Hana ʻo Toxic-Free Futures e paipai i ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā huahana palekana, nā kemika a me nā hana no ka wā e hiki mai ana olakino ma o ka noiʻi holomua, ke kākoʻo ʻana, ka hoʻonohonoho ʻana i nā kaiāulu, a me ka hoʻopili ʻana o nā mea kūʻai aku.
WASHINGTON, DC – I kēia lā, ua hāpai ʻo Michael Friedhoff, ka Luna Hoʻomalu Kōkua o EPA, i kahi lula hope loa e hoʻokele i nā "pilikia kūpono ʻole" i ʻike ʻia ma ka loiloi a ka EPA no ka methylene chloride ma lalo o ke Kanawai Mana Mea ʻawahia (TSCA). E pāpā kēia lula i nā hoʻohana āpau a ka mea kūʻai aku a me ka hapa nui o nā ʻoihana kalepa 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 no kahi kemika "e kū nei" ma lalo o ka TSCA i hoʻoponopono hou ʻia, ma hope o ke kānāwai asbestos chrysotile a ka EPA. E hoʻomaka ka manawa manaʻo 60 lā ma hope o ka paʻi ʻia ʻana o ke kānāwai ma ka Federal Register.
Ua pāpā ke kānāwai i manaʻo ʻia i nā hoʻohana a pau a nā mea kūʻai aku a me ka hapa nui o nā hoʻohana ʻoihana a me nā ʻoihana kalepa o nā kemika, me nā mea hoʻohemo momona, nā mea wehe ʻōpala, a me nā mea wehe pena a me nā uhi, a ua hāpai i ʻelua mau hoʻokuʻu manawa palena no nā hoʻohana koʻikoʻi e hoʻokō ai i nā koi palekana wahi hana. Ua hoʻokipa ʻo Toxic-Free Futures i ka manaʻo me ke kāhea ʻana i ka Environmental Protection Agency e hana koke e hoʻopau i ke kānāwai a hoʻonui i kāna mau pale i nā limahana āpau.
"Ua nui loa nā ʻohana i ʻeha nui i kēia kemika; ua nui loa nā hana i hōʻino ʻia e ia. ʻOiai ʻaʻole i holomua nā lula EPA, hele lōʻihi lākou i ka hoʻopau ʻana i ka methylene chloride mai nā wahi hana a me nā home. Ua holomua nui," wahi a Liz Hitchcock, ka luna hoʻokele o Safe Chemicals for Healthy Families ma ka federal Toxic Future Policy Initiative. "Ma kahi o ʻehiku mau makahiki i hala aku nei, ua hoʻonui ka Congress iā TSCA e ʻae i ka EPA i kēlā mau hana no 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.
"No ka manawa lōʻihi loa, ua hao ka methylene chloride i ke olakino o nā limahana ʻAmelika me ka hao ʻana i kā lākou pena a me ka ʻaila. E hoʻolalelale ke kānāwai hou a ka EPA i ka hoʻomohala ʻana i nā kemika palekana a me nā hana palekana me ka hoʻopau ʻana i ka hana," wahi a Charlotte i ka Blue-Green Alliance. ʻO Brody, Hope Pelekikena o ke Ola Kino a me ke Kaiapuni.
"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 wehe pena, e hoʻomaka ana i kahi hopena domino i waena o nā mea kūʻai nui loa o ka lāhui," wahi a Mike, ka luna hoʻokele o Mind the Store, kahi papahana huahana ʻawaʻawa. "ʻO ka wā e hiki mai ana," wahi a Schade. "Ua hauʻoli mākou ua hui pū ka Environmental Protection Agency me nā mea kūʻai aku i ka pāpā ʻana i ka loaʻa ʻana o ka methylene chloride i nā mea kūʻai aku a me nā limahana. E hele lōʻihi kēia kānāwai koʻikoʻi hou i ka pale ʻana i nā mea kūʻai aku a me nā limahana mai ka ʻike ʻia ʻana i kēia kemika hoʻoulu maʻi kanesa. ʻO ka hana a ka EPA e pono ai ke hāʻawi i nā lama a me nā mea kūʻai aku me ke alakaʻi i ka loiloi ʻana i nā pōʻino o nā koho ʻē aʻe e hōʻoia i ka neʻe ʻana o nā ʻoihana i nā hopena palekana maoli."
"Ke hoʻolauleʻa nei mākou i kēia hana e pale hope loa i nā kānaka mai ka kemika make i kapa ʻia ʻo methylene chloride," wahi a Paul Burns, ka luna hoʻomalu o ka Vermont Public Interest Research Group. "Akā ke ʻike nei hoʻi mākou ua lōʻihi loa ka manawa a ua lilo nā ola he nui." . ʻAʻole pono e kūʻai ʻia aku ma ka mākeke ākea kekahi kemika e hoʻoweliweli nui ana i ke olakino kanaka no ka wā lōʻihi."
"He lā maikaʻi kēia i hiki ai iā mākou ke kuhikuhi i nā loli i ke olakino lehulehu a me nā lula kaiapuni e hoʻōla maopopo i nā ola, ʻoiai no nā limahana i hōʻike ʻia i nā kemika ʻawaʻawa," wahi a Cindy Luppi, ka luna hoʻokele o ka New England Clean Water Initiative. "Ua hoʻoulu ka hui i kona mau lālā a me nā hoa hui a ua hōʻike pololei i ke kākoʻo ʻana i kēia hana. "Paipai mākou i ka EPA a Biden e hoʻomau i ka hana pololei ʻana i kēia ʻano hana e hōʻemi i nā kaumaha olakino, pale i ka pōʻino i ko mākou olakino, a hōʻike i ka ʻepekema hou"
ʻO Methylene chloride, i ʻike ʻia hoʻi ʻo methylene chloride a i ʻole DCM, he mea hoʻoheheʻe organohalogen i hoʻohana ʻia i nā mea wehe pena a me nā huahana ʻē aʻe. Pili ia me ke kanesa, ka hemahema o ka noʻonoʻo a me ka make koke ʻana mai ka hanu ʻana. ʻO ka ʻike koke ʻana i ka kemika ke kumu o 85 mau make ma ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa ma waena o 1985 a me 2018, e like me kahi noiʻi i loiloi ʻia e nā hoa mai ka Program on Reproductive Health and the Environment (PRHE) ma ke Kulanui o Kaleponi, Kapalakiko.
Mai ka makahiki 2009, ua hana ʻo Toxic Futures a me nā mea kākoʻo olakino ma ka ʻāina holoʻokoʻa e hoʻoikaika i nā 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 hana Safe Chemicals, Healthy Families a Toxics Free Future, ua kau inoa ʻia ke kānāwai Lautenberg Chemical Safety Act i kānāwai i ka makahiki 2016, e hāʻawi ana i ka Environmental Protection Agency 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 alakaʻi ka papahana Mind the Store a Toxic-Free Future i kahi hoʻolaha aupuni e hoʻopaʻa i kahi kūpaʻa mai nā mea kūʻai aku nui he ʻumikūmālua, me Lowe's, Home Depot, Walmart, Amazon a me nā mea ʻē aʻe, e hoʻōki i ke kūʻai aku ʻana i ka pena a me nā uhi i loaʻa ka methylene remover. Chloride. I ka makahiki 2022 a me 2023, ua paipai ʻo Toxic-Free Futures i nā hoa hui e ʻōlelo, hōʻike, a hui pū me ka EPA e kākoʻo i nā lula hope loa.
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