Safer Chemicals Healthy Families reacts with disappointment and urges immediate action by EPA
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New study: More workers than consumers die from methylene chloride; EPA should ban these paint strippers in the workplace
Today’s publication of a peer-reviewed study—Fatalities from methylene chloride exposure in the United States, 1980-2018: A comprehensive case series and policy implications—adds to the strong case for EPA to fully ban the use of paint strippers containing methylene chloride from use in the United States.
The first 3 things Biden’s EPA must do to protect Americans from toxic chemicals
It was encouraging to see that one of President Biden’s first executive orders directed EPA to review a number of TSCA-related actions by the Trump EPA. While the Biden administration has much to do to right the ship, here are three items we are glad to see on their “Build Back Better” list…