And methylene chloride would no longer be allowed in commercial and industrial vapor degreasing, adhesive removal, finishing products for textiles, liquid lubricants, hobby glue and a long list of ...

Methylene chloride. Dr. Ken Rosenman, chief of the Division of Occupational Medicine at Michigan State University, was part of a team that linked the deaths of at least 13 workers nationwide, ...

Highly toxic, methylene chloride is among the chemicals the EPA is re-evaluating under amendments to the Toxic Substances Control Act, enacted in 2016. Accessibility statement Skip to main content.

Methylene chloride has long been known to be a carcinogen, designated as such by the National Institutes of Health’s National Toxicology Program, the Environmental Protection Agency and the ...

Dozens of deaths linked to common chemical in paint strippers 09:11. The Environmental Protection Agency has proposed a ban on most uses of methylene chloride, a chemical they say is known to ...

Medical records show inhaling methylene chloride vapors led to Keller having a heart attack. He survived in a weakened state for five years, until his mother Judy says he had another heart attack.

Methylene chloride will continue to be allowed to make refrigerants as an alternative to other chemicals that produce greenhouse gases and contribute to climate change, Freedhoff said.

Methylene chloride. Dr. Ken Rosenman, chief of the Division of Occupational Medicine at Michigan State University, was part of a team that linked the deaths of at least 13 workers nationwide, ...

“Exposure to methylene chloride has devastated families across this country for too long, including some who saw loved ones go to work and never come home,” said EPA Administrator Michael S ...

On April 30, 2024, the EPA banned many uses of methylene chloride, a chemical widely used as a paint stripper and in industrial applications, based on an “unreasonable risk to human health.” This ...

The methylene chloride proposal was going nowhere. The three men’s mothers and other relatives had a seemingly impossible task ahead of them. And yet, 13 months after Atkins’ death, the under-pressure ...

More recent studies have shown methylene chloride causes cancer in lab animals. Consumer groups cite a 1950s law that says the FDA can’t approve food additives that are shown to cause cancer in ...