WASHINGTON, DC — US Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), Tus Thawj Coj ntawm Pawg Neeg Saib Xyuas Ib Puag Ncig thiab Kev Ua Haujlwm rau Peb Coob (EPW), hnub no tau tshaj tawm cov lus hauv qab no txog US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) tau tshaj tawm txwv tsis pub siv feem ntau methylene chloride. , ib yam tshuaj lom neeg uas paub tias ua rau muaj kev hem thawj loj rau tib neeg kev noj qab haus huv.
"Niaj hnub no, EPA tau ua ib kauj ruam loj rau pem hauv ntej hauv kev ua tiav nws cov luag haujlwm raws li Txoj Cai Tswj Xyuas Cov Tshuaj Lom Zem los ntawm kev tawm tswv yim txwv tsis pub siv methylene chloride, ib yam tshuaj uas cuam tshuam nrog kev pheej hmoo loj rau kev noj qab haus huv," Sen. Card Per hais. "Daim ntawv thov raws li kev tshawb fawb no sawv cev rau hom kev tiv thaiv kev nkag siab zoo uas Congress tau muab yuav luag xya xyoo dhau los nrog kev dhau los ntawm Frank R. Lautenberg Chemical Safety Act rau lub xyoo pua 21st. Kev nyab xeeb yog qhov tseem ceeb thiab kuv cog lus tias yuav ua kom ntseeg tau tias Lub Chaw Haujlwm Tiv Thaiv Ib Puag Ncig xav tau cov peev txheej los txuas ntxiv kawm txog cov tshuaj uas ua rau muaj kev pheej hmoo loj tshaj plaws rau tib neeg kev noj qab haus huv."
Cov cai tswjfwm kev pheej hmoo uas EPA tau tshaj tawm hu kom txo qis kev tsim khoom, kev ua thiab kev faib tawm ntawm methylene chloride sai sai rau txhua yam kev siv rau cov neeg siv khoom thiab feem ntau ntawm kev siv hauv kev lag luam thiab kev lag luam, feem ntau ntawm cov no yuav raug siv tag nrho hauv 15 lub hlis. Kev tshuaj xyuas ntawm EPA tau qhia tias rau feem ntau ntawm kev siv methylene chloride uas EPA tau tshaj tawm kom txwv tsis pub siv, cov nqi thiab kev ua tau zoo lwm txoj hauv kev rau cov khoom methylene chloride feem ntau muaj.
Qhov txuas mus tas li: https://www.epw.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/2023/4/carper-statement-on-epa-proposal-to-limit-use-of-methylen-chloride