Toxic-Free Future eyehaireyo kuhangaho eby‘omumaisho ebiine amagara marungi barikuhiga okukoresa ebintu ebiine oburinzi, emibazi n‘enkora kurabira omu kucondooza kw‘omurembe, okuhabura, okutebeekanisa abantu baingi n‘okwejumba kw‘abaguzi.
Kuruga omu myaka ya 1980, okukwatwaho methylene chloride kiine akakwate n’okufa kw’abantu baingi abarikugikozesa n’abakozi. Omubazi ogurikukoresibwa omu kukyendeeza erangi n’ebindi ebirikureetaho okufa ahonaaho ahabw’okuhuuta n’okukwatwa omutima, kandi gukaba nigukwatagana n’endwara ya kansa n’okuremwa kuteekateeka gye.
Ekirango kya EPA wiiki ehwaire eky'okuzibira okukoresa munonga omubazi gwa methylene chloride nikituha amatsiko ngu tihaine ondiijo oraife ahabw'omubazi ogu ogurikwita.
Ekiragiro ekiteirweho nikiija kuzibira omukozesa weena n’okukoresa omubazi ogu omu makorero n’omu by’obushuubuzi, otwariremu n’okukyendeeza amajuta, okusheenya amabara, n’okusheenya erangi nari okugijwara, n’ebindi.
Kandi harimu n’eby’okwerinda omu myanya y’okukoreramu ahabw’orusa rw’okukoresa eby’okukoresa ebikuru omu bwire obukye n’okushohozibwa okurikureebwa aha kitongore ky’eby’okwerinda ekya America, ekitongore ky’enyonyi ekya Federal, ekitongore ky’okwerinda omu ihanga, na NASA. Nk’oku kiri, EPA neeha “entebeekanisa z’okurinda emibazi omu myanya y’okukoreramu erimu obugarukiro bugumire bw’okugikoresa kubaasa kurinda gye abakozi.” Nikwo kugira ngu ekiragiro eki nikiihaho emibazi y’obutwa bwingi kuruga omu maduuka n’omu myanya mingi y’okukoreramu.
Nikimara kugamba ngu okuzibira dichloromethane buzima tikukaba nikuza kubaho ahansi y’ebiragiro by’okuzibira obutwa (TSCA) ebya 1976, entunguuka ei omukago gwaitu gubaire nigukoraho kumara emyaka, ti kintu kikye.
Omuvuyo gw’okukora kwa gavumenti aha by’obutwa niguguma guri mpora omu muringo ogutarikwikirizibwa. Tikyayambire ngu omu Kwamwenda 2017, empindahinduka za TSCA ku zaatandikire kukora, obwebembezi bwa EPA bukatwara omutwarize gw’okurwanisa ebiragiro. Mbwenu hati turi aha, haihi emyaka mushanju bwanyima y’ebiragiro ebihindwirwemu kuteebwaho omukono, kandi ogu n’omurundi gwa kabiri gwonka EPA kuha ekiteiso ky’okukora aha mibazi “eriho” eri ahansi y’obushoboorozi bwayo.
Eri n‘eidaara rikuru omu kurinda amagara g‘abantu emibazi y‘obutwa. Obwire bw’okukora kuhitsya erizooba nibworeka emyaka y’emirimo y’amaani kuhika aha nshonga egi.
Tikirikutangaaza, methylene chloride eri aha runyiriri rwa EPA “Top 10′′ rw’emibazi erikukyeberwa kandi erikuteebwaho ebiragiro bya TSCA eyahindwirwemu.Omu mwaka gwa 1976, abantu bashatu bakafa ahabw’okukwatwaho munonga omubazi ogu, ekyareeteire EPA kuzibira okugukoresa omu by’okuihaho erangi.
EPA ekaba eherize kutunga obuhame bwingi aha kabi k’omubazi ogu ira munonga 2016 etakahikire – buzima, obuhame oburiho bukareetera omutegyeki w’obwire obwo Gina McCarthy kukoresa obushoboorozi bwa EPA ahansi y’ekiragiro kya TSCA ekyahindurwa arikuteekateeka ngu aha muheru gwa 2016 emiringo y’okuzibira n’okuzibira erangi zikaba ziri. aha baguzi n’omu mwanya gw’okukoreramu. kwejunisa. .
