Ua hoʻolaʻa ʻia ʻo Toxic-Free Future i ka hoʻokumu ʻana i kahi wā e hiki mai ana olakino ma o ka hoʻolaha ʻana i ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā huahana palekana, nā kemika a me nā hana ma o ka noiʻi ʻoi loa, ke kākoʻo ʻana, ka hoʻonohonoho lehulehu a me ka hoʻopili ʻana o nā mea kūʻai aku.
WASHINGTON, Apana o Columbia. I kēia lā, ua hāpai ʻo Michal Friedhoff, Luna Hoʻomalu Kōkua o EPA, i kahi lula hope loa e hoʻokele i ka "pilikia kūpono ʻole" i loaʻa i ka loiloi a ka EPA no ka methylene chloride ma lalo o ke Kanawai Mana Mea ʻawahia (TSCA). E pāpā ke kānāwai i nā mea kūʻai aku a pau a me ka hapa nui o nā hoʻohana kālepa a me nā ʻoihana o ka methylene chloride, koe wale nō kekahi mau keʻena pekelala a me nā mea hana. ʻO ke kānāwai i hāpai ʻia ka lua o ka hana hope loa i hāpai ʻia ma lalo o ka TSCA i hoʻoponopono hou ʻia no nā kemika "e kū nei", ma hope o ke kānāwai chrysotile a ka EPA. Ke paʻi ʻia ke kānāwai ma ka Federal Register, e hoʻomaka kahi manawa manaʻo 60 lā.
Ua pāpā ke kānāwai i manaʻo ʻia i kekahi hoʻohana ʻana o ka mea kūʻai aku a me ka hapa nui o nā ʻoihana a me nā ʻoihana kalepa o ke kemika, me nā mea hoʻohemo momona, nā mea wehe ʻōpala, a me nā mea wehe pena a uhi paha, a me nā mea ʻē aʻe, a hoʻokumu i nā koi palekana wahi hana no ʻelua mau ʻae hoʻohana koʻikoʻi i kaupalena ʻia i ka manawa. Ua hoʻokipa ʻo Toxic Free Future i ka manaʻo, e koi ana i ka EPA e hoʻopau i ke kānāwai a hoʻonui i kāna pale ʻana i nā limahana āpau i ka hikiwawe loa.
"Ua nui nā ʻohana i loaʻa i nā pōʻino he nui ma muli o kēia kemika; ua nui nā limahana i hoʻopilikia ʻia e kona ʻike ʻia ʻana i kā lākou wahi hana. ʻOiai ua hāʻule, ua holomua nui ka US Environmental Protection Agency i ka wehe ʻana i nā kemika," wahi a Liz. . ʻO Hitchcock, ka luna hoʻokele o Safer Chemicals Healthy Families, he papahana kulekele federal no ka wā e hiki mai ana me ka ʻole o nā lāʻau lapaʻau. "Ma kahi o ʻehiku mau makahiki i hala aku nei, ua hōʻano hou ka ʻAhaʻōlelo i ka TSCA e ʻae i ka EPA e hana i kēlā hana ma nā pōʻino kemika i ʻike ʻia. E hōʻemi nui kēia lula i ka hoʻohana ʻana i kēia kemika ʻawaʻawa loa," i hoʻomau ai ʻo ia.
"Ua lōʻihi ka hao ʻana o ka Methylene chloride i ke olakino o nā limahana ʻAmelika, a me ka pena a me nā lubricants. E hoʻolalelale ke kānāwai EPA hou i ka holomua o nā kemika palekana a me nā hana palekana e hoʻopau mau ana i ka hana," wahi a Charlotte Brody, RN, hope pelekikena o Occupational and Environmental Health, BlueGreen Alliance.
"ʻElima mau makahiki i hala aku nei, ua lilo ʻo Lowe's i mea kūʻai nui mua e pāpā i ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka methylene chloride i nā mea hoʻomāmā pena, e hana ana i ka hopena domino i waena o nā mea kūʻai nui loa o ka lāhui," wahi a Mike Shade, ka luna hoʻokele o Mind the Store, nona ka papahana ʻo Project Toxic. – Free future. "Ua hauʻoli mākou i ka hana hope ʻana o ka EPA me nā mea kūʻai aku e pāpā i nā mea kūʻai aku a me nā limahana mai ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka methylene chloride. E hele lōʻihi kēia kānāwai koʻikoʻi hou i ka pale ʻana i nā mea kūʻai aku a me nā limahana mai kēia kemika hoʻoulu maʻi kanesa. ʻO nā hana aʻe no ka EPA, ʻo ia ke hāʻawi ʻana i ke alakaʻi i nā lama a me nā mea kūʻai aku i ka loiloi ʻana i nā pōʻino o nā koho ʻē aʻe e hōʻoia i ka neʻe ʻana o nā hui i nā hopena palekana maoli."
