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.
WASHINGTON, DC – A yau, Mataimakin Shugaban Hukumar EPA Michael Friedhoff ya gabatar da wata doka ta ƙarshe don sarrafa “haɗarin da ba su da ma'ana” da aka gano a cikin kimantawar EPA na methylene chloride a ƙarƙashin Dokar Kula da Guba (TSCA). Wannan doka za ta haramta duk amfani da methylene chloride ga masu amfani da kuma yawancin kasuwanci da masana'antu, sai dai ga wasu hukumomi da masana'antun tarayya. Dokar da aka gabatar ita ce mataki na biyu na ƙarshe da aka gabatar ga wani sinadari “wanda ke wanzu” a ƙarƙashin gyaran TSCA, bayan dokar asbestos ta chrysotile ta EPA. Lokacin sharhi na kwanaki 60 zai fara ne bayan an buga dokar a cikin Rijistar Tarayya.
Dokar da aka gabatar ta haramta duk wani amfani da sinadarai ga masu amfani da kuma yawancin amfani da sinadarai a masana'antu da kasuwanci, gami da na'urorin rage man shafawa, masu cire tabo, da kuma na'urorin cire fenti da fenti, kuma ta gabatar da keɓancewa na lokaci guda biyu don amfani mai mahimmanci don cika buƙatun kariyar wurin aiki. Toxic-Free Guba Futures ta yi maraba da shawarar yayin da take kira ga Hukumar Kare Muhalli da ta yi aiki da sauri don kammala dokar da kuma faɗaɗa kariyar ga dukkan ma'aikata.
"Iyalai da yawa sun fuskanci bala'i mai yawa daga wannan sinadarin; ayyuka da yawa sun lalace sakamakon hakan. Duk da cewa dokokin EPA ba su yi nasara ba, sun yi nisa wajen kawar da methylene chloride daga wuraren aiki da kuma a gidaje. An sami babban ci gaba," in ji Liz Hitchcock, darektan Safe Chemicals for Healthy Families a shirin Toxic Future Policy Initiative na tarayya. "Kimanin shekaru bakwai da suka gabata, Majalisa ta sabunta TSCA don ba da damar EPA ta ɗauki irin waɗannan matakan don haɗarin sinadarai da aka sani. Wannan doka za ta rage amfani da wannan sinadarin mai guba sosai," ta ci gaba da cewa.
"Na tsawon lokaci, methylene chloride ya saci lafiyar ma'aikatan Amurka yayin da yake kwace musu fenti da man shafawa. Sabuwar dokar EPA za ta hanzarta haɓaka sinadarai masu aminci da ayyuka masu aminci yayin da ake kammala aikin," Charlotte ta shaida wa Blue-Green Alliance. Brody, Mataimakin Shugaban Lafiyar Aiki da Muhalli.
"Shekaru biyar da suka gabata, Lowe's ya zama babban dillali na farko da ya haramta amfani da methylene chloride a cikin na'urorin cire fenti, wanda ya fara tasirin domino a tsakanin manyan dillalan kasar," in ji Mike, darektan Mind Store, wani shiri na kayayyakin da ba su da guba. nan gaba," in ji Schade. "Muna farin ciki da cewa Hukumar Kare Muhalli a karshe ta shiga sahun dillalan wajen hana samar da methylene chloride ga masu amfani da ma'aikata. Wannan sabuwar doka mai muhimmanci za ta taimaka sosai wajen kare masu amfani da ma'aikata daga fuskantar wannan sinadarai mai haifar da cutar kansa. Mataki na gaba na Hukumar shine aikin EPA ya kamata ya kasance samar wa kamfanoni da dillalai jagora kan tantance illolin madadin don tabbatar da cewa kasuwanci sun koma ga mafita mafi aminci."
"Muna murnar wannan matakin don kare mutane daga mummunan gubar da ake kira methylene chloride," in ji Paul Burns, babban darektan kungiyar binciken jama'a ta Vermont. "Amma mun kuma fahimci cewa ya dauki lokaci mai tsawo kuma ya yi sanadiyyar asarar rayuka da yawa." . Duk wani sinadari da ke kawo barazana ga lafiyar dan adam mai tsanani da na dogon lokaci bai kamata a sayar da shi a kasuwa ba."
"Wannan babbar rana ce da za mu iya nuna canje-canje a cikin dokokin lafiyar jama'a da muhalli waɗanda za su ceci rayuka a fili, musamman ga ma'aikatan da suka fuskanci sinadarai masu guba," in ji Cindy Luppi, darektan Shirin Ruwa Mai Tsabta na New England. "Ƙungiyar ta tattara membobinta da abokan haɗin gwiwa kuma ta ba da shaida kai tsaye don tallafawa wannan matakin. "Muna ƙarfafa EPA na Biden da ta ci gaba da ɗaukar irin wannan matakin kai tsaye don rage nauyin lafiya, hana cutar da lafiyarmu, da kuma nuna kimiyyar zamani"
Methylene chloride, wanda aka fi sani da methylene chloride ko DCM, wani sinadari ne na organohalogen da ake amfani da shi wajen cire fenti da sauran kayayyaki. Yana da alaƙa da cutar kansa, raunin fahimta da kuma mutuwa nan take sakamakon shaƙewa. Shaƙar sinadarin cikin gaggawa ya jawo mutuwar mutane 85 a Amurka tsakanin 1985 da 2018, a cewar wani bincike da aka yi wa nazari daga Shirin Lafiyar Haihuwa da Muhalli (PRHE) a Jami'ar California, San Francisco.
Tun daga shekarar 2009, Toxic Futures da masu fafutukar kare lafiya a faɗin ƙasar suna aiki don ƙarfafa kariyar tarayya daga sinadarai masu guba. Bayan shekaru na fafutukar da haɗin gwiwa wanda ƙungiyar Toxics Free Future ke jagoranta, shirin Safe Chemicals, Healthy Families, ta sanya hannu kan dokar Lautenberg Chemical Safety Act a cikin 2016, wanda ya ba Hukumar Kare Muhalli ikon da ya dace don hana sinadarai masu haɗari kamar methylene chloride. Daga 2017 zuwa 2019, shirin Toxic-Free Future's Mind the Store ya jagoranci wani kamfen na ƙasa don tabbatar da alƙawarin daga 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 rufin da ke ɗauke da methylene remover. Chloride. A cikin 2022 da 2023, Toxic-Free Futures ya ƙarfafa abokan haɗin gwiwa su yi tsokaci, su ba da shaida, kuma su haɗu da EPA don yin fafutukar neman ƙa'idodi na ƙarshe masu ƙarfi.
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