Kamfanin Futures mai ɗauke da guba yana aiki don haɓaka amfani da kayayyaki, sinadarai da ayyuka masu aminci don samun makoma mai lafiya ta hanyar bincike mai zurfi, bayar da shawarwari, tsara jama'a da kuma haɗa kai da masu amfani.
A watan Afrilun 2023, Hukumar Kare Muhalli ta ba da shawarar haramta yawancin amfani da methylene chloride. Futures masu guba sun yi maraba da shawarar yayin da suke kira ga Hukumar Kare Muhalli da ta yi gaggawar kammala dokar da kuma fadada kariyar ta ga dukkan ma'aikata. ƙari.
Methylene chloride (wanda aka fi sani da methylene chloride ko DCM) wani sinadari ne na organohalogen da ake amfani da shi wajen cire fenti ko fenti da sauran kayayyaki kamar su matse mai da kuma cire tabo. Lokacin da tururin methylene chloride ya taru, sinadarin na iya haifar da shaƙa da bugun zuciya. Wannan ya faru da mutane da dama waɗanda suka yi amfani da mashinan fenti da na shafa fenti da ke ɗauke da sinadarin, ciki har da Kevin Hartley da Joshua Atkins. Bai kamata wani iyali ya sake rasa ƙaunatacce ga wannan sinadarin ba.
A shekarar 2017, Hukumar Kare Muhalli ta Amurka (EPA) ta ba da shawarar hana amfani da methylene chloride ga masu cire fenti (amfanin zama da kasuwanci). Daga baya a wannan shekarar, methylene chloride ya zama ɗaya daga cikin sinadarai goma na farko da Hukumar Kare Muhalli ta fara tantance haɗari don la'akari da duk amfanin sinadarin.
Kamfanin Toxic-Free Future ya ƙaddamar da wani kamfen don shawo kan dillalai sama da 12, ciki har da Lowe's, Home Depot da Walmart, da su daina sayar da fenti mai ɗauke da sinadarin da gangan. Bayan ganawa da iyalan mutanen da suka mutu sakamakon kamuwa da sinadarin, Hukumar Kare Muhalli ta haramta amfani da shi a cikin kayayyakin masarufi a shekarar 2019, amma ta ba da damar ci gaba da amfani da shi a wuraren aiki inda amfani da shi na iya haifar da irin wannan mutuwa idan aka yi amfani da shi a gida. A zahiri, tsakanin 1985 da 2018, an ruwaito mutuwar mutane 85 da aka ruwaito, waɗanda kashi 75% daga cikinsu sun faru ne sakamakon kamuwa da cutar a wurin aiki.

A shekarun 2020 da 2022, Hukumar Kare Muhalli ta buga kimantawar haɗari da ta gano cewa yawancin amfani da methylene chloride yana haifar da "haɗarin cutarwa ga lafiya ko muhalli." A shekarar 2023, Hukumar Kare Muhalli ta ba da shawarar haramta duk amfani da sinadarai ga masu amfani da su da kuma yawancin amfani da su a masana'antu da kasuwanci, tare da keɓewa na ɗan lokaci don amfani mai mahimmanci da kuma keɓewa mai mahimmanci ga wasu hukumomin tarayya daga buƙatun kariyar wurin aiki.