EPA tawm tswv yim txwv tsis pub siv feem ntau cov tshuaj lom methylene chloride

Toxic-Free Future mob siab rau kev tsim kom muaj lub neej yav tom ntej zoo dua los ntawm kev txhawb nqa kev siv cov khoom lag luam, cov tshuaj lom neeg thiab cov kev coj ua uas muaj kev nyab xeeb dua los ntawm kev tshawb fawb tshiab, kev tawm tswv yim, kev koom tes ntawm cov neeg siv khoom thiab kev koom tes nrog cov neeg siv khoom.
WASHINGTON, District of Columbia. Hnub no, EPA Tus Pabcuam Thawj Coj Michal Friedhoff tau tshaj tawm txoj cai kawg los tswj "kev pheej hmoo tsis tsim nyog" pom nyob rau hauv EPA qhov kev ntsuam xyuas ntawm methylene chloride raws li Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA). Txoj cai no yuav txwv tsis pub txhua tus neeg siv khoom thiab feem ntau kev lag luam thiab kev lag luam siv methylene chloride, tsuas yog qee lub koom haum tsoomfwv thiab cov chaw tsim khoom. Txoj cai no yog qhov kev nqis tes ua zaum kawg thib ob uas tau tshaj tawm raws li TSCA hloov kho rau cov tshuaj "uas twb muaj lawm", ua raws li EPA txoj cai chrysotile. Thaum txoj cai no tau tshaj tawm hauv Federal Register, lub sijhawm tawm tswv yim 60 hnub yuav pib.
Txoj cai lij choj uas tau tshaj tawm no txwv tsis pub siv cov tshuaj lom neeg rau cov neeg siv khoom thiab feem ntau ntawm kev lag luam thiab kev lag luam, suav nrog cov tshuaj tshem roj, cov tshuaj tshem tawm cov xim, thiab cov tshuaj tshem tawm xim lossis txheej, thiab lwm yam, thiab tsim cov kev cai tiv thaiv chaw ua haujlwm rau ob daim ntawv tso cai siv tseem ceeb uas muaj sijhawm txwv. Toxic Free Future txais tos daim ntawv tshaj tawm no, hais kom EPA ua tiav txoj cai thiab nthuav nws txoj kev tiv thaiv rau txhua tus neeg ua haujlwm sai li sai tau.
"Muaj ntau tsev neeg tau dhau los ntawm ntau qhov kev tu siab vim yog cov tshuaj no; muaj ntau tus neeg ua haujlwm tau raug cuam tshuam los ntawm nws qhov kev raug rau hauv lawv qhov chaw ua haujlwm. Txawm hais tias nws ua tsis tiav, US Environmental Protection Agency tau ua tiav zoo hauv kev tshem tawm cov tshuaj," Liz hais. . Hitchcock, tus thawj coj ntawm Safer Chemicals Healthy Families, ib qho kev pab cuam txoj cai yav tom ntej tsis muaj tshuaj yeeb. "Yuav luag xya xyoo dhau los, Congress tau hloov kho TSCA kom tso cai rau EPA ua qhov kev nqis tes ua ntawm cov tshuaj lom neeg paub. Txoj cai no yuav txo qhov kev siv cov tshuaj lom neeg no heev," nws hais ntxiv.
"Methylene chloride tau nyiag cov neeg ua haujlwm Asmeskas txoj kev noj qab haus huv ntev lawm, nrog rau xim thiab roj nplua nyeem. Txoj cai tshiab ntawm EPA yuav ua kom muaj kev nce qib ntawm cov tshuaj muaj kev nyab xeeb dua thiab cov kev coj ua zoo dua uas tseem ua tiav txoj haujlwm," Charlotte Brody, RN, tus lwm thawj coj ntawm Occupational thiab Environmental Health, BlueGreen Alliance hais.
"Tsib xyoos dhau los, Lowe's tau los ua thawj lub khw muag khoom loj uas txwv tsis pub siv methylene chloride hauv cov tshuaj pleev xim, ua rau muaj kev cuam tshuam domino ntawm cov khw muag khoom loj tshaj plaws hauv lub tebchaws," Mike Shade, tus thawj coj ntawm Mind the Store, uas nws qhov project yog Project Toxic hais. - Yav tom ntej dawb. "Peb zoo siab uas EPA thaum kawg ua haujlwm nrog cov khw muag khoom kom txwv tsis pub cov neeg siv khoom thiab cov neeg ua haujlwm siv methylene chloride. Txoj cai tshiab tseem ceeb no yuav mus ntev heev hauv kev tiv thaiv cov neeg siv khoom thiab cov neeg ua haujlwm ntawm cov tshuaj ua rau mob qog noj ntshav no. Cov kauj ruam tom ntej rau EPA yog muab cov lus qhia rau cov hom lag luam thiab cov khw muag khoom ntawm kev ntsuas qhov txaus ntshai ntawm lwm txoj hauv kev kom ntseeg tau tias cov tuam txhab txav mus rau qhov kev daws teeb meem muaj kev nyab xeeb dua."
