Toxic-Free Future ilipedelede kupanga buumi bwakumbele buli kabotu kwiinda mukusumpula kubelesya zintu zikwabilidwe, makemikalu anzila zyakuchita zintu kwiinda mukuvwuntauzya, kugwasyilizya, mbunga yabantu banji akutola lubazu abasikuula.
Mumwezi wa 4 2023, EPA yakabikka muzeezo wakukasya kubelesya methylene chloride. Toxic Free Future yakatambula muzeezo ooyu, akukulwaizya EPA kuti imanizye mulawu ooyu akuyungizya lukwabililo lwayo kulibabelesi boonse mbuli mbukonzeka. ziyungizya.
Dichloromethane (alimwi wiitwa kuti dichloromethane naa DCM) nchintu chibelesyegwa mukugwisya penti naakuti zintu zimwi mbuli zintu zigwisya mafuta azintu zigwisya mabala. Eelyo busi bwa methylene chloride nobuvwula, musamu ooyu ulakonzya kupa kuti muntu afwe nsoni akuciswa moyo. Eezi zyakachitika kubantu biingi bakabelesya penti azintu zigwisya zintu zijisi musamu ooyu, kubikkilizya a Kevin Hartley a Joshua Atkins. Taakwe mukwasyi wakasweekelwa muyandwa wakwe akaambo ka musamu ooyu.
Mu 2017, mbunga ya US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) yakabikka muzeezo wakukasya kubelesya musamu wa dichloromethane muzintu zigwisya penti (kubelesegwa abasikuula amakwebo). Kumbele mumunyaka ooyo, methylene chloride wakali umwi wamisamu iili kkumi yakusaanguna "yakaliwo" eeyo EPA njiyakatalisya kuchita buvwuntauzi bwakulanga-langa ntenda zyakuvwuntauzya kubelesyegwa kwamakemikalu.
Kampeni ya Toxic-Free Future yakapa kuti basambazi bainda ku kkumi ababili, kubikkilizya a Lowe's, The Home Depot a Walmart, baleke kusambazya zintu zigwisya penti zijisi musamu ooyu. Nikwakamana kuswaangana amikwasyi yabantu bakafwa akaambo kakujatikizigwa kapati amusamu ooyu, EPA yakamana kukasya kubelesyegwa kwawo muzintu zyakubelesya mu 2019, asi yakazumizya kuzumanana kubelesegwa kubusena bwakubelekela, ooko nkoikonzya kujaya kwiindana akubelesya aŋanda. Mubunike, akati kabantu bali 85 bakafwa akaambo kakujatikizyigwa aakati ka 1985 a 2018, kujanika kumulimu kwakapa kuti 75% yabantu bafwe.
Mu 2020 a 2022, EPA yakagwisya ntenda zyakuvwuntauzya zyakatondezya kuti bunji bwakubelesya methylene chloride "ntenda iitali kabotu yakunyonganya buumi naakuti busena." Mu 2023, EPA ilaa muzeezo wakukasya kubelesya misamu yoonse kuli basikuula alimwi akubelesya mumakkampani amumakwebo, azyeelelo zyakukwabilila kubusena bwakubelekela ziyanda kuti kube kugwisigwa kwachiindi chifwiifwi kubelesya misamu iikola alimwi akugwisigwa kuzwa kuli zimwi mbunga zyamfulumende.