Since 1980, more than 50 deaths had been attributed to methylene chloride, according to an investigation by the Center for Public Integrity and Slate.īut the proposed rule has yet to become an actual ban. In the proposed rule, the agency wrote that the chemicals posed "unreasonable risks" to consumers. In January 2017 the agency proposed banning the use of methylene chloride and NMP in paint removers. The EPA began a risk assessment of methylene chloride in 2014. But under the Trump administration, federal regulators have repeatedly delayed a ban that has been in the works for years. In recent months, some retailers have said they will stop selling products that contain methylene chloride, also known as DCM, and a second chemical, N-Methyl-2-pyrrolidone, or NMP. The 31-year-old's death is one of dozens blamed on popular paint removers sold under the brand names Goof-Off, Strypeeze, Klean Strip and Jasco among others. He had suffocated on a chemical called methylene chloride.
By the time his business partner found him crumpled on the floor, Wynne was dead. In October 2017, Drew Wynne collapsed inside a walk-in refrigerator at his coffee business in North Charleston, S.C. They were trying to persuade the retailer to stop selling paint strippers containing methylene chloride.īen McCanna/Portland Press Herald via Getty Images Protestors holding pictures of people who died from use of paint removers, including Drew Wynne, protest outside a Portland, Maine, Lowe's store on May 10, 2018.
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