Toxic-Free Future ilisungwide kusumpula kubelesya zintu zikwabilidwe, makemikalu anzila zyakuchita zintu kuti kube buumi buli kabotu kumbele kwiinda mukuvwuntauzya, kugwasyilizya, kubamba bantu akugwasya basikuula.
Kuzwa kuliba 1980, kujatikizyigwa a methylene chloride kwakajaya bantu biingi ababelesi. Makemikalu abelesyegwa muzintu zipa kuti penti iteteete azintu zimwi alakonzya kuleta lufu lwachiindi chifwiifwi akaambo kakubula kufweba akuchiswa moyo, mpawo alaswaangene a kkansa akulezya boongo.
Kwaambilizya kwa EPA nsondo yakainda kwakukasya kubelesya methylene chloride kutupa bulangilizi bwakuti taakwe muntu uuyoofwa akaambo ka musamu ooyu uujaya.
mulawu ooyu uuyeeyelwa ulakonzya kukasya bantu boonse kubelesya misamu eeyi, antoomwe akubelesya mumakkampani amumakwebo, kubikkilizya akugwisya mafuta, kugwisya mabala, kugwisya penti naa zintu zyakuvwumba, azimwi.
Alimwi zibikkilizya akugwisigwa kwachiindi chilamfu kuzwa kuzyeelelo zyakukwabilila kubusena bwakubelekela akugwisigwa kuzwa kuDipatimenti yaLukwabililo, Federal Aviation Administration, Dipatimenti yaLukwabililo lwaNyika, antoomwe aNASA. Mbuli kusiyana, EPA ilapa "mapulogilamu aakukwabilila misamu kubusena bwakubelekela antoomwe amilawu iigaminide yakukwabilila babelesi." Mubwini, mulawu ooyu ulalesya makemikalu aakola kapati kuti atanjili mumashelufu aamakwebo amumasena manji aakubelekela.
Tachili chintu chiche pe kwaamba kuti mulawu uukasya methylene chloride taukonzyi pe kubikkwa mumulawo wa Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) wa 1976, ooyo mbunga yesu njotwakali kubeleka changuzu kuti ubambulule kwamyaka myiingi.
Mweelwe wabweendelezi bwamfwulumende aatala amisamu iikola uchili muniini loko. tensi chakagwasya pe kuti busolozi bwa EPA bwakabweza ntaamu yakukazya milawu mu January 2017, mbubonya mbuli TSCA reform mboyakatalika kubeleka. Kwainda myaka iili afwaafwi kusika kuli musanu ababili kuzwa milawu yakabambululwa niyakasainwa kuba mulawu, mpawo eeyi nintaamu yabili buyo EPA njaakakankaizya kulwana makemikalu "aliwo" aali mubweendelezi bwayo.
Eeyi nintaamu iiyandika kapati yakukwabilila buumi bwabantu kuzwa kumakemikalu aakola. Mulongo wachiindi chakubeleka kusikila sunu utondeezya myaaka yamulimu uuyandika kuchitwa kuti makanze aaya azuzikizigwe.
Kakunyina kugambya, dichloromethane ili mumulongo wamakemikalu aa EPA "aatala aali kkumi" aayelede kulanga-langwa akulanganizigwa aansi aa TSCA yakabambululwa. Mu 1976, bantu botatwe bakafwa akaambo kakujatikizyigwa kapati a musamu ooyu, calo cakapa kuti mbunga ya Environmental Protection Agency iite kuti ilesye kubelesyegwa muzintu zigwisya penti.
Kakutanaba 2016, EPA yakalijisi kale bumboni bupati bwa ntenda zya musamu ooyu—ncobeni, bumboni bwakaliko bwakapa kuti mweendelezi wachiindi eecho Gina McCarthy abelesye nguzu zya EPA aansi aa TSCA yakabambululwa kuti ape muzeezo wakukasya kubelesya kwabasikuula akubusena bwakubelekela. mapenti ajisi methylene chloride anzila zyakuzigwisya. kumamanino aamwaka wa 2016.
