E whakapau kaha ana a Toxic-Free Future 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.
Kua honoa te dichloromethane ki ngā pānga hauora pērā i te mate pukupuku, te paitini o ngā whatukuhu me te ate, tae atu ki te mate. Kua mōhio te US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ki ēnei tūpono mō ngā tekau tau, me te 85 ngā matenga i waenga i te tau 1980 me te tau 2018.
Ahakoa te kitea o ngā huarahi haumaru ake, me ngā taunakitanga e whakaatu ana ka taea e te methylene chloride te whakamate tere i te tangata, kua tino puhoi te urupare a te EPA ki tēnei matū morearea.
Nō nā tata nei, i whakatakoto te EPA i tētahi ture e aro ana ki te whakakore i te nuinga o te "hanga, tukatuka, me te tohatoha o te dichloromethane mō ngā kaihoko katoa me te nuinga o ngā kaupapa ahumahi me ngā kaupapa arumoni", me ngā here e whakatakotoria ana ki ētahi ahumahi me ngā tari ā-motu. Kei te wātea he kōwhiringa wā-iti hei whakakore.
Kua roa tā mātou tatari. Hei tiaki i ngā kaimahi me te marea, tēnā whakamōhio atu ki te Tari Tiaki Taiao (EPA) kia whakaoti i tētahi ture dichloromethane hei aukati i te nuinga, ki te kore katoa, o te whakamahinga o tēnei matū kino i te wā e taea ai.