Ikusasa elingenabuthi lihlose ukwenza ingomuso eliphilileko ngokukhuthaza ukusetjenziswa kwemikhiqizo ephephileko, amakhemikhali nemikhuba ngokusebenzisa irhubhululo eliphezulu, ukukhuthaza, ukuhlela abantu abanengi kanye nokuzibandakanya kwabathengi.
NgoMrhayili 2023, i-EPA yahlongoza ukuvinjelwa kokusetjenziswa kwe-methylene chloride. I-Toxic Free Future yamukele isiphakamiso, yanxusa i-EPA bona iphethe umthetho lo begodu inwebe ukuvikeleka kwayo kibo boke abasebenzi msinyana. okunengi.
I-dichloromethane (eyaziwa nangokuthi yi-dichloromethane nofana i-DCM) yi-organohalogen solvent esetjenziselwa ukususa upende nofana ukususa amabala neminye imikhiqizo efana nama-degreasers nama-stain removers. Lokha umusi we-methylene chloride nawubuthelela, ikhemikhali le ingabangela ukuminza nokuhlaselwa yinhliziyo. Lokhu kwenzeke ebantwini abanengi abasebenzise ipende nokususa amakhemikhali anekhemikhali, okufaka hlangana u-Kevin Hartley no-Joshua Atkins. Akukho mndeni olahlekelwe mumuntu omthandako ngebanga lekhemikhali.
Ngomnyaka ka-2017, i-Ejensi yokuVikelwa kweBhoduluko ye-US (i-EPA) yahlongoza ukuvinjelwa kokusetjenziswa kwe-dichloromethane kuma-paint strippers (wokusetjenziselwa abathengi nakwezokurhweba). Ngokukhamba kwesikhathi ngomnyaka loyo, i-methylene chloride bekungomunye wamakhemikhali alitjhumi wokuthoma "akhona" i-EPA eyathoma ukwenza ukuhlolwa kobungozi ukufunda koke ukusetjenziswa kwamakhemikhali.
Ijima le-Toxic-Free Future lakholisa abathengisi abangaphezu kwetjhumi nambili, okufakahlangana i-Lowe's, i-The Home Depot kanye ne-Walmart, bona bayeke ngokuzithandela ukuthengisa iinsetjenziswa zokususa ipende ezinekhemikhali. Ngemva kokuhlangana nemindeni yabantu abahlongakala ngebanga lokuvezwa okubukhali kwekhemikhali, i-EPA ekugcineni yavimbela ukusetjenziswa kwayo emikhiqizweni yabathengi ngo-2019, kodwana yavumela ukusetjenziswa okuragela phambili emsebenzini, lapho kungafana nalokha nakusetjenziswa ekhaya. Kuhlekuhle, ekufeni okuma-85 okubikwe hlangana nomnyaka ka-1985 ukuya ku-2018 ukusuka ekuvezweni, ukuvezwa emsebenzini bekubangele ukuhlongakala okungu-75%.
Ngomnyaka ka-2020 nango-2022, i-EPA yakhipha ukuhlolwa kwengozi okutjengisa bona inengi lokusetjenziswa kwe-methylene chloride lijamele "ingozi engazwakaliko yokulimaza ipilo nofana ibhoduluko." Ngomnyaka ka-2023, i-EPA iphakamisa ukukhandela koke ukusetjenziswa kwabathengi kanye nokusetjenziswa kwekhemikhali emabubulweni nakwezokuthengisa, ngeemfuneko zokuvikelwa emsebenzini ezifuna ukukhululwa kwesikhathi esilinganiselwe kokusetjenziswa okuqakathekileko kanye nokukhululwa okuphawulekako okuvela ema-ejensi athileko wefederali.