Ụlọ ọrụ Toxic-Free Poisons Futures na-arụ ọrụ iji kwalite ojiji nke ngwaahịa, kemịkalụ na omume dị nchebe maka ọdịnihu ka mma site na nyocha kachasị ọhụrụ, nkwado, nhazi ndị mmadụ na itinye aka na ndị ahịa.
WASHINGTON, DC – Taa, Onye Osote Onye Nchịkwa EPA, Michael Friedhoff, tụrụ aro iwu ikpeazụ iji jikwaa "ihe egwu na-enweghị isi" nke akọwapụtara na nyocha EPA nke methylene chloride n'okpuru Iwu Nchịkwa Ihe Ndị Na-egbu Egbu (TSCA). Iwu a ga-amachibido ojiji methylene chloride niile nke ndị ahịa na ọtụtụ azụmaahịa na ụlọ ọrụ mmepụta ihe, ma e wezụga ụfọdụ ụlọ ọrụ na ndị nrụpụta gọọmentị etiti. Iwu a tụrụ aro bụ ihe nke abụọ ikpeazụ a tụrụ aro maka kemịkalụ "dị adị" n'okpuru TSCA agbanwere agbanwe, na-agbaso iwu asbestos chrysotile nke EPA. Oge nkọwa ụbọchị 60 ga-amalite mgbe ebipụtachara iwu ahụ na Federal Register.
Iwu a tụrụ aro machibidoro ojiji ndị ahịa niile na ọtụtụ ojiji kemịkalụ n'ụlọ ọrụ mmepụta ihe na azụmaahịa, gụnyere ihe na-eme ka ihe na-agbaze agba, ihe na-ewepụ ntụpọ, na ihe na-ewepụ agba na ihe mkpuchi, ma na-atụ aro ka e wepụ oge abụọ maka ojiji dị mkpa iji mezuo ihe achọrọ maka nchekwa ebe ọrụ. Toxic-Free Futures nabatara atụmatụ ahụ mgbe ọ na-akpọ Ụlọ Ọrụ Nchedo Gburugburu Ebe Obibi ka o mee ihe ngwa ngwa iji mezue iwu ahụ ma gbasaa nchedo ya nye ndị ọrụ niile.
"Ọtụtụ ezinụlọ ataala ahụhụ nke ukwuu site na kemịkalụ a; ọtụtụ ọrụ emebiela ya. Ọ bụ ezie na iwu EPA abụghị ihe ịga nke ọma, ha na-aga n'ihu n'iwepụ methylene chloride n'ebe ọrụ na n'ụlọ. Enweela ọganihu dị ukwuu," ka Liz Hitchcock, onye isi nke Safe Chemicals for Healthy Families kwuru na Toxic Future Policy Initiative. "Ihe dị ka afọ asaa gara aga, Congress emelitere TSCA iji kwe ka EPA mee ihe ndị dị otú ahụ maka ihe egwu kemịkalụ a maara. Iwu a ga-ebelata ojiji nke kemịkalụ a na-egbu egbu nke ukwuu," ka ọ gara n'ihu.
"Ruo ogologo oge, methylene chloride emebiela ahụike ndị ọrụ Amerịka ebe ọ na-anapụ ha agba na mmanụ ha. Iwu ọhụrụ nke EPA ga-eme ka mmepe nke kemịkalụ dị nchebe na omume dị nchebe ngwa ngwa ka ọ na-arụ ọrụ ahụ," Charlotte gwara Blue-Green Alliance. Brody, Osote Onyeisi nke Ahụike Ọrụ na Gburugburu Ebe Obibi.
