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Buyer beware: dangerous paint strippers still sold at AutoZone and other stores

In 2018, we won a wave of commitments from eleven of North America’s largest retailers to ban the sale of paint strippers containing the toxic chemicals methylene chloride and N-methylpyrrolidone (NMP). To see how these retailer policy commitments have been implemented, campaign staff, partner organizations and volunteers are visiting stores across the country to see whether retailers are following through to “mind the store.”

Filed Under: Mind the Store Tagged With: AutoZone, Kelly-Moore, Lauren Atkins, Lowe's, methylene chloride, N-Methylpyrrolidone (NMP), Sherwin-Williams, The Home Depot

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Trump’s EPA sued for failure to finalize ban on deadly paint strippers

Victims’ families, public health advocates to make case EPA unlawfully allows chemical linked to dozens of deaths to remain on the market.

Filed Under: Policy & Regulation Tagged With: EPA, Lauren Atkins, Liz Hitchcock, methylene chloride, paint stripper, Trump administration, Wendy Hartley

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U.S. Environmental Protection Agency moves to finalize ban on deadly methylene chloride in paint strippers

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency indicated that it will finalize a long-delayed ban on the use of methylene chloride in paint strippers for consumer use by advancing the measure to the White House Office of Management and Budget for final approval.

Filed Under: Policy & Regulation Tagged With: EPA, Lauren Atkins, Liz Hitchcock, methylene chloride, N-Methylpyrrolidone (NMP), success, Trump administration, Wendy Hartley

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