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Methylene chloride can cause cancer and damage to the nervous, immune and reproductive systems, the EPA said.

Consumer use will be phased out within a year, and most industrial and commercial uses will be prohibited within two years.

As long as we don't run out of chemicals, we will never run out of chemical scares. Most are unfounded, especially the current one – that the use of methylene chloride to decaffeinate coffee will somehow harm you. The numbers say otherwise. There is nothing to worry about here.

"Most decaf coffee is made using solvent-based methods as it's the cheapest process"

On April 30, 2024, the EPA banned many uses of methylene chloride, a chemical widely used as a paint stripper and in industrial applications, based on an "unreasonable risk to human health." This presents a total reversal of their earlier conclusions that methylene chloride did not pose an unreasonable risk. How did EPA use the same data to reach two opposing conclusions?

The Environmental Protection Agency has finalized a ban on consumer uses of methylene chloride, a chemical widely used as a paint stripper but known to cause liver cancer and other health problems

Methylene chloride has killed at least 88 workers since 1980

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The Environmental Protection Agency said Tuesday it has finalized a ban on consumer uses of  methylene chloride, a chemical that is widely used as a paint stripper but is known to cause liver cancer and other health problems.

EPA bans consumer use of methylene chloride, a toxic chemical used as a paint stripper but known to cause liver cancer

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