Toxic-Free Future hian hmalam hun hrisel zawk atana thil him zawk, chemical leh practice hman dan tur chu zirchianna, advocacy, grassroots organizing leh consumer engagement hmanga tihhmasawn a tum a ni.
Kum 1980 chho aṭang khan methylene chloride avanga inhriatthiam lohna hian consumer leh hnathawk tam tak nunna a chan phah a ni. Paint thinner leh thil dang siamna atana hman chemical hian thawk hah leh thinlung natna avangin thihna a thlen nghal thei a, cancer leh hriatna lama harsatna nen pawh a inzawm tih an sawi bawk.
Kar hmasa khan EPA-in methylene chloride hman tam zawk khap a nih thu a puan khan he chemical thihna thlen thei vang hian tumah an thi dawn lo tih beiseina min pe a ni.
Rule siam tum hian consumer-te'n chemical an hman zawng zawng a khap dawn a, chubakah industry leh sumdawnna atana hman tam zawk, degreaser, stain remover, paint emaw coating remover leh a dangte pawh a khap dawn a ni.
Hnathawhna hmuna humhalhna atana thil tul aṭanga hun bituk chhunga critical-use exemption leh Department of Defense, Federal Aviation Administration, Department of Homeland Security, leh NASA-a exemption langsar tak takte pawh a huam tel bawk. Chutiang bawkin, EPA chuan “hnathawkte humhimna ṭha zâwk tûrin hnathawhna hmuna chemical laka invenna program, exposure limit khauh tak nei” a pe a ni. A bik takin, he dan hian chemical tha lo tak takte chu dawr leh hnathawhna hmun tam zawkah chuan shelf-ah a dah lo.
Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) of 1976 hnuaiah hian methylene chloride khapna dan siam a ni dawn lo tih hi thil tenawm tak a ni lo a, kum tam tak chhung chu kan pawlin siamthat tumin nasa takin hma an la tawh a ni.
Toxics chungchanga federal action kalpui dan hi pawm theih loh khawpin a la hniam hle. TSCA reform hman a nih ang bawkin January 2017 khan EPA hruaitute chuan anti-regulatory stance an la a, hei hian a pui lo. Rules siamṭhat hi dan anga ziah a nih aṭanga kum sarih dawn a liam tawh a, hei hi EPA-in a thununna hnuaia chemical “a awm tawh” laka hmalakna pahnihna chauh a ni.
Hei hi chemical tha lo laka mipui hriselna venhimna kawngah hmasawnna pawimawh tak a ni. Tun thlenga operational timeline hian he thil tum tihhlawhtlin nan hian kum tam tak chhung hna pawimawh tak tak thawh a ngai tih a tarlang a ni.
Mak lo ve, dichloromethane hi EPA-in TSCA siamṭhat hnuaia chemical endik leh tihfel tur “top ten” list-ah a tel a ni. Kum 1976 khan he chemical hi acute exposure vangin mi pathum an thi a, hei vang hian Environmental Protection Agency chuan paint remover-a hman khap turin a ngen a ni.
Kum 2016 hma khan EPA hian he chemical hlauhawmzia hi finfiahna tam tak a nei tawh a—dik tak chuan, evidence awmsa chuan chutih laia administrator Gina McCarthy chu TSCA siamṭhat hnuaia EPA thuneihna hmangin consumer leh hnathawhna hmuna hman khapna rawtna siam turin a fuih a ni. methylene chloride awmna paint leh an lakchhuahna tur hmanrua te. kum 2016 tawp lamah chuan.
Kan activist leh coalition partner-te chuan khapna thlawpna atana EPA-in comment sang tam tak a dawn zinga tam tak an share chu an lawm hle a ni. Sawrkar thawhpui te chuan a tawpah khapna hi pass a nih hmain Lowe’s leh Home Depot ang retailer te chu heng thil zawrh te hi bansan turin kan campaign-ah hian min rawn zawm ve thei hi an lawm hle a ni.
Vanduaithlak takin Scott Pruitt kaihhruai EPA chuan dan pahnih hi an block a, chemical assessment zau zawka hmalakna chu an tikhawtlai ta a ni.
EPA thiltih loh avangin thinrim takin heng thil siam avanga thi thalai chhungte chu Washington-ah an zin a, EPA hotute leh Congress member-te nen an inhmu a, mihring takin methylene chloride hlauhawm tak tak chu an hre ta a ni. Ṭhenkhat chuan keini leh kan ṭangrual thawhpui te nen hian EPA chu venhimna dang dil turin an hek a ni.
Kum 2019-a EPA Commissioner Andrew Wheeler-a’n consumer-te hnena hralh khap a nih thu a puan khan, he thiltih hian lawmawm ni mah se, hnathawkte a la ti na hle tih kan hmuchhuak a ni.
Victim pahnih nu leh Vermont-a kan PIRG partner-te chuan federal court-ah thubuai an thehlut a, EPA hnenah consumer-te chu hnathawkte ang bawka venhimna pe turin an ngen a ni. (Kan thubuai chauh hi a nih loh avangin court chuan NRDC, Latin American Progressive Labour Council leh Halogenated Solvent Manufacturers Association-te petition-te chu a zawm ve ta a ni. Hemi hnuhnung zawk hian EPA-in consumer hman khap tur a ni lo tih a sawi a ni.) Judge pakhatin industry trade group pakhatin consumer protection rule tihtawp tura a ngenna a hnawl avangin kan lawm hle a, mahse court court-in dan a siam chu kan lungawi lo hle a ni kum 2021-a EPA-in he chemical hlauhawm tak laka hnathawkte chu sumdawnna atana hman khap tura tih a nih loh avangin.
EPA chuan methylene chloride nena inzawm hlauhawmna a zirchian chhunzawm zel avangin he chemical hmanna zawng zawng humhalh hi kan nawr chhunzawm zel a ni. Kum 2020-a EPA-in a risk assessment a tihchhuah khan, hmanna 53 zinga 47 chu “a chhan awm lo taka risky” a nih thu a sawi. Chu aia fuh zawk chu sorkar thar chuan PPE hi hnathawkte humhimna hmanrua anga ngaih loh tur thu a ngaihtuah nawn leh a, hmanna 53 ngaihtuah zinga pakhat tih loh chu a dik lo zawnga hlauhawm a nih thu a hmuchhuak a ni.
EPA leh White House official-te nen vawi tam tak kan inhmu a, anni hian risk assessment leh final rules an siam a, EPA Scientific Advisory Committee hnenah sawiselna an pe a, tel thei lote chanchin an sawi bawk.
Kan la ti zo lo – Federal Register-a dan pakhat tihchhuah a nih hnuah ni 60 chhung comment hun a awm ang a, chumi hnuah federal agency-te chuan a tawpah hman tan a nih hmain chu comment-te chu alphabetical order-in an enfiah ang.
EPA chu hnathawk, consumer, leh khawtlang zawng zawngte an hna an thawh theih nan dan khauh tak siam thuai turin kan ngen a ni. Comment hun chhung hian kan online petition kaltlangin i aw hriat a nih ngei ngei tur a ni.