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• Study Finds Increased Worker Deaths Due To Paint Stripper Exposure Side Effects

  April 26, 2021

  Luke Tollen

  A new study finds that deaths from chemicals commonly used in paint strippers has increased in recent years, leading researchers to call for the removal of methylene chloride as a common ingredient.

• EPA Plans New Restrictions On Some Paint Strippers Linked To Fatal Side Effects

  May 11, 2018

  Irvin Jackson

  The EPA says it will soon finalize new rules on the use of methylene chloride paint strippers, which has been linked to dozens of deaths and may be banned from consumer use.

• Bathtub Refinishers Deaths Linked to Stripping Chemical: CDC

  March 2, 2012

  Staff Writers

  More than a dozen workers have died after exposure to a chemical that is used to refinish bathtubs, federal health...