Politics● LowSep 16 · Sep 16, 2026, 9:43 PM
Court tosses EPA restrictions on highly toxic paint stripper chemical
GlobeAlert Desk · curated from The Hill · North America
A federal appeals court this week threw out an Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) rule that banned most uses of a highly toxic chemical used as a paint stripper. The EPA has said that the chemical in question, known as methylene chloride (MC), is “likely to be carcinogenic to humans.” When it put forward the rule…
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