Toxic-Free Futures hian hmalam hun hrisel zawk neih theihna tura thil him zawk, chemical leh thil tih dante hman a nih theih nan hmalam hun tha zawk, advocacy, grassroots organizing leh consumer engagement hmangin hma a la a ni.
Kum 2023 April thla khan Environmental Protection Agency chuan methylene chloride hman tam zawk khap a rawt a ni. Toxic-Free Futures chuan he rawtna hi lawmawm a tih rualin, Environmental Protection Agency chu he dan hi tihfel a nih theih nan hma la thuai turin a ngen a, a humhalhna chu hnathawk zawng zawngte hnena pek a nih theih nan a ngen bawk. belh.
Methylene chloride (methylene chloride emaw DCM tia hriat bawk) hi organohalogen solvent a ni a, paint emaw coating remover leh thil dang degreaser leh stain remover-ah te hman thin a ni. Methylene chloride vapor a awm khawm chuan he chemical hian thawk a ti na thei a, heart attack a thlen thei bawk. Hei hi chemical awmna paint leh coating stripper hmangtu mi tam tak chungah a thleng tawh a, Kevin Hartley leh Joshua Atkins te pawh an tel. Chhungkaw tumahin he chemical vang hian an hmangaih tak an hloh leh ngai tur a ni lo.
Kum 2017 khan US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) chuan paint stripper (residential leh commercial use) atan methylene chloride hman khap a rawt a. Chumi kum tawp lamah chuan methylene chloride chu chemical “a awm tawh” hmasa sawm zinga mi a lo ni ta a, chu chu Environmental Protection Agency-in chemical hman dan zawng zawng ngaihtuah turin risk assessment a tan ta a ni.
Toxic-Free Future chuan retailer sawmhnih chuang zet chu Lowe’s, Home Depot leh Walmart te pawhin an duhthusamin he chemical awmna paint stripper hralh chhuah tawh loh turin campaign an kalpui a ni. Chemical hi na taka an inhnamhnawih avanga thi chhungte an kawm hnuah, Environmental Protection Agency chuan a tawpah chuan kum 2019 khan consumer product-a hman a khap a, mahse in lama hman a nih chuan a hmanna chu thihna thlentu ang chiah nena inzawm thei hnathawhna hmunah hman chhunzawm a phalsak a ni. . Dik tak chuan kum 1985 leh 2018 inkar khan exposure thihna report 85 an awm a, chung zinga 75% chu hnathawhna hmuna exposure vang a ni.

Kum 2020 leh 2022 khan Environmental Protection Agency chuan risk assessment a tichhuak a, chutah chuan methylene chloride hman tam zawk hi “hriselna emaw, boruak emaw tichhe thei khawpa hlauhawm a ni” tih hmuhchhuah a ni. Kum 2023 khan Environmental Protection Agency chuan consumer-te’n chemical hman zawng zawng leh industry leh sumdawnna atana hman tam zawk khap vek a rawt a, hmanraw pawimawh tak takte tan hun bituk neia chhuahtir a ni a, federal agency thenkhat tan pawh hnathawhna hmuna humhalhna mamawh a\angin nasa taka chhuahtir a ni bawk.