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- Title
Fatalities due to dichloromethane in paint strippers: a continuing problem.
- Authors
Macisaac, Julia; Harrison, Robert; Krishnaswami, Janani; McNary, Jennifer; Suchard, Jeffrey; Boysen-Osborn, Megan; Cierpich, Hank; Styles, Laura; Shusterman, Dennis
- Abstract
Exposure to dichloromethane (DCM or methylene chloride - CH₂ Cl₂ ) in paint strippers continues to be an avoidable source of morbidity and mortality. DCM has been under regulatory scrutiny by occupational and consumer product agencies since the identification of its carcinogenicity in the mid-1980s.
- Publication
American journal of industrial medicine, 2013, Vol 56, Issue 8, p907
- ISSN
1097-0274
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1002/ajim.22167