Toxic-Free Future yakatsaurirwa kugadzira ramangwana rine hutano nekukurudzira kushandiswa kwezvinhu zvakachengeteka, makemikari nemaitiro kuburikidza nekutsvagisa kwazvino, kutsigira, kuronga vanhu vakawanda uye kubatanidzwa kwevatengi.
Muna Kubvumbi 2023, EPA yakaronga kurambidzwa kushandiswa kwemethylene chloride zvakanyanya. Toxic Free Future yakagamuchira chikumbiro ichi, ichikurudzira EPA kuti ipedzise mutemo uyu uye iwedzere dziviriro yawo kuvashandi vese nekukurumidza.
Dichloromethane (inozivikanwawo se dichloromethane kana DCM) chinhu chinonyungudutsa chinonzi organohalogen chinoshandiswa mukubvisa pendi kana machira nezvimwe zvinhu zvakaita sema degreasers ne mabala rekubvisa. Kana utsi hwemethylene chloride hukaungana, kemikari iyi inogona kukonzera kudzipwa uye kurwara nemoyo. Izvi zvakaitika kuvanhu vazhinji vakashandisa mapendi ne machira ekubvisa ane kemikari iyi, kusanganisira Kevin Hartley naJoshua Atkins. Hapana mhuri yakarasikirwa nemunhu wavanoda nekuda kwekemikari iyi.
Muna 2017, US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) yakakurudzira kurambidzwa kushandiswa kwe dichloromethane pakupenda (kwevatengi nevekutengeserana). Gare gare gore iroro, methylene chloride yaive imwe yemakemikoro gumi ekutanga "aripo" ayo EPA yakatanga kuita ongororo yengozi yekudzidza mashandisirwo ese ekemikari.
Mushandirapamwe weToxic-Free Future wakakurudzira vatengesi vanopfuura gumi nevaviri, kusanganisira Lowe's, The Home Depot neWalmart, kuti varege kutengesa zvinhu zvinobvisa pendi zvine kemikari iyi. Mushure mekusangana nemhuri dzevanhu vakafa nekuda kwekushandisa kemikari iyi zvakanyanya, EPA yakazopedzisira yarambidza kushandiswa kwayo muzvigadzirwa zvevatengi muna 2019, asi yakabvumira kushandiswa kwayo munzvimbo yebasa, uko inogona kunge yakasiyana zvakanyanya nekushandiswa kumba. Kutaura zvazviri, parufu 85 rwakashumwa kubva pakushandisa kemikari iyi pakati pa1985 na2018, kushandiswa kwayo pabasa ndiko kwakakonzera 75% yerufu.
Muna 2020 na2022, EPA yakaburitsa ongororo dzengozi dzakaratidza kuti kushandiswa kwemethylene chloride kwakawanda kunomiririra "njodzi isina musoro yekukuvadza hutano kana nharaunda." Muna 2023, EPA iri kuronga kurambidza kushandiswa kwekemikari kwese kwevatengi nemaindasitiri nemabhizinesi, nezvinodiwa zvekuchengetedza nzvimbo zvinoda kusabvumirwa kushandiswa zvakanyanya kwenguva pfupi uye kusabvumidzwa zvakanyanya kubva kune mamwe masangano ehurumende.