Ososayensi nabameli bezempilo bezingane bacela ukunakekelwa okuvuselelwe
Uyazi ukuthi yimaphi amakhemikhali ajwayelekile esiwabonayo njalo aboniswe ukuthi abeka ingozi ekuthuthukiseni kwengqondo yabantwana? Embikweni ka-Julayi 2016, iningi labososayensi, abahlengikazi bezempilo kanye nabagqugquzeli bezempilo bezingane bacela ukuvuselela ubufakazi obusayo bokuthi amakhemikhali amaningi ajwayelekile esiwasebenzisa nsuku zonke angaxhunyaniswa nezinkinga ze-neurodevelopmental ezifana ne-autism spectrum disorder, ukunakekelwa kokukhathazeka, ukungahloniphi, ukukhubazeka kwengqondo, nokuphazamiseka kokufunda.
I-Project TENDR, inhlangano yabososayensi, ochwepheshe bezempilo kanye nabagqugquzeli bezempilo kanye nabagqugquzeli bezingane kanye nezemvelo ezisebenzela ukuqwashisa mayelana namakhemikhali ezemvelo ahlobene nezingozi ze-neurodevelopmental ezinganeni, akhiphe umbiko, "I-Project TENDR: Ukubhekelelwa Kwengozi Yezokuthuthukiswa Kwezemvelo," ukugcizelela kabanzi amakhemikhali asetshenzisiwe abonakaliswe ukufaka ingozi ekuthuthukiseni ubuchopho obuphephile emabhokisini nasezingane ezineminyaka yonke.
Lokho Abazali Abadinga Ukukwazi Ngalezi Amakhemikhali Ezivamile
Amakhemikhali abazali okufanele bakhathazeke ngawo abonakaliswe emoyeni nasemanzini kanye nasemikhiqizweni eminingi esiyisebenzisa emzimbeni nasemakhaya ethu. Ngokombiko we-TENDR, amanye amakhemikhali ajwayelekile kakhulu endaweni yethu ukuthi atholakale emzimbeni cishe kuwo wonke amaMelika ekuhlolweni okuqhutshwa yi-US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Amakhemikhali amanengi atholakalayo emikhiqizweni yezimboni nabathengi azikho ukuhlolwa kwe-neurotoxicity yentuthuko noma eminye imiphumela empilweni, naphezu kokuthi abantu-kuhlanganise nabesifazane abakhulelwe nabantwana, abangabantu abasengozini kakhulu emakhemikhali angabangela ukulimaza-bavezwa kubo njalo.
Iningi ngokuphathelene nososayensi ngamakhemikhali anjengokuhola, i-mercury, i-organophosphate pesticides (evame ukutholakala emikhiqizo esetshenziselwa ukulimala ekhaya kanye nokulima), ama-phthalates (avamile kuma-plastiki, imikhiqizo yokunakekela abantu, kanye nemithi), i-diphenyl ethers enama-polybrominated ama-flame retardants), kanye nokungcola komoya okukhiqizwa lapho izinkuni namafutha ashisa.
Ngisho namakhemikhali ayevinjelwe esikhathini eside esidlule, njenge-PCBs, noma ama-biphenyls ezinama-polychlorinated, avuliwe ngo-1977, aqhubeka nokuqhubeka emvelo, ebeka ingozi yempilo.
Umbiko we-Project TENDR udinga ukuguqulwa kwesistimu yombuso wamanje wokuhlola amakhemikhali ayingozi noma ayingozi, evame ukuvumela abakhiqizi bekhemikhali ukuthi bamane babeke amakhemikhali afanayo-afaka izingozi ezifanayo-lapho amakhemikhali ehlatshwa njengobuthi onobuthi. Kuthatha futhi ama-ejensi alawulayo iminyaka noma amashumi eminyaka okubuyekezwa ngaphambi kokuba abone ukuthi amakhemikhali ayingozi. Abalobi balo mbiko banxusa abameli ukuba bakhe izindlela ezingcono zokuthuthukisa nokuhlola amakhemikhali angalimaza ukuthuthukiswa kwengqondo yabantwana nokusheshisa ukuhlanzwa kwezinto ezinobuthi. Baphinde bacele abakhiqizi bekhemikhali ukuqeda ukukhishwa kwe-neurodevelopmental emikhiqizweni yabo.
