Ọdịnihu Na-enweghị Nsí A na-agba mbọ ime ka ọdịnihu dịkwuo mma site n'ịkwalite ojiji nke ngwaahịa, kemịkalụ na omume dị nchebe site na nyocha kachasị ọhụrụ, ịkwado, nhazi ọtụtụ mmadụ na itinye aka na ndị ahịa.
WASHINGTON, District nke Columbia. Taa, Onye Osote Onye Nchịkwa EPA Michal Friedhoff tụrụ aro iwu ikpeazụ iji jikwaa "ihe egwu na-enweghị isi" dị na nyocha EPA nke methylene chloride n'okpuru Iwu Nchịkwa Ihe Ndị Na-egbu Egbu (TSCA). Iwu a ga-amachibido ndị ahịa niile na ọtụtụ ojiji azụmaahịa na ụlọ ọrụ mmepụta ihe nke methylene chloride, ewezuga ụfọdụ ụlọ ọrụ gọọmentị etiti na ndị nrụpụta. Iwu a tụrụ aro bụ ihe omume ikpeazụ nke abụọ a tụrụ aro n'okpuru TSCA emelitere maka kemịkalụ "dị adị", na-agbaso iwu chrysotile nke EPA. Ozugbo ebipụtara iwu ahụ na Federal Register, oge okwu ụbọchị 60 ga-amalite.
Iwu a tụrụ aro machibidoro ojiji kemịkalụ ọ bụla nke ndị ahịa na ọtụtụ ụlọ ọrụ mmepụta ihe na azụmaahịa, gụnyere ihe na-eme ka ihe na-agbaze agba, ihe na-ewepụ ntụpọ, na ihe na-ewepụ agba ma ọ bụ ihe mkpuchi, tinyere ndị ọzọ, ma guzobe ihe achọrọ maka nchekwa ebe ọrụ maka ikike ojiji dị oke mkpa abụọ a na-ejikarị oge. Toxic Free Future nabatara atụmatụ ahụ, na-agba EPA ume ka o mechaa iwu ahụ ma gbasaa nchekwa ya nye ndị ọrụ niile ozugbo enwere ike.
“Ezinụlọ dị oke njọ agafeela ọtụtụ ọdachi n'ihi kemịkalụ a; ọtụtụ ndị ọrụ emetụtala site na ikpughe ya n'ebe ọrụ ha. Ọ bụ ezie na ọ dara ada, Ụlọ Ọrụ Nchedo Gburugburu Ebe Obibi nke US emeela ọganihu dị ukwuu n'iwepụ kemịkalụ ndị ahụ,” ka Liz kwuru. . Hitchcock, onye isi nke Safer Chemicals Healthy Families, mmemme amụma ọdịnihu nke gọọmentị etiti na-enweghị ọgwụ. “Ihe fọrọ nke nta ka ọ bụrụ afọ asaa gara aga, Congress emelitere TSCA iji kwe ka EPA mee ihe dị otú ahụ na ihe egwu kemịkalụ a maara. Iwu a ga-ebelata ojiji nke kemịkalụ a na-egbu egbu nke ukwuu,” ka ọ gara n'ihu.
"Methylene chloride anọwo na-anapụ ndị ọrụ Amerịka ahụike ha ogologo oge, tinyekwara agba na mmanụ. Iwu EPA ọhụrụ ga-eme ka mmepe nke kemịkalụ dị nchebe na omume ndị ka na-arụ ọrụ ngwa ngwa," ka Charlotte Brody, RN, osote onyeisi oche nke Ahụike Ọrụ na Gburugburu Ebe Obibi, BlueGreen Alliance kwuru.
