The agency announced a rule Tuesday that will limit all consumer uses of methylene chloride, as well as most industrial and commercial uses. Exempted uses include those "highly industrialized and ...

Regulators are considering a rule that would ban the use of methylene chloride, a solvent used to decaffeinate coffee beans. The liquid is used in multiple industries, including paint removal and ...

That chemical is methylene chloride, a colorless liquid that’s used in certain industrial processes, “including paint stripping, pharmaceutical manufacturing, paint remover manufacturing ...

The Biden administration is proposing a widespread ban on a toxic chemical used in paint strippers that has been linked to dozens of accidental deaths, the first of several long-awaited moves ...

Called methylene chloride, the chemical was recently banned for industrial use by the Environmental Protection Agency, due to the fact that it can cause certain cancers, as well as neurotoxicity ...

The chemical in question is methylene chloride, a colorless liquid that federal regulators have already banned in certain manufacturing and industrial processes, but not in food or drinks.

Without additional restrictions, about 260 million pounds of methylene chloride is still used each year in the United States, according to the EPA, and experts say in many cases there are ...

The US Environmental Protection Agency has banned most uses of methylene chloride, a solvent that has been linked to a number of adverse health effects and some deaths. Since 1980, at least 88 ...