I-Toxic-Free Future izinikele ekudaleni ikamva elisempilweni ngokukhuthaza ukusetyenziswa kweemveliso, iikhemikhali kunye neendlela ezikhuselekileyo ngophando oluphambili, ukuxhasa, ukuhlanganisana kwabantu abaninzi kunye nokubandakanya abathengi.
IWASHINGTON, kwiSithili saseColumbia. Namhlanje, uMlawuli oNcedisayo we-EPA uMichal Friedhoff ucebise umthetho wokugqibela wokulawula "umngcipheko ongenangqondo" ofunyenwe kuvavanyo lwe-EPA lwe-methylene chloride phantsi koMthetho woLawulo lweZinto ezinobuthi (TSCA). Lo mthetho uza kuthintela bonke abathengi kunye nokusetyenziswa kwe-methylene chloride kurhwebo nakwimizi-mveliso, ngaphandle kwee-arhente ezithile zorhulumente kunye nabavelisi. Lo mthetho ucetywayo sisenzo sesibini sokugqibela esicetywayo phantsi kwe-TSCA ehlaziyiweyo yeekhemikhali "ezikhoyo", kulandela umthetho we-chrysotile we-EPA. Nje ukuba lo mthetho upapashwe kwiRejista yeFederal, ixesha lokuphawula leentsuku ezingama-60 liya kuqala.
Lo mthetho ucetywayo uyawuthintela nawuphi na umthengi kunye noninzi lwemizi-mveliso kunye norhwebo olusebenzisa le khemikhali, kuquka izicoci, izisusi zamabala, kunye nezisusi zepeyinti okanye zokugquma, phakathi kwezinye, kwaye umisela iimfuno zokhuseleko kwindawo yokusebenza kwiimvume ezimbini zokusetyenziswa okubalulekileyo ezinqunyelwe ixesha. I-Toxic Free Future yamkele esi siphakamiso, ibongoza i-EPA ukuba igqibezele lo mthetho kwaye yandise ukhuseleko lwayo kubo bonke abasebenzi ngokukhawuleza.
“Iintsapho ezininzi kakhulu ziye zadlula kwiintlekele ezininzi ngenxa yale khemikhali; abasebenzi abaninzi kakhulu baye bachatshazelwa kukuvezwa kwayo kwiindawo zabo zokusebenza. Nangona ingaphumelelanga, i-US Environmental Protection Agency yenze inkqubela phambili ekususeni le khemikhali,” utshilo uLiz. . Hitchcock, umlawuli weSafer Chemicals Healthy Families, inkqubo yomgaqo-nkqubo wexesha elizayo ongenaziyobisi karhulumente. “Phantse kwiminyaka esixhenxe eyadlulayo, iCongress yahlaziya i-TSCA ukuze ivumele i-EPA ukuba ithathe inyathelo elinjalo kwiingozi zeekhemikhali ezaziwayo. Lo mthetho uya kunciphisa kakhulu ukusetyenziswa kwale khemikhali inobungozi kakhulu,” uqhube watsho.
“I-Methylene chloride ibisoloko iphanga impilo yabasebenzi baseMelika, kunye nepeyinti kunye nezinto zokuthambisa. Umthetho omtsha we-EPA uza kukhawulezisa ukuqhubela phambili kweekhemikhali ezikhuselekileyo kunye neendlela ezikhuselekileyo ezisawenza umsebenzi,” utshilo uCharlotte Brody, RN, usekela-mongameli we-Occupational and Environmental Health, iBlueGreen Alliance.
“Kwiminyaka emihlanu eyadlulayo, iLowe’s yaba ngumthengisi wokuqala omkhulu ukuthintela ukusetyenziswa kwe-methylene chloride kwi-paint thinners, nto leyo ebangele i-domino effect phakathi kwabathengisi abakhulu belizwe,” utshilo uMike Shade, umlawuli weMind the Store, oprojekthi yakhe yiProject Toxic. – Free future. “Siyavuya kuba i-EPA ekugqibeleni isebenza nabathengisi ukuthintela abathengi kunye nabasebenzi ekusebenziseni i-methylene chloride. Lo mthetho mtsha ubalulekileyo uza kunceda kakhulu ekukhuseleni abathengi kunye nabasebenzi kule khemikhali ibangela umhlaza. Amanyathelo alandelayo e-EPA kukubonelela ngesikhokelo kwiimveliso kunye nabathengisi malunga nokuvavanya iingozi zezinye iindlela ukuqinisekisa ukuba iinkampani zisiya kwizisombululo ezikhuselekileyo ngokwenene.”
