Hukumar Kare Muhalli ta Amurka na ba da shawarar haramta amfani da methylene chloride, wani sinadari da ta ce zai iya haifar da barazanar lafiya har ma da mutuwa, don kare lafiyar jama'a.
Shawarar za ta haramta amfani da methylene chloride a duk yanayin masu amfani da kuma mafi yawan amfani da masana'antu da kasuwanci. Ana amfani da Methylene chloride a cikin na'urorin rage man shafawa na aerosol, masu tsaftace goge fenti da shafi, manne na kasuwanci da kuma mannewa, da kuma wajen samar da wasu sinadarai a wuraren masana'antu.
An gabatar da dokar hana amfani da sinadarai masu guba a matsayin wani ɓangare na Dokar Kula da Guba, wadda, daga cikin wasu ƙuntatawa, ta bai wa Hukumar Kare Muhalli ikon sanya rahotanni, adana bayanai da gwaje-gwaje. A shekarar 2019, Hukumar Kare Muhalli ta haramta wa wani mai amfani da methylene chloride ta hanyar cire shi daga masu cire fenti.
Aƙalla mutane 85 ne suka mutu sakamakon kamuwa da sinadarin tun daga shekarar 1980, a cewar Hukumar Kare Muhalli ta Amurka. Hukumar EPA ta ce mafi yawan shari'o'in sun shafi ma'aikata ne da ke da kwangilar gyaran gida. Hukumar ta ce akwai "sabbin" shari'o'in mutanen da ke fama da mummunan tasirin lafiya bayan sun sha methylene chloride. Hukumar Kare Muhalli ta kuma gano munanan illolin lafiya daga shaƙa da taɓa fata, ciki har da gubar jijiyoyi, tasirin hanta, da ciwon daji.
Hukumar ta gano cewa methylene chloride "yana haifar da haɗarin da ba shi da ma'ana 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 ke amfani da sinadarin, da kuma mutanen da ke fuskantar haɗarin.
"Kimiyyar da ke kan methylene chloride a bayyane take, kuma fallasa ga methylene chloride na iya haifar da mummunan illa ga lafiya har ma da mutuwa," in ji Manajan EPA Michael S. Regan a cikin wata sanarwa da ya fitar a ranar Litinin. Wannan ita ce gaskiyar lamarin ga iyalai da yawa waɗanda suka rasa ƙaunatattunsu sakamakon guba mai tsanani," in ji shawarar. "Shi ya sa Hukumar Kare Muhalli ke ɗaukar mataki ta hanyar ba da shawarar hana yawancin amfani da wannan sinadarai da kuma aiwatar da tsauraran matakai a wuraren aiki don kare lafiyar ma'aikata da rage fallasa a duk wasu wurare."
Manufar dokar hana amfani da methylene chloride ita ce kare mutane daga haɗari da kuma rage haɗarin kamuwa da cutar ta hanyar barin amfani da methylene chloride kawai a ƙarƙashin yanayi mai tsauri a wuraren aiki, in ji Hukumar Kare Muhalli. Samarwa, sarrafawa da rarraba methylene chloride za su ƙare cikin watanni 15 masu zuwa. A lokuta inda wani tsari ya hana sinadarin, binciken EPA ya gano cewa "za a iya samun wasu samfuran da ke da farashi iri ɗaya da inganci ... gabaɗaya."
"Wannan haramcin tarihi da aka tsara ya nuna gagarumin ci gaban da muka samu wajen aiwatar da sabbin kariyar sinadarai da kuma daukar matakai da suka wuce gona da iri don inganta lafiyar jama'a," in ji Regan.
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