Toxic-Free Future eyehaireyo kuhangaho eby‘omumaisho ebiine amagara marungi barikutunguura okukoresa ebintu ebiine oburinzi, emibazi n‘enkora kurabira omu kucondooza kw‘omurembe, okuhabura, okutebeekanisa abantu baingi n‘okwejumba kw‘abaguzi.
Omu Kwakana 2023, EPA ekataho ekiteiso ky’okuzibira okukoresa munonga omubazi gwa methylene chloride. Toxic Free Future yasiima ekiteiso eki, yashaba EPA kuhendera ekiragiro eki kandi eyongyere aha bukuumi bwayo aha bakozi boona ahonaaho. okwongyera.
Dichloromethane (emanyirwe nka dichloromethane nari DCM) n’ekintu ekirikukoresibwa omu kwihaho erangi nari okugijwara n’ebindi nk’ebirikusheenya amajuta n’okusheenya ebicupuri. Omwika gwa methylene chloride gwaba nigweyongyera, omubazi ogu nigubaasa kureetera omuntu okuzirika n’okukwatwa omutima. Eki kibaireho aha bantu baingi munonga abakozeise ebikwato by’okusiiga erangi n’ebintu ebirimu omubazi ogu, otwariiremu Kevin Hartley na Joshua Atkins. Tihariho ka efeereirwe omukundwa waayo ahabw’omubazi ogu.
Omu mwaka gwa 2017, ekitongore ky’okurinda eby’obuhangwa ekya America (EPA) kikataho ekiteiso ky’okuzibira okukoresa dichloromethane omu kusheenya erangi (ahabw’okukoresa abaguzi n’abashuubuzi). Bwanyima y’omwaka ogwo, methylene chloride ekaba eri emwe aha mibazi ikumi ey’okubanza “eyabaire eriho” ei EPA yaatandikire kukora okucondooza aha kabi k’okwega aha nkozesa zoona z’omubazi ogu.
Kampeyini ya Toxic-Free Future ekareetera abashuubuzi abarikurenga ikumi na babiri, otwariremu Lowe's, The Home Depot na Walmart, kurekyera aho kuguza eby'okusheenya erangi ebirimu omubazi ogu. Bwanyima y'okubugana amaka g'abantu abaafiire ahabw'okukwatwaho munonga omubazi ogu, EPA aha muheru ekazibira okugukozesa omu bintu ebirikukoresibwa abantu omu mwaka gwa 2019, kwonka yaikiriza kugumizamu kugukozesa omu myanya y'okukoreramu, ahu gurikubaasa kuba ogw'okufa nk'oku gurikutaana n'okugukozesa omu maka. Omu mazima, aha kufa 85 okwagambirweho ahabw‘okukwatwaho ahagati ya 1985 na 2018, okukwatwaho omu mirimo kukaba kuri okw‘obujunaanizibwa bw‘okufa kwa 75%.
Omu mwaka gwa 2020 na 2022, EPA ekashohoza okucondooza aha kabi akarikworeka ngu okukoresa methylene chloride kwingi munonga nikujwekyera “akabi akatari k’oburyo akarikubaasa kushiisha amagara nari eby’obuhangwa.” Omu mwaka gwa 2023, EPA neteekateeka kuzibira abakozesa boona n’abakozesa baingi omu makorero n’omu by’obushuubuzi omubazi ogu, n’eby’okwerinda omu myanya y’emirimo ebirikwetenga okushohozibwa kw’okukoresa okugumire omu bwire obukye n’okushohozibwa okurikureebwa kuruga omu bitongore ebimwe ebya gavumenti.