Ikigo gishinzwe kurengera ibidukikije cyatanze igitekerezo cyo guhagarika ikoreshwa rya methylene chloride, ikinyabutabire bavuga ko giteje akaga ku buzima ndetse kikaba cyanahitana, kugira ngo kirinde ubuzima rusange.
Icyo gitekerezo cyabuza ikoreshwa rya dichloromethane mu bintu byose bikoreshwa n’abaguzi ndetse no mu bikorwa byinshi by’inganda n’ubucuruzi. Dichloromethane ikoreshwa mu gusukura amavuta akoreshwa mu mwuka, mu gusukura amarangi no gusiga amarangi, mu gufunga no mu gukora ibindi bintu bikoreshwa mu bucuruzi, ndetse no mu gukora ibindi bintu bikoreshwa mu nganda.
Iri tegeko ryashyizweho nk'igice cy'Itegeko rigenga uburozi, ryahaye EPA ubushobozi bwo gusaba gutanga raporo, kubika inyandiko, no gupima, hamwe n'andi mabwiriza. Mu 2019, EPA yabujije abaguzi gukoresha dichloromethane bayikura mu bikoresho byo gusiga amarangi.
Abantu bagera kuri 85 bapfuye bazize gukoresha iki kinyabutabire kuva mu 1980, nk'uko EPA ibivuga. Ikigo gishinzwe kurengera ibidukikije cyavuze ko izi ndwara ziganjemo abakozi bakora imirimo yo gusana amazu. Ikigo cyavuze ko hari "abandi bantu benshi" bagize ingaruka zikomeye kandi z'igihe kirekire ku buzima nyuma yo gukoresha methylene chloride. EPA yanagaragaje ingaruka mbi ku buzima, zirimo uburozi bw'ubwonko, ingaruka z'umwijima, na kanseri binyuze mu guhumeka no gukora ku ruhu.
Ikigo cyasanze dichloromethane "itera ibyago bidasanzwe byo kwangiza ubuzima mu gihe ikoreshwa" bitewe n'ingaruka ku bakozi bahura n'iki kinyabutabire mu buryo butaziguye cyangwa butaziguye, abakoresha iki kinyabutabire, n'abantu bahura n'iki kinyabutabire.
“Ubumenyi bw’inyuma ya methylene chloride burasobanutse neza, kandi kwishyira mu kanwa bishobora guteza ingaruka zikomeye ku buzima ndetse n’urupfu, ibyo bikaba ari ukuri ku miryango myinshi yabuze ababo bazize uburozi bukabije,” ibi byatangajwe n’umuyobozi wa EPA, Michael S. Regan. mu nama yabitangaje. “Niyo mpamvu EPA ifata ingamba zo kurengera ubuzima bw’abakozi binyuze mu gushyiraho uburyo bukomeye bwo kugenzura aho bakorera, bushobora guhagarika ikoreshwa ry’iki kinyabutabire no kugabanya kwishyira mu kanwa mu bindi bihe byose.”
EPA yavuze ko intego y’iri hagarikwa ry’ibicuruzwa ari ukurinda abantu ibyago no kwemerera methylene chloride gukoreshwa gusa mu gihe akazi kagenzurwa cyane, ibyo bikagabanya ubwiyongere bw’ibicuruzwa. Gukora, gutunganya no gukwirakwiza dichloromethane bizahagarara mu mezi 15 ari imbere. Aho igitekerezo cyabujije iyi miti, isesengura rya EPA ryagaragaje ko hari ibindi bicuruzwa bifite "igiciro n'ubushobozi bisa ... muri rusange."
Reagan yagize ati: “Iri tegeko ryo guhagarika rigaragaza intambwe ikomeye twateye mu gushyira mu bikorwa ingamba nshya zo kwirinda ibiyobyabwenge no gufata ingamba zatinze kugira ngo turusheho kurinda ubuzima rusange.”
Kerry Breen ni umwanditsi mukuru w'amakuru akaba n'umunyamakuru wa CBS News. Raporo ze zibanda ku bintu bigezweho, amakuru agezweho n'ikoreshwa ry'ibiyobyabwenge.