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Kum sawm tam tak chhunga methylene chloride hmanga thihna thleng chungchanga Center for Public Integrity-in a chhui hnuah, US Environmental Protection Agency chuan kum 2019 khan he thil telna paint strippers chu consumer-te hnena hralh a khap a, a tuartu chhungte leh himna lama hma latute chuan mipui nawrna campaign an kalpui chhunzawm zel a ni Environmental Protection Agency chuan hma a la mek a ni.
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Coalition hian thil tam zawk an phut a ni: hnathawkte chu khapna tawi tak hmanga venhim an ni lo niin an sawi. Methylene chloride avanga thihna tam zawk hi hnathawhna hmunah a thleng thin. Paint remover chauh hi i hmuh theihna tur product a ni lo.
Tunah chuan Environmental Protection Agency chuan methylene chloride hman tam zawk khap a rawt ta a ni—exception thenkhat chu a la awm reng a, mahse a tlem zawk hle.
“Tlem chuan ka mangang deuh, i hria em?” Brian Wynn-a unaupa kum 31 mi Drew chu kum 2017 khan company walk-in refrigerator-a paint a lakchhuah laiin a thi a ni. Wynn hian a tirah chuan EPA-in kum 2019-a paint stripper-te laka hma a lak chu “kan kal theihna tur hla ber a ni ang tih a ngaihtuah a—hetiang mite tihtawp tura pawisa pek, funded lobbyist leh Congress-te brick wall-in min hmu a ni,” a ti. keini ang bawkin an hlawkna chu a hmasa ber leh himna a ni tih an tichiang a ni,” tiin a sawi. “ .
Rule siam tum hian consumer product zawng zawng leh “industrial leh commercial application tam zawkah” methylene chloride hman khap a ni ang, tiin agency chuan kar hmasa khan thuchhuah a siam.
Environmental Protection Agency chuan he dan hi August 2024 aṭanga hman ṭan a beisei thu a sawi a, federal regulation-te chuan mipuiten a tawp bera thil thleng tur nghawng theihna hun remchang siamsak thei tur process mumal tak a kalpui a ngai a ni.
He chemical hi methylene chloride tia hriat bawk hi retail shelf-ah aerosol degreaser leh brush cleaner, paint leh coating-a hman thin product-ah te hmuh tur a awm a ni. Commercial adhesive leh sealant-ah te hman a ni. A siamtute chuan chemical dang siam nan an hmang thin.
Agency chuan kum 1980 aṭang khan methylene chloride rang taka an inhriat avangin mi 85 vel an thi tawh tih a sawi a, heng zingah hian hnathawkte zingah safety training leh invenna hmanrua dawng tawhte pawh an tel.
Chu chhiarpui chu kum 2021-a OSHA leh University of California, San Francisco-in zirchianna an neih aṭanga lak a ni a, tuna thi zat hi a hmaa Public Integrity count aṭanga chhut a ni. He number hi a tlem hle tih a chiang viau a, a chhan chu methylene chloride hian mi a tihlum dan pakhat chu rilru lam natna thlen a ni a, chu chu entu tan chuan toxicology study tih duh loh chuan natural cause avanga thihna ang mai a ni.
Nate Bradford Jr. hian Black agriculture eizawnna humhalh hna a thawk a ni. Tun season-a Heist hian sorkarin mipa hring loneitute a thliar hranna a neih tawhna laka a dam khawchhuahna tura a beihna chanchin a sawi a ni. Episode thar a chhuah hunah behind-the-scenes info leh notifications dawng turin subscribe rawh.
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) sawi danin, he chemical hian chemical hmanga kai tawhte cancer ang chi “hriselna atana nghawng na tak leh hun rei tak chhung” a thlen bawk a, mahse thihna thlen thei khawpin a thlen lo.
“Methylene chloride hlauhawmzia hi hriat lar tak a ni,” tiin agency chuan dan siam tura ruahmanna siamah hian a ziak a ni.
Kum 2015-a Public Integrity chhui chiannaah chuan kum 1970 chho aṭang khan nunna chhanhimna kawnga hmalakna hun remchangte chu a lo hloh fo tawh tih hmuhchhuah a ni. Mahse, Environmental Protection Agency-in January 2017-a he dan hi a rawt hmasak ber hnuah, Obama administration tawp lamah khan thihna tam zawk a thleng a, Trump administration chuan hma la tura nawr a nih hma loh chuan a tikhawtlai a ni.
Nakin lawka toxic awm lohna tur atana federal policy hmalakna, Safer Chemicals for Healthier Families director Liz Hitchcock hi kum tam tak chhung methylene chloride-in a tihlumna tihtawp tumin hma la tawh zingah a tel a ni. Khap tumna puan chu “ni ropui tak” a nih thu a sawi.
“Hetah pawh hian heng chemicals hman avang hian mi an thi mek a ni,” a ti bawk. “Miten heng chemicals an hman hian a bul hnaia mite an damlo a, miten heng chemicals an hman avang hian natna khirh tak tak an nei a, mi tam thei ang ber kan humhim theih nan hmalak kan duh a ni.”
Mahse Environmental Protection Agency chuan thla 15 dang chu dan hi tihfel a ni tawh dawn lo niin an ngai tih a hriat chuan a lawm hle.
Lauren Atkins hian a fapa kum 31 mi Joshua chu kum 2018 khan a BMX bike paint nan paint stripper a hman avangin a thi a, a hman khap a nih loh tur thu a sawi. Ad-a heng holes te hi a hmuh chuan a lungngai hle.
