EPA won’t redo Obama’s report on risks from deadly paint stripper

Published May 10, 2018 6:46pm ET



The Environmental Protection Agency announced Thursday that it would not seek to redo an Obama administration report that listed the numerous health risks from exposure to the paint stripper chemical methylene chloride.

The EPA is “not re-evaluating the paint stripping uses of methylene chloride and is relying on its previous risk assessments,” the agency announced.

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