Hukumar Kare Muhalli ta ba da shawarar hana amfani da yawancin methylene chloride, wani sinadari da suka ce yana da haɗari ga lafiya har ma da mutuwa, don kare lafiyar jama'a.
Shawarar za ta haramta amfani da dichloromethane a duk yanayin masu amfani da kayayyaki da kuma don yawancin dalilai na masana'antu da kasuwanci. Ana amfani da Dichloromethane a cikin na'urorin rage man shafawa na aerosol, masu tsabtace goge fenti da shafi, manne na kasuwanci da kuma mannewa, da kuma samar da wasu sinadarai a wuraren masana'antu.
An gabatar da dokar hana amfani da miyagun ƙwayoyi a matsayin wani ɓangare na Dokar Kula da Guba, wadda ta bai wa EPA damar buƙatar bayar da rahoto, adana bayanai, da gwaji, da sauran ƙuntatawa. A shekarar 2019, EPA ta haramta amfani da dichloromethane ga masu amfani ta hanyar cire shi daga masu cire fenti.
Aƙalla mutane 85 ne suka mutu sakamakon kamuwa da wannan sinadari tun daga shekarar 1980, a cewar EPA. Hukumar Kare Muhalli ta ce shari'o'in sun fi shafar ma'aikatan da ke aikin gyaran gida. Hukumar ta ce akwai "ƙarin mutane da yawa" waɗanda suka fuskanci mummunan sakamako na lafiya na dogon lokaci bayan sun sha methylene chloride. Hukumar EPA ta kuma gano munanan illolin lafiya, ciki har da gubar jijiyoyi, tasirin hanta, da ciwon daji ta hanyar shaƙa da taɓa fata.
Hukumar ta gano cewa dichloromethane yana haifar da "haɗarin cutarwa mara misaltuwa ga lafiya a ƙarƙashin sharuɗɗan amfani" saboda haɗarin da ke tattare da ma'aikatan da ke fuskantar haɗarin kai tsaye ko a kaikaice ga sinadarin, masu amfani da sinadarin, da kuma mutanen da suka fuskanci haɗarin.
"Kimiyyar da ke tattare da methylene chloride a bayyane take, kuma fallasa na iya haifar da mummunan sakamako ga lafiya har ma da mutuwa, wanda hakan gaskiya ne ga iyalai da yawa waɗanda suka rasa ƙaunatattunsu sakamakon guba mai tsanani," in ji shugaban EPA Michael S. Regan. taron da ya sanar da hakan. "Shi ya sa EPA ke ɗaukar mataki ta hanyar ba da shawarar kare lafiyar ma'aikata ta hanyar gabatar da tsauraran matakan tsaro a wurin aiki wanda zai hana yawancin amfani da wannan sinadarai da kuma rage fallasa a duk wasu yanayi."
Hukumar EPA ta ce manufar haramcin da aka gabatar ita ce kare mutane daga haɗarin kuma a bar amfani da methylene chloride kawai a ƙarƙashin yanayin wurin aiki mai matuƙar iko, wanda zai rage yawan kamuwa da cuta. Samarwa, sarrafawa da rarraba dichloromethane za su ƙare cikin watanni 15 masu zuwa. Inda shawarar ta haramta sinadarin, wani bincike na EPA ya gano cewa samfuran madadin da ke da "irin wannan farashi da inganci ... galibi suna samuwa."
"Wannan haramcin tarihi da aka tsara ya nuna gagarumin ci gaba da muka samu wajen aiwatar da sabbin kariyar sinadarai da kuma daukar matakan da suka daɗe suna ɗauka don inganta lafiyar jama'a," in ji Reagan.
Kerry Breen editan labarai ce kuma mai ba da rahoto ga CBS News. Rahotonta ya mayar da hankali kan abubuwan da ke faruwa a yanzu, labarai masu zafi da kuma shan muggan kwayoyi.