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America Might Say Goodbye to Decaf Coffee: Here’s Why
What if one morning you find that your favorite decaf coffee has vanished from store shelves. It sounds like a nightmare, but ...
After yearslong fight and dozens of deaths, EPA broadens ban on deadly chemical
An initial EPA ban of paint-stripping chemical methylene chloride was shelved by the Trump administration. People kept dying, ...
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Decaf coffee often contains chemical that may cause cancer, advocacy groups say
The most common method for removing caffeine involves methylene chloride, which has been linked to various adverse health ...
Fact Check: US Agencies Are Supposedly Trying to Ban Decaffeinated Coffee. Here's the Truth
Both the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) were, as of early 2024, attempting ...
No, there isn’t a proposal to ban decaf coffee in the U.S.
Health advocacy groups are calling on the FDA to ban methylene chloride, a chemical commonly used during the decaffeination ...
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US Agencies Are Attempting to Ban Decaffeinated Coffee?
On Jan. 11, 2024, the FDA submitted a proposal that would ban several food additives, including methylene chloride, which is ...
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EPA Bans Most Uses of Methylene Chloride, Requires Stronger Worker Safety Requirements for Remaining Industrial Uses
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued on May 8, 2024, a final rule to address unreasonable risks of injury to health EPA identified caused by ...
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EPA bans most uses of toxic paint stripper tied to dozens of deaths
A customer walks down the paint aisle at a Home Depot store in Louisville. Methylene chloride is used in paint stripping products. (Luke Sharrett/Bloomberg/Getty Images) The Environmental ...
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U.S. bans most uses of paint-stripping solvent after dozens of deaths
The agency announced a rule Tuesday that will limit all consumer uses of methylene chloride, as well as most industrial and commercial uses. Exempted uses include those "highly industrialized and ...
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EPA implements toughest restrictions yet on use of highly toxic chemical in paint stripper
Without additional restrictions, about 260 million pounds of methylene chloride is still used each year in the United States, according to the EPA, and experts say in many cases there are ...
EPA’s Methylene Chloride Rule Hit With First Legal Challenge
Two companies have asked a federal appeals court to challenge the EPA’s methylene chloride rule, in what may be the first of ...
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Is decaf coffee bad for you? What to know about calls to ban a chemical found in decaf.
Amid calls to ban methylene chloride from decaf coffee, here's what nutrition experts want you to know about health benefits and potential risks in coffee. The uproar over methylene chloride in ...