Feds Consider Unusual Ban On Methylene Chloride As OSHA Studies Work Exposure Limit

BALTIMORE -- Federal environmental officials are mulling the possibility of initiating a rare ban of the paint-stripping solvent methylene chloride -- a chemical that some OSHA stakeholders believe has too high of a workplace permissible exposure limit. The Environmental Protection Agency policy move indicates a continued focus on regulating “existing” chemicals on the heels of EPA's plans to explore similar restrictions on the common degreasing solvent trichloroethylene (TCE).