"Afọ ise gara aga, Lowe's ghọrọ ụlọ ahịa mbụ buru ibu machibidoro iji methylene chloride na ihe ndị na-ewepụ agba, na-amalite mmetụta domino n'etiti ndị na-ere ahịa kachasị na mba ahụ," ka Mike, onye isi nke Mind Store, mmemme ngwaahịa na-enweghị nsí, kwuru. ọdịnihu," Schade kwuru. "Obi dị anyị ụtọ na Ụlọ Ọrụ Nchedo Gburugburu Ebe Obibi na-esonyere ndị na-ere ahịa n'ikpeazụ na-amachibido nnweta methylene chloride nye ndị ahịa na ndị ọrụ. Iwu ọhụrụ a dị mkpa ga-enyere aka nke ukwuu n'ichebe ndị ahịa na ndị ọrụ ka ha ghara ikpughe na kemịkalụ a na-akpata ọrịa kansa. Nzọụkwụ ọzọ nke Ụlọ ọrụ ahụ bụ ọrụ EPA kwesịrị ịbụ inye ụdị na ndị na-ere ahịa nduzi maka ịtụle ihe egwu nke nhọrọ ndị ọzọ iji hụ na azụmaahịa na-aga n'ihu na ngwọta ndị dị nchebe n'ezie."
“Anyị na-eme emume a iji 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 ghọtakwara na o werela ogologo oge ma gbuo ọtụtụ mmadụ.” . E kwesịghị ire kemịkalụ ọ bụla nke na-eyi ahụike mmadụ egwu dị oke njọ na ogologo oge n'ahịa ọha.”
“Nke a bụ ụbọchị dị mma mgbe anyị nwere ike igosi mgbanwe na ahụike ọha na eze na iwu gburugburu ebe obibi nke ga-azọpụta ndụ nke ọma, ọkachasị maka ndị ọrụ ekpughere kemịkalụ na-egbu egbu,” ka Cindy Luppi, onye nduzi nke New England Clean Water Initiative kwuru. “Òtù a kpọkọtala ndị otu ya na ndị mmekọ otu ya ma gbaa akaebe kpọmkwem iji kwado ihe a. “Anyị na-agba EPA nke Biden ume ka ọ nọgide na-eme ụdị ihe a kpọmkwem iji belata ibu arọ ahụike, gbochie mmerụ ahụ na ahụike anyị, ma gosipụta sayensị ọgbara ọhụrụ”
Methylene chloride, nke a makwaara dị ka methylene chloride ma ọ bụ DCM, bụ ihe mgbaze organohalogen nke a na-eji ewepụ agba na ngwaahịa ndị ọzọ. Ọ na-ejikọta ya na kansa, nsogbu nghọta na ọnwụ ozugbo site na iku ume. Mkpughe ngwa ngwa na kemịkalụ ahụ kpatara ọnwụ 85 na United States n'etiti 1985 na 2018, dịka nnyocha nyocha nke ndị ọgbọ si na Program on Reproductive Health and the Environment (PRHE) na Mahadum California, San Francisco si kwuo.
Kemgbe afọ 2009, Toxic Futures na ndị na-akwado ahụike n'ofe mba ahụ 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 Toxics Free Future's Safe Chemicals, Healthy Families initiative duziri, e tinyere aka na Iwu Nchekwa Chemical Lautenberg n'ime iwu na 2016, na-enye Ụlọ Ọrụ Nchedo Gburugburu Ebe Obibi ikike dị mkpa iji machibido kemịkalụ dị ize ndụ dị ka methylene chloride. Site na 2017 ruo 2019, mmemme Ụlọ Ahịa Na-eche Banyere Ihe Ọjọọ-Free Future duziri mkpọsa mba iji nweta nkwa site n'aka ihe karịrị iri na abụọ ndị na-ere ahịa, gụnyere Lowe's, Home Depot, Walmart, Amazon na ndị ọzọ, ịkwụsị ire agba na mkpuchi nwere ihe na-ewepụ methylene. Chloride. Na 2022 na 2023, Toxic-Free Futures gbara ndị mmekọ otu ume ka ha kwuo okwu, gbaa akaebe, ma zute EPA iji kwado iwu ikpeazụ siri ike.
Ọdịnihu Ndị Na-anaghị Egbu Aṅụ bụ onye ndu mba na nyocha na nkwado ahụike gburugburu ebe obibi. Site n'ike nke sayensị, agụmakwụkwọ na ngagharị iwe, Toxic-Free Futures na-akwalite ibu ọrụ iwu siri ike na ụlọ ọrụ iji chebe ahụike nke mmadụ niile na ụwa. www.tokenfreefuture.org
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