"Mahalo mākou i kēia hana, ka mea e pale aku ai i nā kānaka mai kahi kemika make i kapa ʻia ʻo methylene chloride," wahi a Paul Burns, ka luna hoʻomalu o ka Vermont Public Interest Research Group, "akā ke ʻae nei hoʻi mākou ua lōʻihi loa ia a ua lilo ke kumukūʻai i nā ola he nui. ʻAʻole pono e kau ʻia ma ka mākeke lehulehu kekahi kemika e hoʻoweliweli nui ana i ke olakino kanaka i ka wā lōʻihi."
"He lā maikaʻi kēia no mākou e kuhikuhi i nā loli i kā mākou olakino lehulehu a me nā lula kaiapuni e hoʻōla maopopo i nā ola, ʻoiai ma waena o nā limahana i hōʻike ʻia i nā kemika ʻawahia," wahi a Cindy Lu, ka luna hoʻokele o Clean Water Action New England. nā lālā a me nā hoa hui a ua hōʻike pololei i ke kākoʻo ʻana i ka hana. "Paipai mākou iā EPA Biden e hoʻomau i kēlā hana pololei e hōʻemi i ke kaumaha ma ke olakino, pale i ka pōʻino i ko mākou olakino, a hōʻike i ka ʻepekema o kēia manawa."
ʻO Dichloromethane, i ʻike ʻia hoʻi ʻo dichloromethane a i ʻole DCM, he mea hoʻoheheʻe organohalogen i hoʻohana ʻia i nā mea hoʻomāmā pena a me nā huahana ʻē aʻe. Ua pili ia me ke kanesa, ka hemahema o ka noʻonoʻo, a me ka make koke ʻana ma o ka hanu ʻana. Ma waena o 1985 a me 2018, ʻo ka hōʻike koke ʻana i kēia kemika ke kumu o 85 mau make ma ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa, e like me kahi noiʻi i loiloi ʻia e nā hoa e ka UCSF Program for Reproductive Health and the Environment (PRHE).
Mai ka makahiki 2009, ua hana ʻo Toxic-Free Future a me National Health Advocates e hoʻoikaika i ka palekana pekelala e kūʻē i nā kemika ʻawaʻawa. Ma hope o nā makahiki o ke kākoʻo ʻana e kahi hui i alakaʻi ʻia e ka Safe Chemicals for Healthy Families of a Toxic-Free Future Initiative, ua kau inoa ʻia ke kānāwai Lautenberg Chemical Safety Act i kānāwai i ka makahiki 2016, e hāʻawi ana i ka EPA i ka mana e pono ai e pāpā i nā kemika weliweli e like me ka methylene chloride. Mai ka makahiki 2017 a i ka makahiki 2019, ua holo ka papahana Mind the Store o Toxic-Free Future i kahi hoʻolaha aupuni e pili ana i nā mea kūʻai aku nui he ʻumikūmālua e like me Lowe's, Home Depot, Walmart, Amazon a me nā mea ʻē aʻe e hoʻōki i ke kūʻai ʻana aku i nā chloride pena a me nā mea wehe uhi i loaʻa ka methylene. I ka makahiki 2022 a me 2023, e lawe mai ʻo Toxin Free Future i nā hoa hui e ʻōlelo, hōʻike a hui pū me ka EPA e kākoʻo no kahi lula hope loa.
He alakaʻi aupuni ʻo Toxic-Free Future i ka noiʻi a me ka palekana o ke kaiapuni. Ma o ka mana o ka ʻepekema, ka hoʻonaʻauao a me ka hana hoʻoikaika, hoʻolaha ʻo Toxic Free Futures i nā kānāwai ikaika a me ke kuleana o ka ʻoihana e pale i ke olakino o nā kānaka a pau a me ka honua. www.toxicfreefuture.org
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