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EDF Urges White House To Protect Workers In EPA Methylene Chloride Ban


February 14, 2019 at 05:54 PM
The Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) is urging the Trump administration to ensure that EPA’s final rule banning use of methylene chloride in paint strippers protects workers by covering most commercial uses, fearing that the agency is likely to rely on a proposed training program in lieu of a comprehensive ban on the substance’s paint-stripping uses.

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