IWASHINGTON, DC — USenator wase-US uTom Carper (D-Del.), uSihlalo weKomiti yeSenate yeNdalo kunye neMisebenzi yoLuntu (EPW), namhlanje ukhuphe ingxelo elandelayo malunga nokuvalwa okucetywayo yi-US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) kokusetyenziswa okuninzi kwe-methylene chloride. , ikhemikhali eyingozi eyaziwa ngokuba yingozi enkulu kwimpilo yoluntu.
“Namhlanje, i-EPA ithathe inyathelo elikhulu ekufezekiseni iimbopheleleko zayo phantsi koMthetho woLawulo lweZinto ezinobungozi ngokucebisa imiqathango yokusetyenziswa kwe-methylene chloride, ikhemikhali enxulumene neengozi ezinkulu zempilo,” utshilo uSen. Card Per. “Esi siphakamiso sisekelwe kwisayensi simele kanye uhlobo lokhuseleko oluqhelekileyo olunikezwe yiCongress phantse kwiminyaka esixhenxe eyadlulayo ngokupasiswa koMthetho woKhuseleko lweKhemikhali kaFrank R. Lautenberg weNkulungwane yama-21. Ukhuseleko lubaluleke kakhulu kwaye ndizimisele ukuqinisekisa ukuba izixhobo ze-Arhente yoKhuseleko lweNdalo ezifunekayo ukuze kuqhubeke nokufunda iikhemikhali ezibeka umngcipheko omkhulu kwimpilo yabantu.”
Imithetho yolawulo lomngcipheko ecetywayo ye-EPA ifuna ukunciphisa ngokukhawuleza imveliso, ukucubungula kunye nokusasazwa kwe-methylene chloride kuzo zonke izinto ezisetyenziswa ngabathengi kunye noninzi lwezinto ezisetyenziswa kwimizi-mveliso nakwezorhwebo, uninzi lwazo luya kuphunyezwa ngokupheleleyo kwiinyanga ezili-15. Uhlalutyo lwe-EPA lubonise ukuba uninzi lwezinto ezisetyenziswa yi-methylene chloride i-EPA eyicetyisayo yokuthintela, iindleko kunye neendlela zokusebenza ezingasetyenziswayo kwiimveliso ze-methylene chloride ziyafumaneka ngokubanzi.
Ikhonkco elihlala lihleli: https://www.epw.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/2023/4/carper-statement-on-epa-proposal-to-limit-use-of-methylen-chloride