Ka mahi a Toxic-Free Futures ki te whakatairanga i te whakamahinga o ngā hua, ngā matū me ngā mahi haumaru ake mō tētahi heke mai hauora mā roto i ngā rangahau matatau, te tautoko, te whakarite i te iwi whānui me te whai wāhi mai o ngā kaihoko.
I te marama o Āperira 2023, i whakaarohia e te Tari Tiaki Taiao kia aukatia te nuinga o ngā whakamahinga o te methylene chloride. I mihi a Toxic-Free Futures ki te tono, me te karanga anō hoki ki te Tari Tiaki Taiao kia tere te mahi ki te whakaoti i te ture me te whakawhānui i ana tiakitanga ki ngā kaimahi katoa. atu anō.
Ko te Methylene chloride (e mōhiotia ana ko te methylene chloride, DCM rānei) he whakarewa organohalogen e whakamahia ana i roto i ngā tango peita, paninga rānei, me ētahi atu hua pēnei i ngā tango hinu me ngā tango paru. Ina kohia te kohu methylene chloride, ka taea e te matū te whakamomori me te whakaeke ngakau. Kua pā tēnei ki te tini o te tangata i whakamahi i ngā peita me ngā tango paninga kei roto te matū, tae atu ki a Kevin Hartley rāua ko Joshua Atkins. Kāore he whānau e tika kia mate anō tētahi o ō rātou whanaunga nā tēnei matū.
I te tau 2017, i whakaarohia e te Tari Tiaki Taiao o Amerika (EPA) te aukati i te whakamahinga o te methylene chloride mō ngā mīhini tango peita (mō ngā whare noho me ngā whare arumoni). I muri mai i taua tau, ko te methylene chloride tētahi o ngā matū tekau tuatahi "kei te wātea" i tīmata ai te Tari Tiaki Taiao ki te aromatawai mōrearea hei whakaaro ki ngā whakamahinga katoa o te matū.
Kua whakarewahia e Toxic-Free Future tētahi kaupapa hei whakatenatena i te neke atu i te tekau mā rua ngā kaihokohoko, tae atu ki a Lowe's, Home Depot me Walmart, kia mutu te hoko i ngā mīhini tango peita kei roto te matū. Whai muri i te hui ki ngā whānau o te hunga i mate i te pānga kino ki te matū, i aukatia e te Environmental Protection Agency tōna whakamahinga i roto i ngā hua kaihoko i te tau 2019, engari i whakaaetia tōna whakamahinga tonu i ngā wāhi mahi kei reira pea tōna whakamahinga e pā ana ki te mate kotahi ina whakamahia ki te kāinga. Inaa, i waenga i te tau 1985 me te tau 2018, e 85 ngā mate i pūrongohia mō te pānga, 75% o ēnei i puta mai i te pānga ki te wāhi mahi.

I te tau 2020 me te tau 2022, i whakaputa te Tari Tiaki Taiao i ngā aromatawai mōrearea i kitea ai ko te nuinga o ngā whakamahinga o te methylene chloride he "mōrearea koretake ki te hauora, ki te taiao rānei." I te tau 2023, i whakaaro te Tari Tiaki Taiao kia aukatia ngā whakamahinga katoa a ngā kaihoko i ngā matū me te nuinga o ngā whakamahinga ahumahi me te arumoni, me ngā whakawāteatanga wā-iti mō ngā whakamahinga nui me ngā whakawāteatanga nui mō ētahi tari ā-motu mai i ngā whakaritenga tiaki wāhi mahi.