How to Use methylene chloride in a Sentence

methylene chloride

noun

• 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 larger doses, methylene chloride is a liquid used for paint stripping that can cause a slew of health issues.
  — Hannah Yasharoff, USA TODAY, 12 May 2024
• In larger doses, methylene chloride is a liquid used for paint stripping that can cause a slew of health issues.
  — Hannah Yasharoff, USA TODAY, 12 May 2024
• At the time, paint strippers with methylene chloride could be bought at home improvement stores nationwide.
  — Jamie Smith Hopkins, USA TODAY, 15 May 2024
• At the time, paint strippers with methylene chloride could be bought at home-improvement stores nationwide.
  — Jamie Smith Hopkins, USA TODAY, 15 May 2024
• Ethyl acetate and methylene chloride are two common solvents used to extract caffeine from green coffee beans.
  — Michael W. Crowder, Discover Magazine, 30 July 2024
• The chemical, methylene chloride, has been linked to cancer in humans and animals.
  — Sarah Garone, Health, 25 June 2024
• But those standards did not cover regular consumers, who can buy methylene chloride products at most hardware stores.
  — Philly.com, 10 May 2018
• Beyond this, methylene chloride is most widely used as an industrial solvent and paint stripper.
  — Sarah Garone, Health, 25 June 2024
• The uproar over methylene chloride in coffee isn't quite the controversy it's made out to be, some nutrition experts argue.
  — Hannah Yasharoff, USA TODAY, 10 May 2024
• Medical records show inhaling methylene chloride vapors led to Keller having a heart attack.
  — CBS News, 29 Mar. 2018
• The Obama administration in its last days proposed banning most consumer sales of methylene chloride.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 11 May 2018
• After more than a decade of research, the agency had concluded in January that methylene chloride was so hazardous that its use in paint removers should be banned.
  — Eric Lipton, New York Times, 21 Oct. 2017
• Volatile organic compounds, such as benzene, naphthalene and methylene chloride, have a low boiling point and can be dispersed into the air easily.
  — Max Horberry, Star Tribune, 8 Oct. 2020
• The lab also detected methylene chloride – a hazardous solvent banned in most uses by the EPA – in one pack of gummies.
  — Gina Lee Castro, jsonline.com, 19 Feb. 2026
• In June 2024, the state issued a recall on vape cartridges that tested positive for methylene chloride.
  — Tiney Ricciardi, The Denver Post, 13 Mar. 2025
• The coffee industry and its advocates say a similar situation is playing out with methylene chloride.
  — Nicholas Florko, STAT, 28 Mar. 2024
• Additionally, Lowe's is has added more safety information to its website about proper use of methylene chloride.
  — Katherine Peralta, charlotteobserver, 29 May 2018
• The caffeine dissolves better in methylene chloride than in water, so most of the caffeine stays up in the methylene chloride layer, which producers can separate from the water.
  — Michael W. Crowder, Discover Magazine, 30 July 2024
• The proposal would ban methylene chloride's use in all consumer situations, and in most industrial and commercial uses.
  — Kerry Breen, CBS News, 20 Apr. 2023
• The compounds include hazardous air pollutants such as styrene and methylene chloride, as well as dibutyl phthalate, which some studies have identified as an endocrine disruptor.
  — Robin Lloyd, Scientific American, 25 Nov. 2019
• Labs sometimes use methylene chloride to extract other intoxicating compounds in the cannabis plant that typically only occur in trace amounts.
  — Gina Lee Castro, jsonline.com, 19 Feb. 2026
• The direct solvent method uses methylene chloride, coffee oil or ethyl acetate to dissolve the caffeine in the beans and extract it from the coffee, according to Clydesdale.
  — Ella Lee, USA TODAY, 21 Apr. 2019
• Manufacturing, processing and distribution of methylene chloride would be wound down within the next 15 months.
  — Kerry Breen, CBS News, 20 Apr. 2023
• Then, coffee manufacturers typically use solvents like methylene chloride or ethyl acetate to wash out the caffeine molecules.
  — Nathaniel Scharping, Discover Magazine, 16 June 2021
• No level of methylene chloride is permitted in cosmetics by the Food and Drug Administration.
  — Kaitlyn Schwanemann, NBC News, 3 Mar. 2025
• The chemicals found included lead, benzene, and methylene chloride, each linked to serious long-term health consequences including cancer and reproductive harm.
  — Kimberly Wilson, Essence, 11 May 2026
• Examples include benzene, found in gasoline; methylene chloride, a solvent and paint stripper; and chemicals emitted by facilities that produce coke for the steel industry.
  — Michael Hawthorne, chicagotribune.com, 25 July 2019
• The chemical likely causes acute myeloid leukemia, according to the American Cancer Society. Consumer Reports also found methylene chloride, which the EPA says can lead to liver and lung cancer after chronic exposure.
  — Kaitlyn Schwanemann, NBC News, 3 Mar. 2025
• The cautions say the products can expose people to lead salts, which can cause birth defects or reproductive harm, and methylene chloride (MC) and HC, both known to cause cancer.
  — Minneapolis Star Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 26 Jan. 2026