Hukumar EPA ta fitar da wata doka da aka gabatar a karkashin Dokar Kula da Abubuwa Masu Guba (TSCA) wadda ta haramta yawancin amfani da dichloromethane (wanda aka fi sani da dichloromethane ko DCM). Dichloromethane sinadari ne mai amfani da masana'antu da kasuwanci iri-iri. Yana da sinadarai da ake amfani da su a masana'antu daban-daban. Haka kuma ana amfani da shi wajen yin wasu sinadarai, ciki har da wasu sinadarai masu sanyaya daki. Masana'antun da abin ya shafa sun hada da:
Bisa ga ikonta a ƙarƙashin Sashe na 6(a) na TSCA, EPA ta gano cewa dichloromethane yana haifar da haɗari mara dalili ga lafiya ko muhalli. A martanin da ta mayar, EPA ta fitar da wata doka da aka gabatar a ranar 3 ga Mayu, 2023: (1) ta haramta kera, sarrafawa, da rarraba methylene chloride don amfanin masu amfani, da kuma (2) hana yawancin amfani da methylene chloride a masana'antu. Dokar da EPA ta gabatar za ta ba wa FAA, NASA da Ma'aikatar Tsaro, da kuma wasu masana'antun sanyaya firiji, damar ci gaba da amfani da methylene chloride. Ga waɗannan aikace-aikacen da suka rage, dokar da aka gabatar za ta kafa tsauraran matakai a wurin aiki don iyakance fallasa ga ma'aikata.
Hukumar EPA ta kiyasta cewa wannan doka za ta shafi fiye da rabin amfani da methylene chloride a kowace shekara a Amurka. An ba da shawarar dakatar da samarwa, sarrafawa, rarrabawa da amfani da dichloromethane cikin watanni 15. Kamar yadda yake a cikin sabon lokacin da EPA ta cire wasu sinadarai masu dorewa, masu tarin abubuwa da guba (PBTs), gajeren lokacin da za a cire methylene chloride ba zai isa ya biya buƙatun wasu masana'antu ba, don haka yana iya haifar da wasu matsaloli game da bin ƙa'idodi. Aƙalla, dokar da aka gabatar za ta iya samun fa'idodi masu yawa ga matsalolin masana'antu da samar da kayayyaki yayin da kamfanoni ke tantance amfani da methylene chloride kuma suna neman madadin da ya dace.
EPA za ta karɓi tsokaci kan dokar da aka gabatar nan da ranar 3 ga Yuli, 2023. Ya kamata masana'antun da abin ya shafa su yi la'akari da bayar da tsokaci kan ikonsu na bin ƙa'ida, gami da yiwuwar katsewar sarkar samar da kayayyaki da sauran keta doka.
Bayanin Gargaɗi: Saboda yanayin wannan sabuntawa gabaɗaya, bayanin da aka bayar a nan bazai yi aiki a kowane yanayi ba, kuma bai kamata a yi aiki da shi ba tare da takamaiman shawarar lauya ba dangane da takamaiman yanayin ku.
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