Basikukazya besu ababelesinyina besu bakakkomana loko kwaabila twaambo tuli zyuulu zyiingi EPA nzyaakatambula mukugwasyilizya kulesyegwa. Beenzuma bamfulumende balikkomene kutusangana mumulimo wesu wakukombelezya basambazi balimbuli Lowe's a Home Depot kuti baleke kusambala zintu eezyi kakutanaba kukasya.
Mupenzi, EPA, yakasololelwa aScott Pruitt, yakakasya milawu yoonse yobile mpawo yakacheya ntaamu zyakuvwuntauzya misamu.
Kabakanyemede akaambo kakutachita kwa EPA, mikwasyi yabakubusi bakafwa akaambo kazintu eezyi bakaunka ku Washington, bakaswaangana ababelesi ba EPA abaabo bali mu Nkuta Mpati, mpawo bakaiya munzila yabuntu kujatikizya ntenda zini-zini zya methylene chloride. Bamwi akati kabo bakatusangana ababelesinyina besu mukutola EPA kunkuta kuti bakwabililwe.
Mu 2019, aawo EPA Commissioner Andrew Wheeler naakaambilizya kulesyegwa kwakusambala kuli basikuula, twakabona kuti ntaamu eeyi, nikuba kuti ilatambulwa, yakachili kuchisa babelesi.
Banyina babaabo bobile bakajaigwa ababelesinyina besu ba PIRG ku Vermont bakatusangana mukutola mulandu kunkuta mpati yakulomba EPA kuti ipe basikuula lukwabililo lukozyenye ababelesi. (Nkambo kakuti mulandu wesu tauli nguwe alikke pe, nkuta yakaswaangana akulomba kuzwa ku NRDC, Latin American Progressive Labor Council, antoomwe a Halogenated Solvent Manufacturers Association. Eeyi yamamanino yakaamba kuti EPA teelede kukasya kubelesya kwabasikuula.) Nikuba kuti tulikkomene kuti mubetesi wakakaka kulomba kwakabunga kabasambazi kuti bagwisye mulawu wakukwabilila basikuula wakatyompwa kuti kwaalilwa kwa nkuta mu 2021 kwaambila EPA kuti ilesye kubelesya mumakwebo kwakapa kuti babelesi bajane misamu eeyi iikola.
Mbuli EPA mboizumanana kulanga ntenda zijatikizyidwe a methylene chloride, twazumanana kusungilizya kukwabililwa kwakubelesya koonse kwa musamu ooyu. Eelyo EPA niyakagwisya ntenda zyayo mu 2020, yakajana kuti 47 ya 53 zyakubelesya zyakali "ntenda zitali kabotu." Chiinda kukulwaizya, fulumende mpya yakalanga lubo kuti PPE teelede kubonwa mbuli nzila yakukwabilila babelesi mpawo yakajana kuti zyoonse kunze lya yomwe akati kazibelesyo zili 53 zyakayeeyelwa zyakali ntenda iitali kabotu.
Twakaswaangana ziindi zyiingi ababelesi ba EPA aba White House aabo bakabamba nzila zyakupima ntenda amilawu yamamanino, bakapa mizeezo ku EPA Scientific Advisory Committee, mpawo bakaambila twaano twabaabo bakakachilwa kujanika.
Tatunamanizya pe – aawo mulawu nuuzwa mu Federal Register, kuyooba mazuba aali 60 aakupa mizeezo, kuzwa waawo mbunga zya federal ziyoolanga-langa mizeezo eeyo kweendelana amabala kaitanatalika kubeleka.
Tulomba EPA kuti ifwambaane kugwisya mulawu muyumu uukwabilila babelesi boonse, basikuula, abantu bamuchilawu kuchitila kuti bachite milimu yabo. Twalomba kuti ubone kuti jwi lyako limvwika kwiinda mukulomba kwesu kwa intaneti muchiindi chakupa mizeezo.