Makomar da Ba ta Da Guba ta himmatu wajen samar da makoma mai koshin lafiya ta hanyar inganta amfani da kayayyaki, sinadarai da ayyuka masu aminci ta hanyar bincike mai zurfi, fafutuka, tsara jama'a da kuma shiga cikin harkokin masu amfani.
WASHINGTON, Gundumar Columbia. A yau, Mataimakin Shugaban Hukumar EPA Michal Friedhoff ya gabatar da wata doka ta ƙarshe don sarrafa "hadarin da ba shi da ma'ana" da aka samu a cikin kimantawar EPA na methylene chloride a ƙarƙashin Dokar Kula da Abubuwa Masu Guba (TSCA). Dokar za ta haramta duk masu amfani da yawancin amfani da methylene chloride na kasuwanci da masana'antu, ban da wasu hukumomi da masana'antun tarayya. Dokar da aka gabatar ita ce mataki na biyu na ƙarshe da aka gabatar a ƙarƙashin gyaran TSCA don sinadarai "da ke akwai", bayan dokar chrysotile ta EPA. Da zarar an buga dokar a cikin Rijistar Tarayya, za a fara lokacin sharhi na kwanaki 60.
Dokar da aka gabatar ta haramta duk wani mai amfani da kuma mafi yawan amfani da sinadarin a masana'antu da kasuwanci, gami da na'urorin rage man shafawa, masu cire tabo, da kuma masu cire fenti ko fenti, da sauransu, kuma ta kafa ka'idojin kariyar wurin aiki don izinin amfani mai mahimmanci guda biyu na ɗan lokaci. Toxic Free Future ta yi maraba da shawarar, tana kira ga EPA da ta kammala dokar tare da fadada kariyar ta ga dukkan ma'aikata da wuri-wuri.
"Iyalai da yawa sun fuskanci bala'o'i da yawa saboda wannan sinadari; ma'aikata da yawa sun fuskanci mummunan tasiri sakamakon fallasa shi ga wuraren aikinsu. Duk da cewa ya gaza, Hukumar Kare Muhalli ta Amurka ta sami ci gaba mai mahimmanci wajen cire sinadarai," in ji Liz. . Hitchcock, darektan Safer Chemicals Healthy Families, wani shirin manufofin gaba na tarayya wanda ba shi da magunguna. "Kusan shekaru bakwai da suka gabata, Majalisa ta sabunta TSCA don ba wa EPA damar ɗaukar irin wannan mataki kan haɗarin sinadarai da aka sani. Wannan doka za ta rage amfani da wannan sinadari mai guba sosai," ta ci gaba da cewa.
"Methylene chloride ya daɗe yana ɓata wa ma'aikatan Amurka rai, da kuma fenti da man shafawa. Sabuwar dokar EPA za ta hanzarta ci gaban sinadarai masu aminci da ayyukan da suka fi aminci waɗanda har yanzu ke samun nasarar aikin," in ji Charlotte Brody, RN, mataimakiyar shugabar kula da lafiyar sana'a da muhalli, BlueGreen Alliance.
"Shekaru biyar da suka gabata, Lowe's ya zama babban dillali na farko da ya haramta amfani da methylene chloride a cikin masu rage fenti, wanda hakan ya haifar da tasirin domino a tsakanin manyan dillalan kasar," in ji Mike Shade, darektan Mind Store, wanda aikin sa Project Toxic ne. - Makomar kyauta. "Muna farin ciki da cewa EPA a karshe tana aiki tare da dillalan don hana masu amfani da ma'aikata amfani da methylene chloride. Wannan sabuwar doka mai mahimmanci za ta taimaka sosai wajen kare masu amfani da ma'aikata daga wannan sinadarin da ke haifar da cutar kansa. Matakai na gaba na EPA shine samar da jagora ga kamfanoni da dillalai kan tantance illolin madadin don tabbatar da cewa kamfanoni sun matsa zuwa ga mafita mafi aminci."
"Muna yaba wa wannan matakin, wanda a ƙarshe zai kare mutane daga wani sinadari mai guba mai suna methylene chloride," in ji Paul Burns, babban darektan ƙungiyar binciken jama'a ta Vermont, "amma mun kuma yarda cewa ya ɗauki lokaci mai tsawo kuma ya yi sanadiyyar asarar rayuka da yawa. Bai kamata a sanya duk wani sinadari da ke haifar da barazana ga lafiyar ɗan adam a kasuwar jama'a ba."
"Wannan babbar rana ce a gare mu mu nuna canje-canje ga dokokin lafiyar jama'a da muhalli waɗanda a bayyane za su ceci rayuka, musamman ma'aikatan da aka fallasa ga sinadarai masu guba," in ji Cindy Lu, darektan Clean Water Action New England. membobi da abokan haɗin gwiwa kuma sun ba da shaida kai tsaye don tallafawa aikin. "Muna ƙarfafa EPA Biden da ta ci gaba da irin wannan matakin kai tsaye don rage nauyin da ke kan lafiya, hana cutar da lafiyarmu, da kuma nuna ilimin kimiyya na yanzu."
Dichloromethane, wanda aka fi sani da dichloromethane ko DCM, wani sinadari ne na organohalogen da ake amfani da shi a cikin maganin rage radadi da sauran kayayyaki. An danganta shi da ciwon daji, raunin fahimta, da kuma mutuwa nan take ta hanyar shaƙa. Tsakanin 1985 da 2018, kamuwa da wannan sinadari mai tsanani ya haifar da mutuwar mutane 85 a Amurka, a cewar wani bincike da aka yi wa takwarorinsu da Shirin Lafiyar Haihuwa da Muhalli (PRHE) ya yi.
Tun daga shekarar 2009, Masu fafutukar kare lafiya da masu guba na Toxic-Free Future da National Health Advocates suna aiki don ƙarfafa kariyar tarayya daga sinadarai masu guba. Bayan shekaru na fafutukar kare lafiya daga wata ƙungiyar haɗin gwiwa da Safe Chemicals for Healthy Families of a Toxic-Free Future Initiative ta jagoranta, an sanya hannu kan Dokar Tsaron Sinadarai ta Lautenberg a cikin 2016, wanda ya ba EPA ikon da ya dace na hana sinadarai masu haɗari kamar methylene chloride. Daga 2017 zuwa 2019, shirin The Toxic-Free Future's Mind the Store ya gudanar da wani kamfen a duk faɗin ƙasar wanda ya ƙunshi manyan dillalai sama da goma sha biyu, ciki har da Lowe's, Home Depot, Walmart, Amazon da sauransu don dakatar da sayar da fenti da fenti mai cire fenti wanda ke ɗauke da methylene. A cikin 2022 da 2023, Toxin Free Future zai kawo abokan haɗin gwiwa don yin tsokaci, shaida da haɗuwa da EPA don yin fafutukar neman doka ta ƙarshe.
Gabar da Ba ta Da Guba ba jagora ce ta ƙasa a fannin bincike da kare muhalli. Ta hanyar ƙarfin kimiyya, ilimi da fafutuka, Toxic Free Futures tana haɓaka ƙaƙƙarfan dokoki da alhakin kamfanoni don kare lafiyar dukkan mutane da kuma duniya. www.toxicfreefuture.org
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