Toxic-Free Futures e dira go rotloetsa tiriso ya ditlhagiswa tse di babalesegileng, dikhemikhale le mekgwa ya isagwe e e itekanetseng ka dipatlisiso tsa maemo a a kwa godimo, go buelela, go rulaganya batho ba ba kwa tlase le go nna le seabe ga bareki.
WASHINGTON, DC – Gompieno, Mothusa Motsamaisi wa EPA Michael Friedhoff o tshitshintse molao wa bofelo wa go laola “dikotsi tse di sa utlwaleng” tse di supilweng mo tshekatshekong ya EPA ya methylene chloride ka fa tlase ga Molao wa Taolo ya Dilo tse di Botlhole (TSCA). Molao ona o ne o tla thibela ditshebediso tsohle tsa bareki le tse ngata tsa kgwebo le tsa indasteri tsa methylene chloride, ntle le mekgatlo e itseng ya mmuso le baetsi. Molao o o tshitshintsweng ke kgato ya bobedi ya bofelo e e tshitshinngwang ya khemikhale e e “leng teng” ka fa tlase ga TSCA e e fetotsweng, go latela molao wa EPA wa chrysotile asbestos. Paka ya ditshwaelo ya malatsi a le 60 e tla simolola morago ga gore molao o gatisiwe mo Rejisetareng ya Bosetšhaba.
Molao o o tshitshintsweng o thibela tiriso yotlhe ya bareki le bontsi jwa tiriso ya madirelo le ya kgwebo ya dikhemikhale, go akaretsa le di-degreasers, di-stain removers, le di-pente le di-coating removers, mme o tshitshinya dikgololo tse pedi tse di lekanyeditsweng nako tsa tiriso ya botlhokwa go fitlhelela ditlhokego tsa tshireletso ya mo tirong. Toxic-Free Futures e amogetse tshitshinyo eno fa e ntse e ikuela mo Setheong sa Tshireletso ya Tikologo go tsaya kgato ka bonako go konosetsa molao ono le go atolosa ditshireletso tsa one go badiri botlhe.
"Malapa a le mantsi thata a ile a nna le masetlapelo a mantsi thata ka ntlha ya khemikale eno; ditiro di le dintsi thata di utlwisitswe botlhoko ke yone. Le fa melao ya EPA e sa atlege, e thusa thata go fedisa methylene chloride mo mafelong a tiro le mo magaeng. Itshimolelo. "Mo e ka nnang dingwaga di le supa tse di fetileng, Khonkerese e ne ya tlhabolola TSCA go letla EPA go tsaya dikgato tse di ntseng jalo tsa dikotsi tse di itsegeng tsa dikhemikale. Molao ono o tla fokotsa thata tiriso ya khemikale eno e e botlhole thata," o ne a tswelela jalo.
"Ka nako e telele thata, methylene chloride e amogile badiri ba Amerika botsogo jwa bone fa e ntse e ba amoga pente le mafura a bone. Molao o mosha wa EPA o tla itlhaganedisa go tlhamiwa ga dikhemikale tse di babalesegileng le mekgwa e e babalesegileng fa o ntse o dira tiro," Charlotte o boleletse Blue-Green Alliance. Brody, Motlatsamopresidente wa Boitekanelo jwa Tiro le Tikologo.
“Dingwaga di le tlhano tse di fetileng, Lowe’s e ne ya nna morekisi wa ntlha yo mogolo go thibela tiriso ya methylene chloride mo dilong tse di tlosang pente, mme seno sa simolola phelelo ya domino mo barekising ba bagolo thata ba naga,” go ne ga bolela jalo Mike, mokaedi wa Mind the Store, e leng thulaganyo ya dikumo tse di senang botlhole. isagwe,” Schade o ne a rialo. “Re itumelela gore kwa bofelong Setheo sa Tshireletso ya Tikologo se kopanela le barekisi mo go thibeleng go nna teng ga methylene chloride mo bareking le mo badiring. Molao ono o mosha o o botlhokwa o tla thusa thata go sireletsa bareki le badiri gore ba se ka ba tsenwa ke khemikale eno e e bakang kankere. Kgato e e latelang ya Setheo ke gore tiro ya EPA e tshwanetse go nna go tlamela ka matshwaokgwebo le barekisi ka kaelo ya go sekaseka dikotsi tsa ditsela tse dingwe go netefatsa gore dikgwebo di ya kwa ditharabololo tse di babalesegileng tota.”