"Peb qhuas qhov kev nqis tes ua no, uas thaum kawg yuav tiv thaiv tib neeg ntawm cov tshuaj lom neeg hu ua methylene chloride," Paul Burns, tus thawj coj ntawm Vermont Public Interest Research Group hais tias, "tab sis peb kuj lees paub tias nws siv sijhawm ntev dhau thiab ua rau ntau tus neeg tuag. Txhua yam tshuaj lom neeg uas ua rau muaj kev hem thawj loj thiab ntev rau tib neeg kev noj qab haus huv yuav tsum tsis txhob muab tso rau hauv kev ua lag luam pej xeem."
"Hnub no yog ib hnub zoo rau peb los taw qhia txog kev hloov pauv rau peb txoj cai kev noj qab haus huv pej xeem thiab ib puag ncig uas yuav cawm tau txoj sia, tshwj xeeb tshaj yog cov neeg ua haujlwm raug cov tshuaj lom," Cindy Lu, tus thawj coj ntawm Clean Water Action New England tau hais. Cov tswv cuab thiab cov neeg koom tes koom tes thiab tau ua tim khawv ncaj qha los txhawb nqa kev ua haujlwm. "Peb txhawb kom EPA Biden txuas ntxiv ua qhov kev nqis tes ua ncaj qha los txo qhov hnyav ntawm kev noj qab haus huv, tiv thaiv kev puas tsuaj rau peb txoj kev noj qab haus huv, thiab cuam tshuam kev tshawb fawb tam sim no."
Dichloromethane, tseem hu ua dichloromethane lossis DCM, yog cov tshuaj organohalogen uas siv rau hauv cov tshuaj pleev xim thiab lwm yam khoom. Nws tau cuam tshuam nrog mob qog noj ntshav, kev puas hlwb, thiab kev tuag tam sim ntawd los ntawm kev ua tsis taus pa. Nruab nrab xyoo 1985 thiab 2018, kev raug tshuaj lom neeg no yog lub luag haujlwm rau 85 tus neeg tuag hauv Tebchaws Meskas, raws li kev tshawb fawb los ntawm UCSF Program for Reproductive Health and the Environment (PRHE).
Txij li xyoo 2009 los, Toxic-Free Future thiab National Health Advocates tau ua haujlwm los txhawb kev tiv thaiv hauv tebchaws tiv thaiv cov tshuaj lom. Tom qab ntau xyoo ntawm kev tawm tswv yim los ntawm pawg koom tes uas coj los ntawm Safe Chemicals for Healthy Families of a Toxic-Free Future Initiative, Lautenberg Chemical Safety Act tau kos npe rau hauv txoj cai hauv xyoo 2016, muab lub hwj chim tsim nyog rau EPA los txwv cov tshuaj lom xws li methylene chloride. Txij li xyoo 2017 txog 2019, Toxic-Free Future's Mind the Store program tau khiav ib qho kev sib tw thoob tebchaws uas muaj ntau dua kaum ob lub khw muag khoom loj xws li Lowe's, Home Depot, Walmart, Amazon thiab lwm tus kom txwv tsis pub muag cov xim thiab cov tshuaj pleev xim uas muaj methylene. Xyoo 2022 thiab 2023, Toxin Free Future yuav coj cov neeg koom tes los tawm tswv yim, ua tim khawv thiab ntsib nrog EPA los tawm tswv yim rau txoj cai kawg nruj.
Toxic-Free Future yog ib lub koom haum ua thawj coj hauv tebchaws hauv kev tshawb fawb thiab kev tiv thaiv ib puag ncig. Los ntawm lub zog ntawm kev tshawb fawb, kev kawm thiab kev ua ub ua no, Toxic Free Futures txhawb nqa cov kev cai lij choj muaj zog thiab lub luag haujlwm ntawm cov tuam txhab los tiv thaiv kev noj qab haus huv ntawm txhua tus neeg thiab lub ntiaj teb. www.toxicfreefuture.org
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