Toxic-Free Futures ibelekela kusumpula kubelesya zintu zikwabilidwe, makemikalu anzila zyakuchita zintu kuti kube buumi bubotu kumbele kwiinda mukuvwuntauzya, kugwasyilizya, kubamba zintu zyaansi akutola lubazu abasikuula.
WASHINGTON, DC – Sunu, Mugwasyilizyi wa Mweendelezi wa EPA Michael Friedhoff wakabikka mulawu wamamanino wakulanganya "ntenda zitali kabotu" zyakajanwa mukulanga-langa kwa EPA kwa methylene chloride kunsi aa Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA). Mulawu ooyu ulakonzya kulesya basikuula boonse akubelesya methylene chloride mumakwebo amumakkampani, kunze lyamabbooma amwi aabasikupanga. mulawu ooyu uuyeeyelwa ngowabili wamamanino uuyeeyelwa kuchitila "chiliwo" kkemikkalu kunsi aa TSCA yakabambululwa, kutobela mulawu wa EPA wa chrysotile asbestos. Chiindi chamazuba aali makumi musanu aabili (60) chakupa mizeezo chiyootalika mulawu nuumana kusimbwa mu Federal Register.
Mulawu ooyu uuyeeyelwa ukasya kubelesya misamu yoonse abasikuula akubelesya mumafakitali amumakwebo, kubikkilizya akugwisya mafuta, kugwisya mabala, akugwisya penti azintu zyakuvwumbilila, mpawo ukasya nzila zyobile zyakuleka kubelesya misamu iikola kutegwa kuzuzikizye ziyandikana zyakukwabilila kubusena bwakubelekela. Ba Toxic-Free Futures bakatambula muzeezo ooyu kumwi kabaita ba Environmental Protection Agency kuti bafwambaane kumanizya mulawu ooyu akukwabilila babelesi boonse.
"Mikwasyi myiingi yakapenga loko akaambo ka musamu ooyu; milimu myiingi yakanyonyooka akaambo ka musamu ooyu. Nikuba kuti milawu ya EPA tiiyazwidilila pe, ilagwasya kapati mukugusya methylene chloride mumasena aamilimu amumaanda. Kuyaambele kupati kwachitika," wakaamba Liz Hitchcock, mupati wa Safe Chemicals for Healthy Families ku Federal Toxicture Policy Initiative. "Myaka iili musanu ababili yainda, Nkuta Mpati yakabambulula TSCA kuti izumizye EPA kuti ichite ntaamu ziliboobu akaambo kantenda zyamakemikalu. Ooyu mulawu uyoocheesya kubelesya makemikalu aaya aakola loko," wakayinkila kunembo.
"Kwachiindi chilamfu, methylene chloride yakabbida buumi bwababelesi baku Amelika mpawo yakababbida penti amafuta. Mulawu mupya wa EPA uyoofwambaanya kupanga misamu iikwabilidwe anzila zikwabilidwe mpawo mulimu uchitwa," Charlotte wakaambila Blue-Green Alliance. Brody, Mugwasyilizyi waM uzulwidi waBuumi bwaMulimo aBusena.
"Myaka yosanwe yainda, Lowe's wakaba sikusambala mupati wakusaanguna kukasya kubelesya musamu wa methylene chloride mukugwisya penti, eezi zyakatalisya chintu chiyumu akati kabasikusambala bapati muchisi," wakaamba Mike, mweendelezi wa Mind the Store, pulogilamu yazintu zitakwe misamu iikola. kumbele," Schade wakaamba. "Tulikkomene kuti Environmental Protection Agency yamana kuswaangana abasambazi mukulesya kujanika kwa methylene chloride kuli basikuula ababelesi. Ooyu mulawu mupya uuyandika ulakonzya kugwasya kapati mukukwabilila basikuula ababelesi kuti batajatikizyigwi amusamu ooyu uupa kkansa. Ntaamu iitobela ya Agency njakuti mulimo wa EPA weelede kuba wakupa ma brand abasambazi busolozi bwakulanga ntenda zyakujana nzila zimbi kuchitila kuti makwebo aunke kunzila zikwabilidwe ncobeni.”
"Tusekelela eechi chintu kuti tukwabilile bantu kuzwa kumusamu uukola wiitwa kuti methylene chloride," wakaamba Paul Burns, mweendelezi wa Vermont Public Interest Research Group. "Pesi tulizyi kuti kwatola chiindi chilamfu loko akujaya bantu biingi." . Kufumbwa makemikalu aakonzya kuleta ntenda mpati loko kubuumi bwamuntu tayelede kusambalwa kumusika uujalukide pe.”
"Oobu mbuzuba bupati aawo notukonzya kutondezya kuchincha kwamilawu yabuumi bwabantu boonse azyabusena eezyo ziyoofwutula maumi, ikapati kulibabelesi babelesya misamu iikola," wakaamba Cindy Luppi, mweendelezi wa New England Clean Water Initiative. "Mbunga yakabunganya bantu bayo ababelesinyina mpawo bakapa bumboni bwakugwasyilizya ntaamu eeyi. "Tusungwaazya EPA yaBiden kuti izumanane kuchita ntaamu ziliboobu zyakucesya mapenzi aabuumi, kutabilila ntenda kubuumi bwesu, akutondezya sayensi yamazubaano"
Methylene chloride, alimwi wiitwa kuti methylene chloride naa DCM, nchintu chibelesyegwa mukugwisya penti azintu zimwi. Chilaswaangene a kkansa, kutabeleka kabotu kwa boongo alufu lwakufwambaana akaambo kakuyoya. Kujatikizigwa kapati amusamu ooyu kwakapa kuti bantu bali 85 bafwe mu United States aakati ka 1985 a 2018, kweendelanya abuvwuntauzi bwakacitwa abamwi kuzwa ku Pulogilamu ya Buumi Bwakuzyala a Busena (PRHE) ku Yunivesiti yaku California, San Francisco.
Kuzwa mu 2009, Toxic Futures abasikwiiminina buumi munyika yoonse balikubeleka kuyumya lukwabililo lwamfulumende kuzwa kumakemikalu aakola. Nikwakainda myaaka myiingi yakugwasyilizya kabunga kasololelwa a Toxics Free Future's Safe Chemicals, Healthy Families initiative, mulawu wa Lautenberg Chemical Safety Act wakasainwa kuba mulawu mu 2016, kupa Environmental Protection Agency nguzu zyeelede zyakukasya misamu iikola mbuli methylene chloride. Kuzwa mu 2017 kusikila mu 2019, pulogilamu ya Toxic-Free Future's Mind the Store yakasololela mulimo wakujana chisyomezyo kuzwa kuli basambazi bapati bainda kukkumi ababili, kubikkilizya a Lowe's, Home Depot, Walmart, Amazon abamwi, kuti baleke kusambala penti azintu zijisi methylene remover. Chloride. Mu 2022 a 2023, Toxic-Free Futures yakasungwaazya beenzinyina kuti baambe, kupa bumboni, akuswaangana a EPA kuti bagwasyilizye milawu yamamanino miyumu.
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