As EPA Weighs Options, Environmentalists Seek Methylene Chloride Ban

As EPA begins weighing options for regulating the risks of methylene chloride, environmentalists are renewing long-standing calls for the agency to quickly ban the widely used solvent under TSCA, arguing that the chemical is too toxic to be addressed adequately by less stringent risk management measures. During a Sept. 16 conference call where EPA officials began receiving public input on its first-time risk management rule under the revised Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA), environmentalists made the case that the law...