Toxic-Free Future hian hmalam hun hrisel zawk siam turin hmalam hun hrisel zawk siam turin a inpe a, cutting-edge research, advocacy, mass organization leh consumer engagement hmanga thil him zawk, chemical leh practice hman a fuih a ni.
Kum 1980 chho aṭang khan methylene chloride ei tam lutuk hian consumer leh hnathawk tam tak thihna a thlen ṭhin. Paint thinner leh thil dang siamna atana hman chemical, asphyxiation leh heart attack avanga thihna thlentu, cancer leh cognitive impairment nena inzawm a ni.
Kar hmasa khan EPA-in methylene chloride hman tam zawk khap a nih thu a puan khan he chemical thihna thlen thei vang hian midang tumah an thi dawn lo tih beiseina min pe a ni.
Rule siam tum hian consumer tu pawh leh industrial leh commercial lama chemical hman tam zawk chu a khap dawn a, degreaser, stain remover, leh paint emaw coating remover te bakah a dangte pawh a khap dawn a ni.
Hun bituk chhunga critical use permit pekna atana hnathawhna hmun humhalh tur leh US Department of Defense, Federal Aviation Administration, Department of Homeland Security leh NASA te tana exemption langsar tak tak te 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. Chu chu, he dan hian dawr shelf leh hnathawhna hmun tam zawkah chemical tha lo tak tak a paih chhuak a ni.
Dichloromethane khapna hi kum 1976-a Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) hnuaiah a thleng lo ngei ang tih hi sawi mai a tawk a, hei hi kan pawlin kum tam tak chhung reform a lo kalpui tawh a ni a, thil tenawm tak a ni lo.
Toxics chungchanga federal action kalpui dan hi pawm theih loh khawpin a la hniam hle. January 2017-a TSCA reforms hman tan a nih khan EPA hruaitute chuan anti-regulatory stance an la a, hei hian a pui lo. Chuvangin hetah hian kan awm ta a, dan siamthat a nih atanga kum sarih dawn lai a liam hnuah, hei hi EPA-in a thuneihna hnuaia chemical “a awm tawh” laka hmalakna a rawt vawi hnihna chauh a ni.
Hei hi chemical tha lo laka mipui hriselna venhimna kawngah hmasawnna pawimawh tak a ni. Tun thlenga hnathawh dan tur (timeline of operations) hian hetiang dinhmun thlen theihna tura kum tam tak chhung hna pawimawh tak thawh a nih thu a tarlang.
Mak lo ve, methylene chloride hi EPA-in “Top 10′′ list of chemicals assessed and regulated by the reformed TSCA-ah a tel a, kum 1976 khan mi pathum chu he chemical hi acute exposure vang nia sawi a ni a, hei vang hian EPA chuan paint remover-a hman khap a ngai a ni.
EPA hian kum 2016 hma lawk khan he chemical hlauhawmzia hi finfiahna tam tak a nei tawh a ni – dik tak chuan, finfiahna awm tawhte chuan chutih laia administrator Gina McCarthy chu TSCA siamṭhat hnuaia EPA thuneihna hmang turin a fuih a, kum 2016 tawp lamah chuan methylene chloride awmna paint leh coating paih theihna hmanrua chu consumer leh hnathawhna hmunah khap a nih thu a rawt a ni. hmang. .
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. National partner-te chuan Lowe’s leh The Home Depot ang retailer-te chu khapna hi a taka hman a nih hmaa heng thil zawrhte hi hralh tawh lo turin kan campaign-naah hian an tel ve thei hi an lawm hle.
Vanduaithlak takin Scott Pruitt kaihhruai Environmental Protection Agency chuan dan pahnih hi an cancel a, chemical assessment zau zawka hmalakna pawh an tikhawtlai bawk.
EPA-in hma a lak loh avangin thinrim takin, hetiang thil ei vanga thi ṭhalai chhungte chu Washington-ah EPA hotute leh Congress member-te hmuin, methylene chloride hlauhawm tak tak chungchang mipuite zirtir turin an kal 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 Administrator Andrew Wheeler-a’n consumer-te hnena hralh khap a nih thu a puan khan he hmalakna hi mipuiin an lar hle laiin, hnathawkte chu hlauhawmah a la awm reng tih kan hmuchhuak a ni.
Thalai pahnih thi nu leh kan Vermont PIRG thawhpui te hian federal court case-ah min rawn zawm a, EPA-in consumer-te hnena a pek ang chiah hnathawkte tana venhimna a dil a ni. (Kan thubuai hi a danglam bik loh avangin court chuan NRDC, Latin American Jobs Council leh Halogenated Solvent Manufacturers Association te petition te chu a zawm ve ta a ni. Hemi hnuhnung zawk hian EPA hian consumer hman khap tur a ni lo tih a sawi a ni.) Judge chuan industry trade group-in consumer protection rule tihtawp tura an rawtna chu a hnawl laiin, kum 2021 khan court-in a phut a duh loh avangin kan lungawi lo hle EPA chuan hnathawkte chu he chemical hlauhawm tak laka inhnamhnawih thei sumdawnna atana hman khap turin a ti.
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 risk assessment a tihchhuah a, dilna 53 zinga 47 chu “risk awm lo” a nih thu a sawi khan a thlamuanthlak deuh a ni. Chu aia fuh zawk chu sorkar thar chuan PPE hi hnathawkte humhimna hmanrua anga ngaih tur a nih loh thu a ngaihtuah nawn leh a, a hman dan 53 a enfiah zinga pakhat tih loh chu hlauhawm lo tak a ni tih a hmuchhuak a ni.
EPA leh White House official-te nen vawi tam tak kan inhmu tawh a, anni hian risk assessment leh policy an siam a, EPA-a Scientific Advisory Committee-ah critical testimony an pe a, chutah chuan awm thei lote chanchin an sawi bawk.
Kan la 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 comment-te chu final version a nih hmain an zirchiang ang.
EPA chu hnathawktu, consumer leh khawtlang zawng zawng humhimna tur dan khauh tak rang taka siamin hna hi thawk thei turin kan ngen a ni. Kan online petition hmanga comment lai hian i ngaihdan min pe dawn nia.