Michigan Technological University (Michigan Tech) is committed to the health and safety of the entire campus community. This program is intended to protect employees, students and visitors from ...

Methylene chloride (aka methylene bichloride or DCM - dichloromethane) has been classified as a hazard to society and exposure can cause illnesses such as liver disease and cancer. It is the first of ...

The Environmental Protection Agency is banning most uses of a toxic chemical often used to refinish furniture and bathtubs that has been linked to dozens of deaths since 1980. The agency announced a ...

The US Environmental Protection Agency finalized a rule Tuesday that will end many uses of the highly toxic, cancer-causing solvent methylene chloride. The chemical will still be available for certain ...

Numerous retailers promised to stop the sale of paint strippers containing methylene chloride even before Friday's announcement by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency of a ban on sales to ...

In October 2017, Drew Wynne collapsed inside a walk-in refrigerator at his coffee business in North Charleston, S.C. By the time his business partner found him crumpled on the floor, Wynne was dead.

A new federal ruling announced Friday bans the consumer sale of paint strippers containing methylene chloride — a chemical linked by safety advocates to four Michigan deaths. An official for the U.S.

Want climate news in your inbox? Sign up here for Climate Fwd:, our email newsletter. WASHINGTON — The Environmental Protection Agency announced on Friday new limits on a lethal chemical found in ...