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.
Thaum Lub Plaub Hlis Ntuj xyoo 2023, EPA tau tshaj tawm txoj cai txwv tsis pub siv feem ntau ntawm cov methylene chloride. Toxic Free Future tau txais tos txoj cai no, thiab hais kom EPA ua kom tiav txoj cai thiab nthuav nws txoj kev tiv thaiv rau txhua tus neeg ua haujlwm sai li sai tau.
Dichloromethane (tseem hu ua dichloromethane lossis DCM) yog cov tshuaj organohalogen uas siv rau hauv cov tshuaj tshem xim lossis cov tshuaj pleev xim thiab lwm yam khoom xws li cov tshuaj tshem roj thiab cov tshuaj tshem xim. Thaum cov pa roj methylene chloride sib sau ua ke, cov tshuaj no tuaj yeem ua rau mob caj pas thiab mob plawv. Qhov no tau tshwm sim rau ntau tus neeg uas tau siv cov tshuaj tshem xim thiab cov tshuaj pleev xim uas muaj cov tshuaj no, suav nrog Kevin Hartley thiab Joshua Atkins. Tsis muaj tsev neeg twg tau poob ib tus neeg hlub rau cov tshuaj no.
Xyoo 2017, Lub Chaw Tiv Thaiv Ib Puag Ncig ntawm Tebchaws Meskas (EPA) tau tshaj tawm txoj cai txwv tsis pub siv dichloromethane rau cov tshuaj pleev xim (rau kev siv rau cov neeg siv khoom thiab kev lag luam). Tom qab ntawd, methylene chloride yog ib qho ntawm kaum yam tshuaj "uas twb muaj lawm" uas EPA tau pib ua qhov kev ntsuam xyuas kev pheej hmoo los kawm txog txhua yam kev siv tshuaj no.
Lub phiaj xwm Toxic-Free Future tau yaum ntau tshaj kaum ob lub khw muag khoom, suav nrog Lowe's, The Home Depot thiab Walmart, kom tsis txhob muag cov tshuaj pleev xim uas muaj cov tshuaj no. Tom qab ntsib nrog cov tsev neeg ntawm cov neeg uas tuag los ntawm kev raug tshuaj lom, EPA thaum kawg txwv tsis pub siv nws rau hauv cov khoom siv hauv xyoo 2019, tab sis tso cai rau kev siv txuas ntxiv hauv chaw ua haujlwm, qhov twg nws tuaj yeem ua rau tuag taus txawv ntawm kev siv hauv tsev. Qhov tseeb, ntawm 85 tus neeg tuag uas tau tshaj tawm los ntawm kev raug tshuaj lom ntawm xyoo 1985 thiab 2018, kev raug tshuaj lom hauv chaw ua haujlwm yog lub luag haujlwm rau 75% ntawm kev tuag.
Xyoo 2020 thiab 2022, EPA tau tshaj tawm cov kev ntsuam xyuas kev pheej hmoo uas qhia tau tias feem ntau ntawm cov methylene chloride siv sawv cev rau "kev pheej hmoo tsis tsim nyog ntawm kev puas tsuaj rau kev noj qab haus huv lossis ib puag ncig." Xyoo 2023, EPA tab tom thov kom txwv txhua tus neeg siv khoom thiab feem ntau ntawm kev lag luam thiab kev lag luam siv cov tshuaj lom neeg, nrog rau cov kev cai tiv thaiv chaw ua haujlwm xav tau kev zam txim rau kev siv tshuaj tseem ceeb thiab kev zam tshwj xeeb los ntawm qee lub koom haum hauv tsoomfwv.