatungamira mushandirapamwe wenyika yese wekuwana kuzvipira kubva kune vatengesi vakuru vanopfuura gumi nevaviri, kusanganisira Lowe's, Home Depot, Walmart, Amazon nevamwe, kurega kutengesa pendi nemachira ane methylene remover. Chloride. Muna 2022 na2023, Toxic-Free Futures yakakurudzira vadyidzani vemubatanidzwa kuti vataure, vapupure, uye vasangane neEPA kuti vatsigire mitemo yekupedzisira yakasimba.
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