WASHINGTON, DC — USenator wase-US uTom Carper (D-Del.), uSihlalo weKomidi Lezemvelo Nemisebenzi Yomphakathi leSenate (EPW), namuhla ukhiphe isitatimende esilandelayo mayelana nokuvinjelwa okuphakanyisiwe yi-US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) kokusetshenziswa okuningi kwe-methylene chloride. , ikhemikhali eyingozi eyaziwa ngokuba usongo olukhulu empilweni yabantu.
“Namuhla, i-EPA ithathe isinyathelo esikhulu ekuhlangabezaneni nezibopho zayo ngaphansi koMthetho Wokulawula Izinto Ezinobuthi ngokuphakamisa imikhawulo ekusetshenzisweni kwe-methylene chloride, ikhemikhali ehlotshaniswa nezingozi ezinkulu zempilo,” kusho uSen. Card Per. “Lesi siphakamiso esisekelwe kwisayensi simelela uhlobo lokuvikelwa okunengqondo olunikezwe yiCongress cishe eminyakeni eyisikhombisa edlule ngokuphasiswa koMthetho Wokuphepha Kwamakhemikhali kaFrank R. Lautenberg wekhulu lama-21. Ukuphepha kubaluleke kakhulu futhi ngizibophezele ekuqinisekiseni ukuthi izinsiza ze-Agency Environmental Protection Agency ezidingekayo ukuze kuqhutshekwe kufundwa ngamakhemikhali abeka ingozi enkulu empilweni yabantu.”
Imithetho yokuphathwa kwezingozi ehlongozwayo ye-EPA ifuna ukunciphisa ngokushesha ukukhiqizwa, ukucutshungulwa kanye nokusatshalaliswa kwe-methylene chloride kuzo zonke izinto ezisetshenziswa ngabathengi kanye nokusetshenziswa okuningi kwezimboni nezentengiselwano, iningi lazo elizosetshenziswa ngokugcwele zingakapheli izinyanga eziyi-15. Ukuhlaziywa kwe-EPA kukhombisile ukuthi ekusetshenzisweni okuningi kwe-methylene chloride i-EPA ehlongoza ukukuvimbela, izindleko kanye nokusebenza kwezinye izindlela zokusebenzisa imikhiqizo ye-methylene chloride ngokuvamile ziyatholakala.
Isixhumanisi esihlala njalo: https://www.epw.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/2023/4/carper-statement-on-epa-proposal-to-limit-use-of-methylen-chloride