I-Toxic-Free Future izinikele ekudaleni ikusasa elinempilo ngokukhuthaza ukusetshenziswa kwemikhiqizo ephephile, amakhemikhali kanye nemikhuba ngocwaningo olusezingeni eliphezulu, ukumela, ukuhlelwa kwezinhlangano eziningi kanye nokubandakanya abathengi.
Ngo-Ephreli 2023, i-EPA yaphakamisa ukuvinjelwa kokusetshenziswa okuningi kwe-methylene chloride. I-Toxic Free Future yamukele lesi siphakamiso, inxusa i-EPA ukuthi iqedele lo mthetho futhi yandise ukuvikelwa kwawo kubo bonke abasebenzi ngokushesha okukhulu.
I-Dichloromethane (eyaziwa nangokuthi i-dichloromethane noma i-DCM) iyi-solvent ye-organohalogen esetshenziswa ekususeni upende noma ukumboza kanye neminye imikhiqizo efana nezisusa upende kanye nezisusa amabala. Lapho intuthu ye-methylene chloride iqoqana, leli khemikhali lingabangela ukuminyana kanye nokuhlaselwa yinhliziyo. Lokhu kwenzeke kubantu abaningi abasebenzise izisusa upende nokumboza eziqukethe leli khemikhali, okuhlanganisa uKevin Hartley noJoshua Atkins. Akukho mndeni olahlekelwe othandekayo ngenxa yaleli khemikhali.
Ngo-2017, i-US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) yaphakamisa ukuvinjelwa kokusetshenziswa kwe-dichloromethane kuma-paint stripper (kokubili ukusetshenziswa kwabathengi kanye nokuhweba). Kamuva ngalowo nyaka, i-methylene chloride yayingenye yamakhemikhali “akhona” ayishumi okuqala i-EPA eyaqala ngawo ukwenza ukuhlolwa kwengozi ukuze ifunde konke ukusetshenziswa kwamakhemikhali.
Umkhankaso we-Toxic-Free Future wakholisa abathengisi abangaphezu kweshumi nambili, okuhlanganisa iLowe's, iThe Home Depot kanye neWalmart, ukuba bayeke ngokuzithandela ukuthengisa izinto zokususa upende eziqukethe le khemikhali. Ngemva kokuhlangana nemindeni yabantu abashona ngenxa yokuchayeka ngokushesha kule khemikhali, i-EPA yagcina ivimbele ukusetshenziswa kwayo emikhiqizweni yabathengi ngo-2019, kodwa yavumela ukusetshenziswa kwayo okuqhubekayo endaweni yokusebenza, lapho kungaba yingozi khona ngendlela efanayo nokusetshenziswa ekhaya. Eqinisweni, kwabangu-85 abashonile ngenxa yokuchayeka phakathi kuka-1985 no-2018, ukuchayeka emsebenzini kwaba yimbangela yokufa okungu-75%.
Ngo-2020 nango-2022, i-EPA yakhipha ukuhlolwa kwengozi okwabonisa ukuthi iningi lokusetshenziswa kwe-methylene chloride limelela "ingozi engafanele yokulimaza impilo noma imvelo." Ngo-2023, i-EPA iphakamisa ukuvimbela konke ukusetshenziswa kwamakhemikhali ngabathengi kanye nezimboni kanye nezentengiselwano, kanye nezidingo zokuvikela indawo yokusebenza ezidinga ukukhululwa kwesikhathi esinqunyiwe kokusetshenziswa okubucayi kanye nokukhululwa okuphawulekayo okuvela ezinhlanganweni ezithile zikahulumeni.