EPA’s Toxic Chemical Findings Spur Call to Act Before Rules (1)

Companies that use two grease removers should act now to reduce the liability, worker, and consumer risks the chemicals are raising, because they could be held accountable while EPA takes up to four years to decide how it will regulate them, corporate defense attorneys say.

The Environmental Protection Agency determined in recent months that factory, oil and gas workers, auto repair staff, and consumers working with the two solvents—methylene chloride and 1-bromopropane—face too high a risk of health problems ranging from headaches to reduced fertility, cancer, and sudden death.

Made in a “final risk evaluation,” those conclusions mean the EPA ...