Toxic-Free Futures ikora mu guteza imbere ikoreshwa ry’ibicuruzwa, imiti n’ibikorwa bitagira ingaruka mbi kugira ngo ejo hazaza habeho ubuzima bwiza binyuze mu bushakashatsi bugezweho, ubuvugizi, gutegura ibikorwa by’abaturage no kwitabira abaguzi.
Muri Mata 2023, Ikigo gishinzwe kurengera ibidukikije cyatanze igitekerezo cyo guhagarika ikoreshwa rya methylene chloride. Ikigo gishinzwe kurengera ibidukikije cyakiriye neza icyo cyifuzo, gisaba Ikigo gishinzwe kurengera ibidukikije gukora vuba kugira ngo kirangize iri tegeko kandi kigere ku bakozi bose.
Methylene chloride (izwi kandi nka methylene chloride cyangwa DCM) ni solvent ya organohalogen ikoreshwa mu bikuraho irangi cyangwa irangi n'ibindi bikoresho nk'ibikuraho amavuta n'ibikuraho ibara. Iyo umwuka wa methylene chloride wirundanyije, iyi chemical ishobora gutera kubura umwuka no gutera indwara z'umutima. Ibi byabaye ku bantu benshi bakoresheje irangi n'ibara ry'ibara ririmo iyi chemical, barimo Kevin Hartley na Joshua Atkins. Nta muryango ugomba kongera gutakaza uwo ukunda kubera iyi chemical.
Mu 2017, Ikigo gishinzwe kurengera ibidukikije muri Amerika (EPA) cyatanze igitekerezo cyo guhagarika ikoreshwa rya methylene chloride mu gukata amarangi (mu ngo no mu bucuruzi). Nyuma y'uwo mwaka, methylene chloride yabaye imwe mu miti icumi ya mbere “isanzweho” Ikigo gishinzwe kurengera ibidukikije cyatangiye gusuzuma ingaruka kugira ngo harebwe ikoreshwa ryose ry’iyo miti.
Toxic-Free Future yatangije ubukangurambaga bwo kumvisha abacuruzi barenga icumi na babiri, barimo Lowe's, Home Depot na Walmart, guhagarika ku bushake kugurisha irangi ririmo iki kinyabutabire. Nyuma yo guhura n'imiryango y'abantu bapfuye bazize iki kinyabutabire cyane, Ikigo gishinzwe kurengera ibidukikije cyahagaritse ikoreshwa ryacyo mu bicuruzwa bikoreshwa n'abantu mu 2019, ariko cyemera ko gikomeza gukoreshwa mu kazi aho ikoreshwa ryacyo rishobora kugira ingaruka ku rupfu nk'urwo iyo gikoreshejwe mu ngo. Mu by'ukuri, hagati ya 1985 na 2018, havuzwe ko hari abantu 85 bapfuye bahuye n'iki kinyabutabire, 75% muri bo bakaba baratewe n'iki kinyabutabire.

Mu 2020 na 2022, Ikigo gishinzwe kurengera ibidukikije cyasohoye isuzuma ry’ingaruka ryagaragaje ko ikoreshwa rya methylene chloride rishobora "kugira ingaruka zidasanzwe ku buzima cyangwa ibidukikije." Mu 2023, Ikigo gishinzwe kurengera ibidukikije cyatanze igitekerezo cyo guhagarika ikoreshwa ryose ry’imiti n’ikoreshwa ry’inganda n’ubucuruzi, hamwe n’igihe gito cyo kugabanya ikoreshwa ry’ibintu by’ingenzi ndetse n’ibindi bigo bya leta bisonerwa cyane ku bisabwa ku kurengera aho bakorera.