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i <br /> A Consu erFe a ti®n®l erica <br /> EM3ARGOEO UNTIL_ Tuesday* September 3,. 1985 CONTACT: Mary,= Eilen Fise -_ <br /> (202) 387.5121: <br /> CONSUMER FEDERATION OF AMERICA PETITIONS GOVERNMENT- <br /> HA.RO1 tG CAR I GENIC CHEMICAL <br /> Washington; D.C. -- Consumer Federation of America, the nation's largest consumer•,::.. <br /> advocacy group. today! petitianed the U.S.. Consumer Product Safety Commtssib)V to declare-1 <br /> methyTene chloride a. hazardous: substance and to take action- to protect the public: from :. <br /> its harmful effktsit( <br /> "'There is clear. evidence: that methylene, chloride. is. a carcinogen- and has. other <br /> adverse health consequences;"° said-Mary Ellen• Fise, Product. Safety-.Director for CFA <br /> "Yet, consumers continue to use paint strippers and aerosol paints containing.rthis <br /> chemical and' fail to take protective measures because they are unaware of these risks:x <br /> It is not unconttnon for a.person to usetheir basement.or workroom; where ventilatton <br /> is minimal , to strip paint off furniture and' otl)er products: According to CPSVS own <br /> estimates, this activity, performed'just: once a year causes an increased risk of:3 in <br /> 1•,000: Of getting cancer-, and is: thus: one._ of the highest cancer• risks ever-calculated <br /> for a chemical in a consumer-product."X <br /> CFA has asked CPSC to. inmediateiy declare methylene chloride a hazardous subs- <br /> tance, which under taw wouid: requ-it-e. mandatory labeling informing consumers of the: <br /> cancer r•isk.� "In addition," Fise added," we have requested that the Conmissiml com <br /> mance rulemaking proceedings to ban the substance in consut;*r products o)'. at`a <br /> minimum to declare a maximum amount of methyTene cioride allowed in, any. one consumer _ <br /> prodact,?'• <br /> Methylene chla-ida, a chiorocarbon, is used as a multipurpose solvent) Its <br /> - aver - <br /> 1424 161h Structs NXV ,-Suitc G04 • Wnehingion, D-C. 20x36 [2(12) .167-5121 <br />