The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced that it was taking action against dichloromethane, a chemical that can be used to remove paint. Lautenberg chemical Safety for the 21st ST century law, amended the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA), requiring epa on the use of 10 specific chemicals, including dichloromethane risk assessment. EPA is in the process of completing problem solutions for the first 10 chemicals.In 2014, THE EPA mentioned the use of dichloromethane for paint removal in its risk assessment, and in January 2017, the AGENCY recommended a ban on consumer and commercial use of dichloromethane for paint removal. In June 2017, the EPA announced that it would not reevaluate the paint removal use of methylene chloride.
The EPA announced three updates based on its previous work. The EPA intends to complete the dichloromethane rule. The agency has not reassessed the paint removal use of dichloromethane, relying instead on its previous risk assessment, and is working to issue a final rulemaking to OMB.It is understood that dichloromethane for colorless liquid, in the pharmaceutical industry as a reaction medium, used for the preparation of ampicillin, hydroxybenzylpenicillin and pioneer amycin; Dichloromethane has the advantages of strong solubility and low toxicity. It is widely used in the manufacture of safe film and polycarbonate, and the rest is used as coating solvent, metal degreaser, gas smoke spray agent, polyurethane foaming agent, release agent and paint remover.
