Ikigo gishinzwe kurengera ibidukikije muri Amerika kirimo gutanga igitekerezo cyo guhagarika ikoreshwa rya methylene chloride, ikinyabutabire kivuga ko gishobora guteza ibyago ku buzima ndetse n'urupfu, kugira ngo kirinde ubuzima rusange.
Iyi gahunda yabuza ikoreshwa rya methylene chloride mu bintu byose bikoreshwa n’abantu ndetse no mu nganda nyinshi n’ubucuruzi. Methylene chloride ikoreshwa mu gusukura amavuta akoreshwa mu mwuka, mu gusukura amarangi no gusiga amarangi, mu byuma bikoreshwa mu bucuruzi n’ibifunga, ndetse no mu gukora ibindi bintu mu nganda.
Iri hagarikwa ryatanzwe nk'igice cy'Itegeko rigenga uburozi, riha Ikigo gishinzwe kurengera ibidukikije ububasha bwo gushyiraho ibisabwa mu gutanga raporo, kubika inyandiko no gupima. Mu 2019, Ikigo gishinzwe kurengera ibidukikije cyabujije umuguzi umwe gukoresha methylene chloride ayikura mu bikoresho byo gusiga amarangi.
Abantu bagera kuri 85 bapfuye bazize gukoresha iyi miti kuva mu 1980, nk'uko Ikigo gishinzwe kurengera ibidukikije cya Amerika kibitangaza. EPA yavuze ko inyinshi mu ndwara zigaragara ku bakozi bari ku masezerano yo gusana amazu. Ikigo cyavuze ko hari "abantu bashya" bahura n'ingaruka zikomeye kandi zirambye ku buzima nyuma yo gukoresha methylene chloride. Ikigo gishinzwe kurengera ibidukikije cyanagaragaje ingaruka mbi ku buzima zituruka ku guhumeka no gukora ku ruhu, harimo uburozi bw'ubwonko, ingaruka z'umwijima na kanseri.
Ikigo cyasanze methylene chloride “itera ibyago bidasanzwe byo kwangiza ubuzima mu gihe ikoreshwa” bitewe n’ingaruka ku bakozi bahura n’icyo kinyabutabire mu buryo butaziguye cyangwa butaziguye, abakoresha icyo kinyabutabire, n’abantu bahura n’icyo kinyabutabire.
“Ubumenyi kuri methylene chloride burasobanutse neza, kandi guhura na methylene chloride bishobora guteza ingaruka zikomeye ku buzima ndetse n’urupfu,” nk’uko byatangajwe n’umuyobozi wa EPA, Michael S. Regan, mu itangazo rye. Ibi ni ukuri ku miryango myinshi yabuze ababo bazize uburozi bukabije. “Niyo mpamvu Ikigo gishinzwe kurengera ibidukikije gifata ingamba zo guhagarika ikoreshwa ry’iyi miti no gushyiraho uburyo bukomeye bwo kugenzura mu kazi kugira ngo barinde ubuzima bw’abakozi kandi bagabanye guhura n’iyi miti mu bindi bice byose.”
Ikigo gishinzwe kurengera ibidukikije kivuga ko intego y’iri hagarikwa ry’ibicuruzwa ni ukurinda abantu ibyago no kugabanya ibyago byo kwandura, bakemerera ikoreshwa rya methylene chloride gusa mu gihe cy’ibikorwa bigenzurwa neza mu kazi. Ikorwa, itunganywa n’ikwirakwizwa rya methylene chloride rizahagarara mu mezi 15 ari imbere. Mu gihe hari igitekerezo kibuza iyi miti, isesengura rya EPA ryagaragaje ko “ibindi bicuruzwa bifite ikiguzi kimwe n’ubushobozi… muri rusange birahari.”
Regan yagize ati: “Iri tegeko ryo guhagarika rigaragaza intambwe ikomeye twateye mu gushyira mu bikorwa uburyo bushya bwo kurinda umutekano w’ibinyabutabire no gufata ingamba zatinze zo kurengera 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.