"Environmental Groups Sue EPA In Bid To Ban Toxic Paint Strippers"

"Environmental groups are suing the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in a bid to ban the sale toxic paint strippers.

Earthjustice, the Natural Resources Defense Council and related groups argue that the agency hasn’t taken sufficient action even though the Toxic Substances Control Act compels the EPA to prohibit paint strippers that contain methylene chloride.

“The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency knows that methylene chloride is killing workers, and it knows that only a ban will protect them," Earthjustice attorney Jonathan Kalmuss-Katz, the main lawyer on the case, said in a Tuesday statement. "Yet the Trump administration is so beholden to the chemical industry that it has chosen to leave workers and consumers in harm’s way.""

Timothy Cama reports for The Hill February 19, 2019.