I-WASHINGTON. I-Dichloromethane ibeka ingozi "engenangqondo" kubasebenzi ngaphansi kwezimo ezithile, futhi i-EPA izothatha izinyathelo "zokuhlonza nokusebenzisa izinyathelo zokulawula."
Esazisweni se-Federal Register, i-EPA yaphawula ukuthi i-dichloromethane, njengoba iyikhemikhali ephelele - ngokusho kwe-NIOSH, ebangele ukufa kwabalungisi bamabhavu abaningana - yayiyingozi ezimweni ezingu-52 kwezingu-53 zokusetshenziswa.
I-Dichloromethane ingenye yamakhemikhali ayi-10 okuqala ukuhlolwa izingozi ezingaba khona zempilo nezemvelo ngaphansi koMthetho Wokuphepha Kwamakhemikhali kaFrank R. Lautenberg wekhulu lama-21. Ukunqunywa kwengozi kulandela uhlaka olubukeziwe lokuhlolwa kokugcina kwengozi olushicilelwe kwi-Federal Register ngoJulayi 5, ngokuhambisana nesimemezelo se-EPA sikaJuni 2021 sokushintsha izici ezithile zenqubo yoMthetho kaLautenberg ukuqinisekisa ukuthi "umphakathi uvikelekile ekulimaleni okungafanele." » ezingozini ezivela kumakhemikhali ngendlela enengqondo ngokwesayensi nangokomthetho.
Izenzo ezifanele zifaka phakathi ukusebenzisa indlela "yonke into" ekunqumeni ingozi engafanele kunencazelo esekelwe ezimweni zokusetshenziswa komuntu ngamunye, kanye nokubuka kabusha umcabango wokuthi abasebenzi bahlala benikezwa futhi begqoka imishini yokuzivikela yomuntu siqu lapho benquma ingozi.
I-EPA ithe yize “izindlela zokuphepha zingase zibe khona” endaweni yokusebenza, ayisho ukuthi ukusetshenziswa kwe-PPE kuhlanganisa ukucabanga kwenhlangano ukuthi amaqembu amancane ahlukene abasebenzi angaba sengozini yokuchayeka ngokushesha ku-methylene chloride uma:
Izinketho zomthetho ezingaba khona zenhlangano zifaka phakathi "ukuvinjelwa noma izidingo ezivimbela ukukhiqizwa, ukucubungula, ukusatshalaliswa kwezentengiselwano, ukusetshenziswa kwezentengiselwano, noma ukulahlwa kwamakhemikhali, njengoba kufanele."
I-Safety+Health yamukela imibono futhi ikhuthaza ingxoxo enenhlonipho. Sicela uhlale esihlokweni. Amazwana aqukethe ukuhlaselwa komuntu siqu, inhlamba noma ulimi oluhlambalazayo, noma lawo akhuthaza ngenkuthalo umkhiqizo noma isevisi, azosuswa. Sigodla ilungelo lokunquma ukuthi yimaphi amazwana aphula inqubomgomo yethu yokuphawula. (Amazwana angaziwa amukelekile; vele ushiye inkambu ethi “Igama” ensimini yokuphawula. Kudingeka ikheli le-imeyili, kodwa ngeke lifakwe kumazwana akho.)
Thatha imibuzo ngalolu daba bese uthola amaphuzu okuqinisekiswa kabusha kwiBhodi Yabachwepheshe Bezokuphepha Abaqinisekisiwe.
Umagazini i-Safety+Health, oshicilelwe yi-National Safety Council, unikeza ababhalisile abangaphezu kuka-91,000 izindaba zokuphepha kuzwelonke kanye nezitayela zemboni.
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