Abakozi baitu n’abanywani baitu ab’omukago bakashemererwa munonga kugaaniira aha bigambo bingi aha nkumi n’enkumi ebi EPA yaatungire omu kushagika okuzibira oku. Abanywani b'eihanga baine okushemererwa kwingi okwegaita aha kampeyini yaitu ey'okuhamisiriza abashuubuzi nka Lowe's na The Home Depot kurekyera aho kuguza ebintu ebi okuzibira kutakatandikire omu bwijwire.
Ekibi munonga, ekitongore ky’okurinda eby’obuhangwa, ekirikwebemberwa Scott Pruitt, kishaziremu ebiragiro byombi kandi kyakyererwa kukora aha kucondooza okuhango okw’eby’emibazi.
Ahabw’okugira ngu EPA ekagira ekiniga kingi ahabw’okutagira eki yaakora, amaka g’eminyeeto eyaafa ahabw’okurya ebintu nk’ebyo gakaza Washington kubugana abakuru ba EPA n’ab’omu ishengyero ry’eihanga kwegyesa abantu akabi aka buzima akari omu methylene chloride. Abamwe aharibo batwegaitaho n’abanywani baitu ab’omukago omu kujurira EPA ngu etungye oburinzi obundi.
Omu mwaka gwa 2019, obu omutegyeki wa EPA Andrew Wheeler yarangirira okuzibira okuguza abaguzi, tukareeba ngu n’obu ekikorwa eki kyabaire nikikundwa abantu, kikaba nikiguma nikiteeka abakozi omu kabi.
Nyina w’eminyeeto ebiri eyaafa n’abanywani baitu aba Vermont PIRG bakatwegaitaho omu mushango gwa kooti ya Federo barikwenda oburinzi nibwo bumwe aha bakozi obu EPA erikuhereza abaguzi. (Ahabw’okugira ngu omushango gwaitu tiguri gw’omutaano, kooti eyegaita aha kushaba kuruga omu NRDC, Latin America Jobs Council, n’ekibiina ky’abarikukora ebirungo by’amaizi. 2021 kooti ekanga kushaba EPA okuzibira okukozesa eby'obushuubuzi ebyabaire nibireetaho abakozi omubazi ogu ogw'akabi.
EPA ku eri kugumizamu n’okushwijuma akabi akarikubaasa kuruga omu methylene chloride, nitugumizamu nituhakanisa okurinda okukoresa kwona kw’omubazi ogu. Kikaba nikigaruramu amaani omu muringo gumwe obu EPA yaashohoza okucondooza kwayo okw’akabi omu 2020 kandi ekashanga ngu 47 ahari 53 ezaabaire nizishaba ziine “akabi akatari ka nshonga.” Ekirikugaruramu amaani, gavumenti ensya egarukire yashwijuma ngu PPE teshemerire kutwarwa nk’omuringo gw’okurinda abakozi, kandi ekashanga ngu emirundi 53 ei yaashwijumire yoona kureka emwe kureka ekaba neejwekyera akabi akataine nshonga.
Tukagaruka twabugana abakuru ba EPA na White House abakozire okushwijuma akabi n’enkora, bakaha obujurizi bw’amaani aha kakiiko aka EPA akarikuhabura aha bya sayansi, kandi bakagamba ebyafaayo by’abantu abatarikubaasa kuba bariho.
Titukaherize – ekiragiro kyaheza kushohozibwa omu Federal Register, nihaija kubaho ebiro 60 by’okuha ebiteekateeko, bwanyima y’ebitongore bya Federo nibiija kushwijuma ebiteekateeko bitakahindukire envunuura y’aha muheru.
Nitushaba EPA kukora omurimo ogu barikurahuka kushohoza ekiragiro ky'amaani ekirikurinda abakozi boona, abaguzi n'abantu b'omu kyanga. Nyabura we ha ekiteekateeko kyawe obwo orikuhandiika kurabira omu kushaba kwaitu okw'aha Intaneeti.