Ing Toxic-Free Futures magobra ya para isulong ing pamangamit kareng mas ligtas a produktu, kemikal ampo gawi para keng mas masanting a hinaharap kapamilatan ning cutting-edge a pamanyaliksik, adbokasiya, pamag-organisa kareng grassroots ampo pamakiabe kareng mamisali.
WASHINGTON, DC – Ngeni, ing EPA Assistant Administrator Michael Friedhoff migmungkahi yang tauling tuntunan para a-manage ing “e makatuliran a panganib” a mekilala keng EPA's assessment ning methylene chloride lalam ning Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA). Ing patakaran ayni babawal nala deng sablang mamisali ampo keraklan kareng komersyal ampo industrial a pamangamit ning methylene chloride, maliban kareng mapilan a federal a ahensya ampo manufacturer. Ing mipanukalang tuntunan ya ing kaduang tauling aksyon a mipanukalang para king metung a “existing” a kemikal lalam ning mibayung TSCA, kaybat ning EPA's chrysotile asbestos rule. Ing 60-aldo a panaun ning pamagkomentu magumpisa ya kaybat ing patakaran milimbag ya keng Federal Register.
Ing mipanukalang tuntunan babawal na ing sablang pamangamit da reng mamisali ampo ing keraklan kareng industrial ampo komersyal a pamangamit kareng kemikal, kayabe nala reng degreasers, stain removers, ampo paint and coating removers, ampo magmungkahi yang adwang time-limited exemptions para kareng essential a gamit para akit ing proteksyun keng obra. Ing Toxic-Free Futures tinggap ne ing proposal kabang inaus ne ing Environmental Protection Agency na kumilos yang mabilis para ayari ing patakaran ampo ilawak ing proteksyun na kareng sablang magobra.
"Dakal a pamilya ing menakit keng trahedya keng kemikal ayni; dakal a obra ing mesira uli na niti. Kabang e la matagumpe deng patakaran ning EPA, maragul ing agawa da para aalis ing methylene chloride kareng pipagobran ampo kareng pibale-bale. Dakal a progresu ing megawa," sinabi nang Liz Hitchcock, direktor ning Safe Chemicals para keng Healthy Chemicals keng federal Toxic Future Initiative. "Mga pitung banua na ing milabas, ing kongresu pepabayu ne ing TSCA para paintulutan ne ing EPA kareng makanining paralan para kareng balu nang panganib a kemikal. Ing patakaran ayni makabawas yang maragul keng pamangamit na niting makalasun a kemikal," ngana pa.
"King makabang panaun, ing methylene chloride menako ya keng karelang kalusugan kareng magobra keng Americanu kabang menako ya karela keng karelang pintura ampo grasa. Ing bayung tuntunan ning EPA pabilisan na ing pamaglalang kareng mas ligtas a kemikal ampo mas ligtas a gawi kabang gagawan ing obra," sinabi nang Charlotte keng Blue-Green Alliance. Brody, Vice President ning Occupational ampo Environmental Health.
"Limang banua na ing milabas, ing Lowe's meging yang mumunang maragul a retailer a migbawal keng pamangamit methylene chloride kareng paint removers, megumpisa yang domino effect kareng pekamaragul a retailer ning bangsa," sinabi nang Mike, direktor ning Mind the Store, metung a programa ning produktung alang lasun. ing hinaharap,” sinabi nang Schade. “Masaya kami na ing Environmental Protection Agency makiabe ya kareng retailer king pamagbawal king panga-available ning methylene chloride kareng mamisali at magobra. Iting importanting bayung tuntunan maragul yang agawa para protektan la reng mamisali ampo reng magobra ibat keng panga-expose na niting chemical a magdalang cancer. Ing tutuking lakbang ning ahensya yapin ing obra ning EPA yapin ing mamye gabay kareng tatak ampo kareng retailer keng pamagsuri kareng panganib da reng alternatibung paralan para makasiguradung deng negosyu munta la kareng mas ligtas a solusyun.”
"Pagmasusian mi ya ining aksyon para protektan mi la reng tau keng makamate a makalasun a kemikal a ausan dang methylene chloride," sinabi nang Paul Burns, executive director ning Vermont Public Interest Research Group. "pero akilala mi mu rin na masyadu yang makaba at masyadu yang dakal a bie ing mewala." . Nanu mang kemikal a magdalang seryusu at makabang panaun a banta king kalusugan ning tau e ya dapat pisali king bukas a palengki.”
"Ini metung yang masanting a aldo nung nukarin malyari tamung ituru ing pamagbayu keng kalusugan ning publiko ampo kareng regulasyun keng kapaligiran na malino makasagip bie, lalu na kareng magobra a makalwal kareng makalasun a kemikal," sinabi nang Cindy Luppi, direktor ning New England Clean Water Initiative. "Ing organisasyun tinipun no reng kayang miyembru ampo reng kayabe na keng koalisyon ampo migtestigo lang diretsu bilang suporta keng aksyon ayni. "Anyaran mi ing EPA nang Biden na isundu na ing makanining uri ning direktang aksyon para mabawas ing pabayat na ning kalusugan, aiwasan ing pangasira ning kekatamung kalusugan, ampo ipasyag ing modernung siyensya"
Ing methylene chloride, ausan dang methylene chloride o DCM, metung yang organohalogen solvent a magagamit kareng paint removers ampo reng aliwang produktu. Iti makasuglung ya keng cancer, cognitive impairment ampo agad a kamatayan keng suffocation. Ing acute exposure keng chemical ing meging sangkan ning 85 a kamatayan keng United States pilatan ning 1985 anggang 2018, agpang keng metung a peer-reviewed a pamagaral ibat keng Program on Reproductive Health and the Environment (PRHE) keng University of California, San Francisco.
Manibat 2009, ing Toxic Futures ampo reng health advocates king mabilug a bansa magobra la para pasikanan ing proteksyun ning federal laban kareng makalasun a kemikal. Kaybat ning dakal a banuang adbokasiya ning metung a koalisyon a panimunan ning Toxics Free Future's Safe Chemicals, Healthy Families initiative, ing Lautenberg Chemical Safety Act mepirma yang batas inyang 2016, a minie king Environmental Protection Agency ing kailangang awtoridad para ibawal la reng delikadung kemikal antimo ing methylene chloride. Manibat 2017 anggang 2019, ing Toxic-Free Future's Mind the Store program menimuna yang pambansang kampanya para makasiguradung metung a pangaku ibat kareng maigit metung a dosena a mangaragul a retailer, kayabe nala reng Lowe's, Home Depot, Walmart, Amazon ampo reng aliwa, para tuknang lang magtinda pintura ampo coatings a maki methylene remover. Chloride. Inyang 2022 ampo 2023, ing Toxic-Free Futures inanyaya nala deng partners ning coalition para magkomentu, magtestigo, ampo makipagkita keng EPA para mag-adbokasiya para kareng matibe a tauling tuntunan.
Ing Toxic-Free Futures metung yang pambansang lider keng pamanyaliksik ampo adbokasiya keng kalusugan ning kapaligiran. Kapamilatan ning upaya ning siyensya, edukasyun ampo aktibismu, ing Toxic-Free Futures susulung ne ing masikan a legal ampo corporate a responsibilidad para protektan ing kalusugan da reng sablang tau ampo ing planeta. www.tokenfreefuture.org
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