methylene chloride
noun
: a toxic nonflammable liquid CH2Cl2 used especially as a solvent, paint remover, and aerosol propellant
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Doa added that in addition to consumer exposure at low levels, workers exposed to methylene chloride in factories are subject to greater, unnecessary risks.
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Kristen Rogers, CNN, 4 Apr. 2024
The coffee industry and its advocates say a similar situation is playing out with methylene chloride.
—Nicholas Florko, STAT, 28 Mar. 2024
Environmental Protection Agency The EPA also claims eBay unlawfully sold at least 23,000 pesticide products, including a high toxicity insecticide banned in the U.S., and over 5,600 products containing methylene chloride, also a toxic chemical.
—Kate Gibson, CBS News, 16 Oct. 2023
Manufacturing, processing and distribution of methylene chloride would be wound down within the next 15 months.
—Kerry Breen, CBS News, 20 Apr. 2023
For example, among the products listed on eBay were 55-gallon drums of methylene chloride, a potentially deadly chemical found in paint strippers that the EPA banned the consumer sale of last year, according to documents shared with the Washington Examiner.
—Abby Smith, Washington Examiner, 11 June 2020
In their grief and horror, their families vowed to fight like heck to keep methylene chloride from killing again.
—Laura L. Davis, USA TODAY, 16 May 2023
In 2021, the Newburyport plant used more than 100,000 pounds of toluene, methanol, and methylene chloride, according to Heather Tenney of the Toxics Use Reduction Institute at UMass Lowell.
—John R. Ellement, BostonGlobe.com, 5 May 2023
Due to inadequate ventilation and recurring leaks from equipment in work areas and the use of methylene chloride in analyzing environmental samples, employees were allegedly exposed to methylene chloride, OSHA said.
—Stephen Singer, Hartford Courant, 28 Sep. 2022
Kristen Rogers, CNN, 4 Apr. 2024
The coffee industry and its advocates say a similar situation is playing out with methylene chloride.
—Nicholas Florko, STAT, 28 Mar. 2024
Environmental Protection Agency The EPA also claims eBay unlawfully sold at least 23,000 pesticide products, including a high toxicity insecticide banned in the U.S., and over 5,600 products containing methylene chloride, also a toxic chemical.
—Kate Gibson, CBS News, 16 Oct. 2023
Manufacturing, processing and distribution of methylene chloride would be wound down within the next 15 months.
—Kerry Breen, CBS News, 20 Apr. 2023
For example, among the products listed on eBay were 55-gallon drums of methylene chloride, a potentially deadly chemical found in paint strippers that the EPA banned the consumer sale of last year, according to documents shared with the Washington Examiner.
—Abby Smith, Washington Examiner, 11 June 2020
In their grief and horror, their families vowed to fight like heck to keep methylene chloride from killing again.
—Laura L. Davis, USA TODAY, 16 May 2023
In 2021, the Newburyport plant used more than 100,000 pounds of toluene, methanol, and methylene chloride, according to Heather Tenney of the Toxics Use Reduction Institute at UMass Lowell.
—John R. Ellement, BostonGlobe.com, 5 May 2023
Due to inadequate ventilation and recurring leaks from equipment in work areas and the use of methylene chloride in analyzing environmental samples, employees were allegedly exposed to methylene chloride, OSHA said.
—Stephen Singer, Hartford Courant, 28 Sep. 2022
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“Methylene chloride.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/methylene%20chloride. Accessed 19 Apr. 2024.
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