MEPS BAN DICHLOROMETHANE IN PAINT-STRIPPERS
January 1st, 2009
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Parliament has approved a law banning dichloromethane in paint strippers used by consumers and many professionals across the European Union (EU). Under its terms, paint-strippers containing dichloromethane in concentrations exceeding 0.1% shall not be sold new within 18 months nor supplied as old stock two-and-a-half years from now. It shall not be used by most professionals from three years' hence, although member states can allow specially-trained professionals to use such paint strippers under tightly controlled ...
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