The EPA Ban On Retail Distribution Of Methylene Chloride To Consumers

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is encouraging all consumers to stop using methylene chloride products that they may have already purchased for paint and coating removal before the ban was finalized at the end of November 2019. The EPA is also reminding all retailers that sales of these products to consumers is prohibited by EPA regulations under the authority of section 6 of the Toxic Substances Control Act.

EPA regulations prohibit the manufacture (including import), processing and distribution of methylene chloride in all paint removers for consumer use went into effect the end of November 2019. It is now unlawful for any person or retailer to sell or distribute paint removal products containing methylene chloride for consumer use, including
e-commerce sales.

EPA’s action keeps paint and coating removers that contain the chemical methylene chloride out of consumers’ hands. It is against the law to sell or distribute methylene chloride for paint and coating removal in the retail marketplace a step that will provide important public health protections for consumers.

Learn more about methylene chloride epa.gov/assessing-and-managing-chemicals-under-tsca/risk-management-methylene-chloride.

According to EPA, “there is a variety of effective, less harmful substitutes readily available for paint removal.”  EPA notes that it “is continuing to work through the process outlined in TSCA to review the risks associated with other uses of methylene chloride.  This process is designed to thoroughly evaluate available science before taking action to manage the risk associated with the other uses of the chemical.”

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