I-Toxic-Free Future izinikele ekudaleni ikamva elisempilweni ngokukhuthaza ukusetyenziswa kweemveliso, iikhemikhali kunye neendlela ezikhuselekileyo ngophando oluphambili, ukuxhasa, ukuhlanganisana kwabantu abaninzi kunye nokubandakanya abathengi.
Ngo-Epreli 2023, i-EPA yacebisa ukuba kuthintelwe ukusetyenziswa kwe-methylene chloride. I-Toxic Free Future yamkele esi siphakamiso, ibongoza i-EPA ukuba igqibezele lo mthetho kwaye yandise ukhuseleko lwayo kubo bonke abasebenzi ngokukhawuleza.
I-Dichloromethane (ekwaziwa ngokuba yi-dichloromethane okanye i-DCM) sisinyibilikisi se-organohalogen esisetyenziswa kwiimveliso zokususa ipeyinti okanye ii-coating kunye nezinye iimveliso ezifana nezicoci kunye nezisusa amabala. Xa umsi we-methylene chloride uqokelelana, le khemikhali inokubangela ukukrwitshwa kunye nokuhlaselwa yintliziyo. Oku kwenzeke kubantu abaninzi abasebenzise ii-coating kunye nee-coating removers ezinale khemikhali, kuquka uKevin Hartley noJoshua Atkins. Akukho ntsapho ilahlekelwe ngumntu emthandayo ngenxa yale khemikhali.
Ngowama-2017, i-US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) yacebisa ukuba kuthintelwe ukusetyenziswa kwe-dichloromethane kwiimveliso zokususa ipeyinti (zombini ukusetyenziswa kwabathengi kunye norhwebo). Kamva kuloo nyaka, i-methylene chloride yayiyenye yeekhemikhali ezilishumi zokuqala "ezikhoyo" apho i-EPA yaqala khona ukwenza uvavanyo lomngcipheko ukuze ifunde zonke iindlela ezisetyenziswa ngayo le khemikhali.
Iphulo leToxic-Free Future leyisele abathengisi abangaphezu kweshumi elinesibini, kuquka iLowe's, iThe Home Depot kunye neWalmart, ukuba bayeke ngokuzithandela ukuthengisa izinto zokususa ipeyinti eziqulethe le khemikhali. Emva kokudibana neentsapho zabantu abasweleke ngenxa yokuchatshazelwa yikhemikhali ngokukhawuleza, i-EPA ekugqibeleni yavala ukusetyenziswa kwayo kwiimveliso zabathengi ngo-2019, kodwa yavumela ukusetyenziswa kwayo rhoqo kwindawo yokusebenza, apho inokuba yingozi efanayo nokusetyenziswa ekhaya. Enyanisweni, kubantu abangama-85 ababhubhileyo ngenxa yokuchatshazelwa yikhemikhali phakathi ko-1985 no-2018, ukuchatshazelwa yimveliso yomsebenzi kube ngunobangela we-75% yokufa.
Ngowama-2020 nangowama-2022, i-EPA ikhuphe uvavanyo lomngcipheko olubonise ukuba uninzi lokusetyenziswa kwe-methylene chloride lubonisa “umngcipheko ongafanelekanga wokwenzakalisa impilo okanye okusingqongileyo.” Ngowama-2023, i-EPA icebisa ukuthintela ukusetyenziswa kwale khemikhali ngabathengi kunye nooninzi lwemizi-mveliso kunye norhwebo, kunye neemfuno zokhuseleko kwindawo yokusebenza ezifuna ukukhululwa okubalulekileyo okulinganiselweyo ngexesha kunye nokukhululwa okuphawulekayo kwiiarhente ezithile zikarhulumente.