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.
Muri Mata 2023, EPA yatanze itegeko ryo guhagarika ikoreshwa rya methylene chloride. Toxic Free Future yishimiye icyo gitekerezo, isaba EPA kurangiza iri tegeko no gukomeza kurinda abakozi bose vuba bishoboka.
Dichloromethane (izwi kandi nka dichloromethane cyangwa DCM) ni umuti wa organohalogen ukoreshwa mu bikuraho irangi cyangwa irangi n'ibindi bikoresho nk'ibikuraho amavuta n'ibikuraho ibara. Iyo imyuka ya methylene chloride yirundanyije, uyu muti ushobora gutera kubyimba no gutera indwara z'umutima. Ibi byabaye ku bantu benshi bakoresheje irangi n'irangi birimo uyu muti, barimo Kevin Hartley na Joshua Atkins. Nta muryango wabuze umuntu kubera uyu muti.
Mu 2017, Ikigo gishinzwe kurengera ibidukikije muri Amerika (EPA) cyatanze igitekerezo cyo guhagarika ikoreshwa rya dichloromethane mu gukata amarangi (haba ku bakoresha ndetse no mu bucuruzi). Nyuma y'uwo mwaka, methylene chloride yari imwe mu miti icumi ya mbere “ihari” EPA yatangiye gukora isuzuma ry’ingaruka kugira ngo yige ikoreshwa ryose ry’iyo miti.
Ubukangurambaga bwa Toxic-Free Future bwemeje abacuruzi barenga icumi na babiri, barimo Lowe's, The Home Depot na Walmart, guhagarika ku bushake kugurisha imashini zikuraho amarangi zirimo iyi miti. Nyuma yo guhura n'imiryango y'abantu bapfuye bazize gukururwa n'iyi miti mu buryo butunguranye, EPA yahagaritse ikoreshwa ryayo mu bicuruzwa bikoreshwa n'abantu mu 2019, ariko yemera ko ikomeza gukoreshwa mu kazi, aho ishobora kuba itandukanye n'ikoreshwa mu ngo. Mu by'ukuri, mu mpfu 85 zavuzwe kubera gukururwa hagati ya 1985 na 2018, gukururwa n'iyi miti mu kazi ni byo byatumye 75% by'impfu.
Mu 2020 na 2022, EPA yasohoye isuzuma ry’ingaruka ryagaragaje ko ikoreshwa rya methylene chloride rinini ari “ingaruka zidasanzwe zo kwangiza ubuzima cyangwa ibidukikije.” Mu 2023, EPA irimo gutanga igitekerezo cyo guhagarika ikoreshwa ryose ry’iyi miti ku baguzi no ku nganda nyinshi no mu bucuruzi, aho ibisabwa mu kurinda aho bakorera bisaba ko habaho ikoreshwa ry’iyi miti mu gihe gito kandi ikanatanga imisoro ku nzego zimwe na zimwe za leta.