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_ 2 _ <br /> primary use. in consursr- products. is in paint. strippers and aerosol spray. paints. <br /> Because of exposure to-methylene: Chloride in. tile industrial,, setting, the Environmental- <br /> Protection Agency earl.ler this year ordered. anexpedited. review of the: chemical,>( The <br /> National: ToxicologyProgram}: a. federal scientific agency charged with review of- toxic <br /> chemicals, has foundt that methylene chloride causes lung., and� liver- tumors in! miceand' <br /> maimnary tumors- In rats.. Approximately. 584 million pounds of methylene chloride are <br /> produce& annually: in the- United'States; with Over' 60 percent of it used' in- aerosol <br /> products ands pains; strio.pers N <br /> "It is. fronic. that' chlor:ocarbons are a priority project. of cpSC this year;, <br /> Yet the Cormnission. has failed to warn tile.public of the known danger associated with <br /> methylene chloride:°' Fise said.. "The Counaission siiould not. ignore the significant: ' <br /> risk pssadi by, methylene chloride and- leave cornsuuiers- to defend• themselves from+ tiie <br /> chemical 's toxic. fumes' Warning, eonsunlers. of the cancer. risks and' examining; l.imita <br /> tions Of the Chffmicalf's. use ill; consumer- products should be a tope concern of the: Com- ' <br /> mission this Fali .;h� <br /> As a:.coal ition: of more than, 200, pro consumer arganiiatians„ tine Consumer- <br /> Federation; of America is- tiie nation?s largest:consumer advocacy.organization: <br /> Its chief role is. to represent the consuuxer, interest before the• U.S.. Congress <br /> and the Federal regulatory agencies. Indoor -air quality has been designated <br /> as the Federation's numtier one. health and: safoQ1 priority for 1585.\/ <br />