EPA recently published a final rule restricting the manufacture, processing, and import of methylene chloride in the United States for consumer paint and coating removal. The rulemaking is a result of ...

Some consumer advocates are pushing the federal government to ban a chemical that's often used in the process of producing decaffeinated coffee. The group Clean Label Project says companies like ...

FILE PHOTO: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) sign is seen on the podium at EPA headquarters in Washington, U.S., July 11, 2018. REUTERS/Ting Shen/File Photo WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The ...

Retailers like Atlanta-based Home Depot, Lowe’s and Sherwin Williams plan to remove certain paint removers with methylene chloride as the Environmental Protection Agency weighs a ban on such products.

In the March 27, 2019, Federal Register, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued its final regulatory rulemaking that prohibits the manufacture (including import), processing, and ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Environmental Protection Agency said Tuesday it has finalized a ban on consumer uses of methylene chloride, a chemical that is widely used as a paint stripper but is known to ...

This story was published by the Center for Public Integrity, a nonprofit, nonpartisan investigative news organization in Washington. About a dozen retailers have pledged to stop selling paint-removal ...

An alternative to a potentially deadly chemical found in common paint strippers is facing hurdles to reach consumers. CBS News' Anna Werner reported last month on the deaths of dozens of people who ...

If you drink decaf coffee, there’s a chemical often used in the process of making it that some advocates want to ban. The group Clean Label Project says companies like Starbucks and Dunkin’ use ...

Major brands like Starbucks and Dunkin’ use the chemical methylene chloride to decaffeinate coffee, advocates say. Some brands make decaf coffee with methylene chloride. Advocates want the paint ...