“Afọ ise gara aga, Lowe's ghọrọ ụlọ ahịa mbụ buru ibu machibidoro iji methylene chloride na ihe ndị na-eme ka agba dị nro, nke butere mmetụta domino n'etiti ndị na-ere ahịa kachasị na mba ahụ,” ka Mike Shade, onye isi ụlọ ahịa Mind, onye ọrụ ya bụ Project Toxic kwuru. – Ọdịnihu efu. “Obi dị anyị ụtọ na EPA na-arụkọ ọrụ na ndị na-ere ahịa iji machibido ndị ahịa na ndị ọrụ iji methylene chloride. Iwu ọhụrụ a dị mkpa ga-enyere aka nke ukwuu n'ichebe ndị ahịa na ndị ọrụ site na kemịkalụ a na-akpata ọrịa kansa. Nzọụkwụ ndị ọzọ maka EPA bụ inye nduzi nye ụdị na ndị na-ere ahịa na inyocha ihe egwu nke ihe ndị ọzọ iji hụ na ụlọ ọrụ na-aga n'ihu na ngwọta ndị dị nchebe n'ezie.”
"Anyị na-eto ihe a mere, nke ga-emecha chebe ndị mmadụ pụọ na kemịkalụ na-egbu egbu a na-akpọ methylene chloride," ka Paul Burns, onye isi nchịkwa nke Vermont Public Interest Research Group kwuru, "mana anyị na-ekwetakwa na o were ogologo oge ma furu ọtụtụ ndụ. Ekwesighi itinye kemịkalụ ọ bụla nke na-eyi ahụike mmadụ egwu dị oke njọ na ogologo oge n'ahịa ọha."
"Nke a bụ ụbọchị dị mma maka anyị igosi mgbanwe na ahụike ọha na eze na iwu gburugburu ebe obibi anyị nke ga-azọpụta ndụ, karịsịa n'etiti ndị ọrụ a na-ekpughere kemịkalụ na-egbu egbu," ka Cindy Lu, onye isi nke Clean Water Action New England, ndị otu na ndị mmekọ otu kwuru ma gbaa akaebe kpọmkwem na nkwado nke ọrụ ahụ. "Anyị na-agba EPA Biden ume ka ọ gaa n'ihu na-eme ihe kpọmkwem iji belata ibu arọ na ahụike, gbochie mmerụ ahụ na ahụike anyị, ma gosipụta sayensị ugbu a."
Dichloromethane, nke a makwaara dị ka dichloromethane ma ọ bụ DCM, bụ ihe mgbaze organohalogen nke a na-eji eme ihe na-eme ka agba dị nro na ngwaahịa ndị ọzọ. A na-ejikọta ya na kansa, nsogbu nghọta, na ọnwụ ozugbo site na nkụchi. N'etiti 1985 na 2018, mkpughe dị oke njọ na kemịkalụ a kpatara ọnwụ 85 na United States, dịka nnyocha nke UCSF Program for Reproductive Health and the Environment (PRHE) nyochachara.
Kemgbe afọ 2009, Toxic-Free Future and National Health Advocates anọwo na-arụ ọrụ iji mee ka nchedo gọọmentị etiti sikwuo ike megide kemịkalụ na-egbu egbu. Mgbe ọtụtụ afọ nke nkwado sitere n'aka otu ndị otu Safe Chemicals for Healthy Families of a Toxic-Free Future Initiative duziri, e tinyere aka na iwu Lautenberg Chemical Safety Act na 2016, na-enye EPA ikike dị mkpa iji machibido kemịkalụ dị ize ndụ dị ka methylene chloride. Site na 2017 ruo 2019, mmemme Toxic-Free Future's Mind Store mere mkpọsa mba niile nke gụnyere ihe karịrị iri na abụọ ndị na-ere ahịa dị mkpa gụnyere Lowe's, Home Depot, Walmart, Amazon na ndị ọzọ iji kwụsị ire ere nke ihe mkpofu agba na ihe mkpuchi nke nwere methylene. Na 2022 na 2023, Toxic Free Future ga-eme ka ndị mmekọ otu ahụ kwuo okwu, gbaa akaebe ma zute EPA iji kwado iwu ikpeazụ siri ike.
Ọdịnihu Na-enweghị Nsí bụ onye ndu mba na nyocha na nchekwa gburugburu ebe obibi. Site n'ike nke sayensị, agụmakwụkwọ na ngagharị iwe, Toxic Free Futures na-akwalite iwu siri ike na ọrụ ụlọ ọrụ iji chebe ahụike nke mmadụ niile na ụwa. www.toxicfreefuture.org
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