Paul Burns, mokaedi-mogolo wa Setlhopha sa Patlisiso sa Dikgatlhego tsa Setšhaba sa Vermont o ne a re: “Re keteka kgato eno gore kgabagare re sireletse batho mo khemikaleng e e botlhole e e bolayang e e bidiwang methylene chloride.” “Mme gape re lemoga gore go tsere lobaka lo loleele thata e bile go bolaile batho ba le bantsi thata.” . Khemikale epe fela e e tshosetsang boitekanelo jwa batho ka tsela e e masisi jalo le e e tsayang lobaka lo loleele ga e a tshwanela go rekisiwa mo mmarakeng o o bulegileng.”
“Leno ke letsatsi le legolo le re ka supang diphetogo mo melaong ya botsogo jwa setšhaba le ya tikologo tse ka phepafalo di tla bolokang matshelo, segolobogolo mo badiring ba ba tsenwang ke dikhemikale tse di botlhole,” go ne ga bolela jalo Cindy Luppi, mokaedi wa New England Clean Water Initiative. “Mokgatlho o kokoantse maloko a one le balekane ba one ba ba kopaneng mme wa neela bosupi ka tlhamalalo go tshegetsa kgato eno.
Methylene tleloraete, e e itsegeng gape jaaka methylene tleloraete kgotsa DCM, ke setlhaolosi sa organohalogen se se dirisiwang mo dilong tse di tlosang pente le mo ditlhagisweng tse dingwe. E amana le kankere, go sa kgone go dirisa tlhaloganyo le go swa ka bonako ka ntlha ya go hupelwa. Go tsenwa ke khemikale eno ka bonako go ne ga baka dintsho di le 85 kwa United States fa gare ga 1985 le 2018, go ya ka patlisiso e e neng ya sekasekwa ke balekane go tswa kwa Lenaneong la Boitekanelo jwa Tsalo le Tikologo (PRHE) kwa Yunibesithing ya California, kwa San Francisco.
Go tloga ka 2009, Toxic Futures le babueledi ba boitekanelo go ralala naga ba ntse ba dira go matlafatsa ditshireletso tsa puso kgatlhanong le dikhemikhale tse di botlhole. Morago ga dingwaga di le dintsi tsa go buelela ke kopano e e neng e eteletswe pele ke letsholo la Toxics Free Future la Dikhemikhale tse di Babalesegileng, Malapa a a Itekanetseng, Molao wa Pabalesego ya Dikhemikhale wa Lautenberg o ne wa saeniwa go nna molao ka 2016, o o nayang Setheo sa Tshireletso ya Tikologo taolo e e tlhokegang ya go thibela dikhemikhale tse di kotsi jaaka metherich. Go tloga ka 2017 go fitlha ka 2019, lenaneo la Mind the Store la Isagwe e e Senang Botlhole le ne la etelela pele letsholo la bosetšhaba la go bona boineelo go tswa go barekisi ba bagolo ba ba fetang lesome le bobedi, go akaretsa le Lowe's, Home Depot, Walmart, Amazon le ba bangwe, go emisa go rekisa dipente le dipeo tse di nang le selo se se tlosang methylene. Tleloraete. Ka 2022 le 2023, Toxic-Free Futures e ne ya rotloetsa balekane ba tirisanommogo go tshwaela, go neela bosupi, le go kopana le EPA go buelela melawana e e nonofileng ya bofelo.
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