Toxic-Free Future lɛ ji nɔ ni ekɛ ehe ewo mli koni ekɛfee wɔsɛɛ be ni hi jogbaŋŋ kɛtsɔ nibii ni yɔɔ shweshweeshwe, tsofai kɛ nifeemɔi ni akɛtsuɔ nii kɛtsɔ niiamlitaomɔ ni yaa hiɛ, sɛɛfimɔ, gbɛjianɔtoo ni mɛi babaoo kɛ jarayelɔi kɛ amɛhe woɔ mli lɛ nɔ.
WASHINGTON, yɛ Columbia Kpokpaa lɛ nɔ. Ŋmɛnɛ, EPA Nɔkwɛlɔ ni Yeɔ Ebuaa Michal Friedhoff lɛ wo naagbee mla ko ni akɛbaakwɛ “oshara ni jwɛŋmɔ bɛ mli” ni anaa yɛ EPA lɛ methylene chloride he niiamlipɛimɔ ni kɔɔ Nibii ni Gbeɔ Gboɔ He lɛ He Mla (TSCA) lɛ shishi lɛ he. Mla lɛ baatsi mɛi fɛɛ ni yeɔ dichloromethane lɛ kɛ jarayeli kɛ nitsumɔhei babaoo ni akɛtsuɔ nii lɛ anaa, ja maŋ nitsumɔhei komɛi kɛ mɛi ni feɔ lɛ pɛ. Mla ni atsɔɔ lɛ ji naagbee nifeemɔ ni ji enyɔ ni atsɔɔ yɛ TSCA ni atsake lɛ shishi kɛha tsofai ni “yɛ momo” lɛ, ni nyiɛɔ EPA chrysotile mla lɛ sɛɛ. Kɛji akɛ akala mla lɛ awo Federal Register lɛ mli lɛ, gbii 60 ni akɛhaa hetoo lɛ baaje shishi.
Mla ni ato lɛ guɔ mɔ fɛɛ mɔ ni kɛ tsofa nɛɛ tsuɔ nii kɛ nitsumɔhei kɛ jarayeli nitsumɔi babaoo, ni nɔ ni fata he ji tsofa ni ajieɔ muji, nibii ni ajieɔ muji, kɛ nibii ni ajieɔ pɛnte loo nɔ ni akɛwoɔ nɔ, kɛ ekrokomɛi, ni ekɛ nitsumɔhe hebuu taomɔ nii haa kɛha gbɛŋmɛɛ woji enyɔ ni he hiaa waa ni akɛtsuɔ nii yɛ be ni sa mli. Toxic Free Future lɛ here susumɔ nɛɛ hiɛmɛɛ, ni ewo EPA lɛ hewalɛ koni egbe mla lɛ naa ni ekɛ ehebuu lɛ aya nitsulɔi fɛɛ anɔ oya bɔ ni eeenyɛ.
Liz kɛɛ akɛ: "Wekui babaoo etsɔ osharai babaoo mli yɛ tsofa nɛɛ hewɔ; nitsulɔi babaoo ena naagba yɛ tsofa nɛɛ ni amɛtsuɔ nii yɛ amɛnitsumɔhei lɛ hewɔ. Eyɛ mli akɛ eyeee omanye moŋ, shi U.S. Shihilɛ He Buu Nitsumɔhe lɛ etee hiɛ waa yɛ tsofai lɛ ajiemɔ mli." . Hitchcock, ni ji Safer Chemicals Hewalɛ Wekui lɛ nɔkwɛlɔ lɛ, ni ji maŋ lɛ wɔsɛɛ be he mlai ahe gbɛjianɔtoo ni tsofai fɔji bɛ mli lɛ. Etsa nɔ akɛ: “Aaafee afii kpawo ni eho nɛ lɛ, maŋkwramɔŋ kpee lɛ tsake TSCA lɛ koni eŋmɛ gbɛ ni EPA lɛ atsu nii yɛ tsofai fɔji ni ale lɛ ahe.
"Methylene chloride eju Amerika nitsulɔi ahewalɛ be kakadaŋŋ, kɛ agbɛnɛ pɛnte kɛ muji. EPA mla hee lɛ baaha tsofai ni yɔɔ shweshweeshwe kɛ nifeemɔi ni yɔɔ shweshweeshwe ni haa nitsumɔ lɛ yaa nɔ lolo lɛ aya hiɛ oya," Charlotte Brody, RN, ni ji Nitsumɔ kɛ Shihilɛ Hewalɛ Hewalɛ, BlueG lɛ sɛinɔtalɔ ni ji enyɔ lɛ kɛɛ.
