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substantial personal inJury or substantial illness during or as a, <br /> proxinate result of any customary or reasonably foreseeable handling or <br /> use, including reasonably fereseeabla ingestion by children.` The Act <br /> further- defines "toxic" in section 2 (g) as "'any substance which has the <br /> capacity to produce. personal injury or illness to man throiugh i <br /> ingestion , fnhalation,, or absorption through any body surface. " <br /> As. previously explained.9 methylene chloride hag the capacity to <br /> u <br /> cause tumors?, central nervous system disorders and affect the structure. <br /> of genes as a result of being. inhaled. This exposure occurs during the <br /> cour. sa of normal foreseeable household use, whether it be when <br /> stripping furniture or using aerosol sprays'. As has been noted , the " a <br /> adverse h_alth conyvquences of mathylene chloride, including the risk <br /> of cancer• , aro indeed' substantial,? <br /> In issui'ng: an order declaring- DCM a, hazardous substance, CFR <br /> additionally, requests the: Commission to proceed. in an expedited <br /> manner, This will allow for enforcemant of themisbranding, provisinnb:.; ;r+ . <br /> of section 2 (p) and thus provide interim protection for consumerS',jAn, <br /> tho: form! of' mandatory warnings regarding the cancer risk as5ncfated <br /> with DCPty while further CPSC actions are considered. <br /> 13, Upon a -Ftn.dirig that DCi4 ina hazardous nut�atanc= petif'ioncar eeelti: <br /> ur•ther- oror.-;.±dinas sGtablishinn DQ1 as a hanned hazargoy+s substance <br /> undsr section 2. (n) ( 1 ) C-R) 15 U.r <br /> q,C:. section I261 ..X <br /> Thin ser-tion- da-fineis a banned hazardous substance as "any hazardous <br /> substancs intundcd, or packaged in a for•m: suitabla, for use in the <br /> G <br /> household , which the Secretary (Commission) by regulation classifiaa as <br /> i "bannod hazardous substance" on tho basisl of a finding that, _. <br /> notwithstanding such cautionary labeling as is or may be required. under <br /> this Actfor that substance, the degree or nature of . the haiard <br />