“Lehkhabu pumpui ka zir chhuah thlengin ka kekawrte aṭangin ka zuang chhuak ta mai a, chutah chuan ka lungngai em em a ni,” tiin Atkins chuan a sawi. A fapa thih hnuah a thil tum chu methylene chloride chu a that loh nan bazar atanga paih chhuah a ni. midang tu pawh. “Ka fapa ka chan a, mahse ka fapa hian engkim a hloh vek.”
Environmental Protection Agency chuan ruihhlo siamna atana chemical hman hi Toxic Substances Control Act-in a huam lo a, chuvangin dan siam tura ruahmanna siamin a khap loh thu a sawi. Agency chuan he ruahmanna hnuaia phalna pek thil dangah methylene chloride hmang chhunzawm zeltu hnathawkte chu “Occupational Chemical Control Programme with Strict Exposure Limits” thar hmanga humhalh an nih tur thu a sawi. Methylene chloride hian hmun zau takah vapour a awm khawm chuan thihna a thlen thei a ni.
Hmanna lian tham thenkhat chu heng exemption chhungah hian a awm reng ang a, chung zingah chuan sipai, NASA, Federal Aviation Administration leh an contractor-te hnathawh “critical” emaw “safety-critical” emaw pawh a tel ang laboratory-a hman tur; US leh company-te chuan reagent atana hmang emaw, phalna neia siam emaw an nih thu Environmental Protection Agency chuan a sawi.
Federal agency tih loh chu paint stripper-ah methylene chloride hmuh tur a awm tawh lo. He product hi in leh apartment-a bathtub hlui siam thattu hnathawkte thihna thlentu a ni.
Tin, methylene chloride hi sumdawnna leh industry-a steam degreasing, adhesive removal, textile finishing, liquid lubricants, hobby glues leh hmanna dang list rei takah hman phal a ni tawh dawn lo bawk.
Environmental Protection Agency chuan thuchhuah siamin, “Tun dinhmunah chuan hnathawhna hmunah mi 845,000 velin methylene chloride an kai mek a ni,” a ti. “EPA rawtna hnuaiah hian hnathawk 10,000 aia tlem chuan methylene chloride hmang chhunzawm zel tura ngaih a ni a, hnathawhna hmuna Unjustified risk laka chemical venhimna programme mamawh tak tak paltlang tura beisei a ni.”.
University of California, San Francisco-a occupational leh environmental medicine clinical professor Dr. Robert Harrison chuan kum sawm vel zet chu methylene chloride hi a lo thawk tawh a ni. Environmental Protection Agency chuan himna leh economic leh national security ngaihtuahna inthlauhna siam tura ruahmanna siam chu a zawm tih a sawi a, khapna thupek huam chin chu a fuh hle tih a sawi bawk.
“Hei hi hnehna a ni ka ti.Hei hi hnathawkte tan chuan hnehna a ni,” tiin Harrison chuan kum 2021-a chemical vanga thihna chungchanga zirchiannaah a tel a ni. “Hei hian thutlukna siamna leh science chiang tak hmanga principle siamna kawngah hmahruaitu tha tak a siam a ni... Heng chemical tha lo tak takte hi a thatna aiin a tichhe zawk thei tur dang him zawkte duhna kawngah kan titawp a ngai a ni.”.
Chemical hi a him tih hmuhchhuah a nih loh chuan market-ah hralh loh tur a ni tih i ngaihtuah mai thei. Mahse chutiang chu American system kalphung a ni lo.
Chemical himna chungchanga ngaihtuahna a awm avangin Congress chuan kum 1976 khan Toxic Substances Control Act a pass a, he dan hian chemical chungchangah thil tih tur engemaw zat a siam a ni. Mahse hmalaknate hi mi tam tak chuan chak lo anga ngaih a nih avangin Environmental Protection Agency chu himna tehfung zau tak siam turin thuneihna a nei tawh lo. Kum 1982-a tihchhuah Federal Inventory-ah chuan chemical 62,000 vel tarlan a ni a, chu chu a pung zel a ni.
Kum 2016 khan Congress chuan TSCA chu siamṭhat a, Environmental Protection Agency chu chemical risk assessment nei turin thuneihna a pe a ni. Methylene chloride hi agency-in harsatna a hmachhawn hmasak ber a ni.
“Chuvang chuan TSCA siamthat kan tum a ni,” tiin Hitchcock chuan a sawi a, chutih laia Congress office-te hnenah public integrity investigation chu fatal inaction entirnan prime example atan a share a ni.
Methylene chloride khap tura ruahmanna siama hmalakna tur dang chu ni 60 chhung mipui ngaihdan lak hun a ni ang. Mipuiten EPA agenda-ah an thusawi an nei thei dawn a, safety advocate-te pawhin he thubuai hi an pungkhawm nasa hle.
Hitchcock chuan, “Hei hi mipui hriselna atana hmasawnna lian tak a ni a, mahse a chhiatna nei lo a ni lo,” a ti. “Environmental Protection Agency chu dan khauh ber siam turin a ngen” tih comments hmuh a duh a ni.
Vawikhat chu Harrison chuan United States-ah hian chemical regulation chu a kal zawi hle a, glacier-in a rawn paltlang tan thlengin a kal zel tih a sawi. Mahse kum 2016-a TSCA siamthat a nih hnuah hmasawnna a hmu a ni. Methylene chloride chungchanga dan thar siam hian beiseina a pe a ni.
“Methylene chloride chungchanga US thutlukna zawm thei tur chemical dang tam tak a awm a ni,” a ti.
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