Mike Shade, ni ji Mind the Store, ni enitsumɔ lɛ ji Project Toxic lɛ nɔkwɛlɔ lɛ kɛɛ akɛ: “Afii enumɔ ni eho nɛ lɛ, Lowe’s bafee klɛŋklɛŋ nihɔɔmɔhe wulu ni gu methylene chloride ni akɛtsuɔ nii yɛ pɛnte ni akɛwoɔ tsɔne mli lɛ mli lɛ, ni ekɛ domino hewalɛ ba maŋ lɛ mli nihɔɔmɔhei wuji lɛ ateŋ.” – Wɔsɛɛ be ni aheee nɔ ko. "Eŋɔɔ wɔ naa akɛ EPA lɛ kɛ jarayelɔi miitsu nii yɛ naagbee koni amɛtsi methylene chloride naa amɛha mɛi ni heɔ nii kɛ nitsulɔi. Nɛkɛ mla hee ni he hiaa nɛɛ baaye abua waa yɛ mɛi ni heɔ nii kɛ nitsulɔi ahebuu mli kɛjɛ tsofa ni haa mɔ he feɔ shoo nɛɛ he." kɛ jarayelɔi ni yɔɔ gbɛtsɔɔmɔ yɛ osharai ni yɔɔ gbɛi krokomɛi ni atsɔɔ nɔ atsuɔ nii lɛ ahe lɛ mlikwɛmɔ he koni ana nɔmimaa akɛ nitsumɔhei lɛ miiya nɔ amɛmiiya tsabaai ni yɔɔ shweshweeshwe diɛŋtsɛ lɛ ahe.”
Paul Burns, ni ji Vermont Public Interest Research Group lɛ nɔkwɛlɔ lɛ kɛɛ akɛ: “Wɔjieɔ nifeemɔ nɛɛ yi, ni yɛ naagbee lɛ ebaabu gbɔmɛi ahe kɛjɛ tsofa ko ni gbeɔ mɔ ni atsɛɔ lɛ methylene chloride lɛ he, shi wɔkpɛlɛɔ nɔ hu akɛ ehe be babaoo tsɔ ni efite gbɔmɛi babaoo awala. ni akɛwoɔ maŋ jarayelihe lɛ.”
Cindy Lu, ni ji Clean Water Action New England nitsumɔhe lɛ nɔkwɛlɔ lɛ kɛɛ akɛ: “Enɛ ji gbi kpakpa ni wɔbaatsɔɔ tsakemɔi ni baaba wɔ maŋ hewalɛnamɔ kɛ shihilɛ mli nibii ahe mlai amli ni eka shi faŋŋ akɛ ebaahere mɛi awala, titri lɛ yɛ nitsulɔi ni tsofai fɔji kɛ amɛhe woɔ mli lɛ ateŋ.” mɛi ni yɔɔ mli lɛ kɛ mɛi ni kɛ amɛhe woɔ kuu lɛ mli lɛ ni amɛye odase tɛ̃ɛ kɛfi nitsumɔ lɛ sɛɛ. “Wɔwoɔ EPA Biden hewalɛ koni eya nɔ etsu nii tɛ̃ɛ tamɔ nɛkɛ koni ekɛba jatsu ni kã gbɔmɔtsoŋ hewalɛnamɔ nɔ lɛ shi, ni ekɛtsi nɔ ni baafite wɔgbɔmɔtsoŋ hewalɛnamɔ lɛ naa, ni ejie jeŋ nilee ni yɔɔ amrɔ nɛɛ kpo.”
Dichloromethane, ni ale lɛ hu akɛ dichloromethane loo DCM lɛ ji tsofa ko ni akɛtsuɔ nii yɛ nibii ni akɛwoɔ pɛnte mli kɛ nibii krokomɛi amli. Akɛ kansa, jwɛŋmɔŋ hela, kɛ gbele ni jɛɔ ŋmɔlɔ mli baa amrɔ nɔŋŋ lɛ ebɔ he. Yɛ afi 1985 kɛ afi 2018 teŋ lɛ, tsofa nɛɛ ni akɛtsuɔ nii waa lɛ ji nɔ ni ha mɛi 85 gboi yɛ United States, taakɛ nikasemɔ ko ni UCSF Program for Reproductive Health and the Environment (PRHE) lɛ fee lɛ tsɔɔ lɛ.
Kɛjɛ afi 2009 kɛbaa nɛɛ, Toxic-Free Future kɛ National Health Advocates lɛ miitsu nii koni amɛwaje maŋ lɛ hebuu kɛjɛ tsofai ni gbeɔ mɔ he. Yɛ afii babaoo ni kuu ko ni feɔ ekome ni Tsofai ni yɔɔ Shweshweeshwe Kɛha Wekui ni He Hiawa ni Akɛtsuɔ Nii yɛ Wɔsɛɛ Be Mli lɛ nyiɛɔ hiɛ lɛ sɛɛ lɛ, awo Lautenberg Tsofai Ahe Shweshweeshwefeemɔ Mla lɛ shishi yɛ afi 2016 mli, ni enɛ ha EPA lɛ hegbɛ ni he hiaa koni ekɛtsi tsofai ni yɔɔ oshara tamɔ chlodele lɛ naa. Kɛjɛ afi 2017 kɛyashi afi 2019 lɛ, Toxic-Free Future’s Mind the Store gbɛjianɔtoo lɛ tsu maŋ muu lɛ fɛɛ nitsumɔ ko ni jarayelɔi wuji ni fa fe nyɔŋma kɛ enyɔ ni Lowe’s, Home Depot, Walmart, Amazon kɛ ekrokomɛi fata he lɛ fata he koni amɛkpa pɛnte kɛ nɔ ni akɛjieɔ nibii ni akɛwoɔ nɔ lɛ ni ji chloride ni methyle yɔɔ mli lɛ jaramɔ. Yɛ afi 2022 kɛ afi 2023 lɛ, Toxin Free Future kɛ ekomefeemɔ hefatalɔi baaba koni amɛbawie, amɛye odase ni amɛkɛ EPA lɛ akpee koni amɛtswa naagbee mla ni mli wa he adafi.
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