Okushiwo Abazali Ukunciphisa Ukunciphisa Kwezingane Kuzoxhunywa
- Funda phezulu ngolwazi lwamuva olwenziwe ucwaningweni mayelana ne-toxin yemvelo futhi ufunde ukuthi kwenziwa imizamo yokuvikela imindeni; I-Project TENDR ne-Environmental Working Group (EWG) imithombo emikhulu yolwazi. Futhi, hamba ekhasini le-EPA (Environmental Protection Agency) ekuphatheni okudidiyelwe kwezinambuzane ukuze ufunde ngezindlela ezinobungozi zokulawula izinambuzane, futhi ufunde ngoFrank R. Lautenberg Chemical Safety we-21st Century Act, umthetho omusha kuqinisa ukuvikeleka kwemindeni.
- Funda ngaphambi kokuthenga. I-EWG iphinde ibe ne-database yemikhiqizo yokunakekela yomuntu siqu ebizwa ngokuthi i-Skin Deep, ebala izithako zemikhiqizo eminingi yabathengi futhi ihlanganisa ubuthi nemiphumela emibi; abazali bangasebenzisa le database ukuze benze izinqumo ezinolwazi mayelana nemikhiqizo abayisebenzisa nsuku zonke.
- Ukucaca ukuthi "izitshalo ezingcolile" zikhiqiza (izithelo nemifino enamanani amaningi okubulala izinambuzane) futhi ukhethe izithelo nemifino eyaziwa ukuthi iqukethe amazinga aphansi ezinambuzane ezibulala izinambuzane (okuthiwa "i-fifteen ehlanzekile"). I-EWG inikeza izinhlu zonyaka.
- Uma uthenga ukudla okulwandle, khetha izinhlobo eziphezulu kuma-omega 3 kodwa ziqukethe amanani amancane we-mercury njenge-salmon yasendle, ama-sardine, i-Atlantic mackerel, ne-rainbow trout. Ungaphinda uhlole izilinganiso zokuphepha kokudla kwezilwandle ngezinhlanzi ezithile kwi-website ye-Monterey Bay Aquarium's Seafood Watch.
- Hlola amanzi akho ukuze uqiniseke ukuthi awunakho ukuhola ngamakethi kusuka ku-Healthy Babies Bright Futures, iqembu labososayensi, izinhlangano ezingenzi inzuzo, nabanikeli abasebenza ekudaleni nasekusekeleni imizamo yokunciphisa ukutholakala kwamakhemikhali aphikisayo ezinsukwini eziyinkulungwane zokuqala ukuthuthukiswa kwengane. Qinisekisa ukuthi upende ekhaya lakho aluqukethe (imizi eyakhiwe ngaphambi kuka-1978 ingaba nopende olusekelwe).
- Lapho uthengisa ifenisha, bheka imikhiqizo ebizwa ngokuthi ikhululekile yilabo abazilahlwa yilabo abashisayo.
- Ungasebenzisi i-vinyl flooring, eyenza ukuthi uphuthukise ukwakhiwa komhlabathi, futhi ungathengi amathoyizi epulasitiki noma eminye imikhiqizo eyenziwe nge-PVC.
- Thatha izicathulo zakho ngaphambi kokuba ungene endlini ukuze ugcine ungcolile ngaphandle futhi unciphise ingozi yokuhola nezinambuzane. Sebenzisa i-vacuum enefayili ye-HEPA nothuli ngamagundane we-microfiber ukuvimbela ukungcola kokunciphisa nokunciphisa ukuvezwa kokuphanga.
- Cabanga ukusebenzisa izindlela ezingekho ezinobuthi ezibulala izinambuzane, okungaba yingozi ezinganeni nasezilwaneni ezifuywayo.