“Siyayincoma le nto, eya kukhusela abantu kwikhemikhali enobungozi ebulalayo ebizwa ngokuba yi-methylene chloride,” utshilo uPaul Burns, umlawuli oyintloko weVermont Public Interest Research Group, “kodwa siyavuma ukuba ithathe ixesha elide kwaye yabulala abantu abaninzi kakhulu. Nasiphi na ikhemikhali ebeka umngcipheko omkhulu nohlala ixesha elide kwimpilo yabantu akufuneki ibekwe kwimarike kawonke-wonke.”
“Olu lusuku oluhle kakhulu kuthi lokuba sibonise utshintsho kwimigaqo yethu yempilo yoluntu kunye nokusingqongileyo oluya kusindisa ubomi, ingakumbi phakathi kwabasebenzi abachaphazeleka ziikhemikhali ezinobungozi,” utshilo uCindy Lu, umlawuli weClean Water Action New England. amalungu kunye namaqabane emanyano kwaye wangqina ngokuthe ngqo exhasa lo msebenzi. “Sikhuthaza i-EPA Biden ukuba iqhubeke nesenzo esithe ngqo sokunciphisa umthwalo kwimpilo, ukuthintela ingozi kwimpilo yethu, kunye nokubonakalisa isayensi yangoku.”
I-Dichloromethane, ekwaziwa ngokuba yi-dichloromethane okanye i-DCM, sisinyibilikisi se-organohalogen esisetyenziswa kwi-paint thinners nakwezinye iimveliso. Inxulunyaniswe nomhlaza, ukuphazamiseka kwengqondo, kunye nokufa kwangoko ngenxa yokuphelelwa ngamandla. Phakathi kowe-1985 nowe-2018, ukuvezwa ngokukhawuleza kule khemikhali kube ngunobangela wokufa kwabantu abangama-85 eMelika, ngokutsho kophando oluphononongwe ngontanga yi-UCSF Program for Reproductive Health and the Environment (PRHE).
Ukususela ngo-2009, iToxic-Free Future kunye neNational Health Advocates bebesebenza ukuqinisa ukhuseleko lukarhulumente kwiikhemikhali ezinobuthi. Emva kweminyaka yokukhuthaza yimanyano ekhokelwa yiSafe Chemicals for Healthy Families of a Toxic-Free Future Initiative, uMthetho woKhuseleko lweeKhemikhali waseLautenberg wasayinwa waba ngumthetho ngo-2016, unika i-EPA igunya elifanelekileyo lokuthintela iikhemikhali ezinobungozi ezifana ne-methylene chloride. Ukususela ngo-2017 ukuya ku-2019, inkqubo yeToxic-Free Future's Mind the Store iqhube iphulo likazwelonke elibandakanya abathengisi abakhulu abangaphezu kweshumi elinesibini kuquka iLowe's, iHome Depot, iWalmart, iAmazon kunye nabanye ukuyeka ukuthengiswa kwee-chloride zokususa ipeyinti kunye ne-coating ezine-methylene. Ngo-2022 nango-2023, iToxin Free Future iza kuzisa amaqabane emanyano ukuba anike izimvo, anike ubungqina kwaye adibane ne-EPA ukuze akhuthaze umthetho wokugqibela ongqongqo.
I-Toxic-Free Future yinkokheli kazwelonke kuphando kunye nokukhuselwa kokusingqongileyo. Ngamandla esayensi, imfundo kunye nokukhuthaza, i-Toxic Free Futures ikhuthaza imithetho eqinileyo kunye noxanduva lwenkampani ukukhusela impilo yabo bonke abantu kunye neplanethi. www.toxicfreefuture.org
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