Bathtub refinishing chemical linked to U.S. deaths

Friday, February 24, 2012 - 16:00 in Health & Medicine

Methylene chloride, a chemical commonly found in furniture paint strippers and widely used in Canada despite it being considered "probably carcinogenic to humans," has been linked to the deaths of 13 workers refinishing bathtubs in the United States.

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