Toxic-Free Future yiyemeje gushyiraho ejo hazaza heza binyuze mu guteza imbere ikoreshwa ry’ibicuruzwa, imiti n’ibikorwa bitagira ingaruka mbi binyuze mu bushakashatsi bugezweho, ubuvugizi, gushyira hamwe abantu benshi no kwitabira abaguzi.
WASHINGTON, Akarere ka Columbia. Uyu munsi, Umuyobozi Wungirije wa EPA, Michal Friedhoff, yatanze itegeko rya nyuma ryo gucunga "ingaruka zidafite ishingiro" ziboneka mu isuzuma rya EPA rya methylene chloride hakurikijwe Itegeko ryo Kugenzura Ibiyobyabwenge (TSCA). Iri tegeko rizabuza abaguzi bose n'ikoreshwa ry'ibicuruzwa byinshi bya methylene chloride mu bucuruzi no mu nganda, usibye ibigo bimwe na bimwe bya leta n'inganda. Iri tegeko ryatanzwe ni igikorwa cya kabiri cya nyuma cyatanzwe muri TSCA ivuguruye ku binyabutabire "bisanzwe", hakurikijwe itegeko rya chrysotile rya EPA. Iryo tegeko nirimara gusohoka mu gitabo cya Leta, hazatangira igihe cy'iminsi 60 cyo gutanga ibitekerezo.
Iri tegeko rigamije gukumira ikoreshwa ry’imiti iyo ari yo yose ikoreshwa n’abaguzi ndetse n’inganda nyinshi ndetse n’ubucuruzi, harimo n’imashini zikuraho amavuta, ikuraho ibara, n’imashini zikuraho irangi cyangwa irangi, n’ibindi, kandi rishyiraho ibisabwa kugira ngo habeho impushya ebyiri zo gukoresha ibintu by’ingenzi mu gihe gito. Toxic Free Future yishimiye icyo gitekerezo, isaba EPA kurangiza iri tegeko no kwagura uburinzi ku bakozi bose vuba bishoboka.
“Imiryango myinshi cyane yahuye n’ibyago byinshi kubera iyi miti; abakozi benshi cyane bagizweho ingaruka no kuba yageze aho bakorera. Nubwo byananiranye, Ikigo cya Amerika gishinzwe kurengera ibidukikije cyateye intambwe igaragara mu gukuraho iyi miti,” Liz yagize ati. Hitchcock, umuyobozi wa Safer Chemicals Healthy Families, gahunda ya politiki y’ejo hazaza idafite imiti. Yakomeje agira ati: “Hafi imyaka irindwi ishize, Inteko Ishinga Amategeko yavuguruye TSCA kugira ngo yemerere EPA gufata ingamba nk’izo ku byago bizwi bya shimi. Iri tegeko rizagabanya cyane ikoreshwa ry’iyi miti ihumanya cyane.”
“Methylene chloride imaze igihe kinini yambuye abakozi b’Abanyamerika ubuzima bwabo, ndetse n’irangi n’amavuta yo kwisiga. Itegeko rishya rya EPA rizihutisha iterambere ry’imiti itekanye n’imikorere itekanye ikomeza gukora akazi,” ibi ni ibyatangajwe na Charlotte Brody, RN, visi perezida w’ishami ry’ubuzima bushingiye ku kazi n’ibidukikije, BlueGreen Alliance.
“Mu myaka itanu ishize, Lowe's yabaye ikigo cya mbere gikomeye cyahagaritse ikoreshwa rya methylene chloride mu gusiga amarangi, bigatera ingaruka mbi mu bacuruzi bakomeye mu gihugu,” ibi byavuzwe na Mike Shade, umuyobozi wa Mind the Store, ufite umushinga wa Project Toxic. – Free future. “Twishimiye ko EPA iri gukorana n'abacuruzi kugira ngo babuze abaguzi n'abakozi gukoresha methylene chloride. Iri tegeko rishya ry'ingenzi rizagira uruhare runini mu kurinda abaguzi n'abakozi iki kinyabutabire gitera kanseri. Intambwe zikurikiraho kuri EPA ni ugutanga ubuyobozi ku bigo n'abacuruzi ku bijyanye no gusuzuma ingaruka z'uburyo butandukanye kugira ngo amasosiyete agere ku bisubizo bihamye koko.”
“Turashima iki gikorwa, kizarinda abantu uburozi bwica bwitwa methylene chloride,” ibi byavuzwe na Paul Burns, umuyobozi mukuru w’itsinda ry’ubushakashatsi ku nyungu rusange rya Vermont, “ariko kandi twemera ko byafashe igihe kirekire cyane kandi byatwaye ubuzima bw’abantu benshi cyane. Uburozi ubwo aribwo bwose bushobora guteza akaga gakomeye kandi k’igihe kirekire ku buzima bw’abantu ntibukwiye gushyirwa ku isoko rya leta.”
“Uyu ni umunsi mwiza kuri twe wo kugaragaza impinduka ku mategeko agenga ubuzima rusange n’ibidukikije bizarokora ubuzima bw’abantu, cyane cyane abakozi bahura n’ibiyobyabwenge by’uburozi,” ibi byavuzwe na Cindy Lu, umuyobozi wa Clean Water Action New England, n’abafatanyabikorwa mu ihuriro, kandi yatanze ubuhamya buziguye mu gushyigikira iki gikorwa. “Turashishikariza EPA Biden gukomeza igikorwa nk’iki cyo kugabanya umutwaro ku buzima, gukumira ingaruka ku buzima bwacu, no kugaragaza siyansi igezweho.”
Dichloromethane, izwi kandi nka dichloromethane cyangwa DCM, ni umuti ukomoka ku bimera ukoreshwa mu gusiga amarangi n'ibindi bicuruzwa. Yakunze kugaragara ko itera kanseri, ubumuga bwo mu mutwe, ndetse n'urupfu rw'ako kanya bitewe no kubura umwuka. Hagati ya 1985 na 2018, kuba yahura n'iki kinyabutabire mu buryo bwihuse byatumye abantu 85 bapfa muri Leta Zunze Ubumwe za Amerika, nk'uko ubushakashatsi bwakozwe n'urungano rwa UCSF Program for Reproductive Health and the Environment (PRHE) bubigaragaza.
Kuva mu 2009, Toxic-Free Future n'Umuryango w’Igihugu uharanira Ubuzima bakomeje gukora cyane kugira ngo bakomeze uburinzi bw’uburozi bwa leta. Nyuma y’imyaka myinshi bakora ubuvugizi n’ihuriro riyobowe na Safe Chemicals for Healthy Families of a Toxic-Free Future Initiative, Itegeko rya Lautenberg Chemical Safety Act ryashyizweho umukono mu 2016, riha EPA ububasha bukenewe bwo guhagarika imiti ihumanya nka methylene chloride. Kuva mu 2017 kugeza 2019, gahunda ya Toxic-Free Future's Mind the Store yakoze ubukangurambaga mu gihugu hose buhuriwemo n’abacuruzi bakomeye barenga cumi na babiri barimo Lowe's, Home Depot, Walmart, Amazon n’abandi kugira ngo bahagarike igurishwa rya chloride zikuraho amarangi n’amabara zirimo methylene. Muri 2022 na 2023, Toxin Free Future izazana abafatanyabikorwa mu ishyirahamwe kugira ngo batange ibitekerezo, batange ubuhamya kandi bahure na EPA kugira ngo bunganire itegeko rya nyuma rikomeye.
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