Methylene Chloride

Methylene chloride burns.

A young man was asked to clean out the residues of an acetate methylene chloride mixture from the sides and bottom of an open vessel some 3ft (1 m) in diameter and 3ft 6ins (1-2 m) deep. He was instructed to use a detergent, hot water, scrubbing brush, and a scraper for the job, but as he had seen the maintenance engineer cleaning the pipework of acetate residue with methylene chloride, he deci...

Measurement of methylene chloride.

I read with great interest the paper ‘Characteristics of peaks of inhalation exposure to organic solvents’ (Preller et al., 2004). I noticed that the authors used the MiniRAE Plus Professional Photoionization Detector (PID) (RAE Systems USA) to measure the total organic solvents exposure. My company, Shawcity Ltd, has represented RAE Systems in the UK for 10 years, and we are therefore very fam...

New rules for methylene chloride.

Background: Dogs have the second largest number of genetic diseases, after humans. Among the diseases present in dogs, progressive retinal atrophy has been reported in more than a hundred breeds. In some of them, the mutation has been identified and genetic tests have allowed the identification of carriers, thus enabling a drastic reduction in the incidence of the disease. The Finnish lapphund ...

Methylene chloride poisoning in a cabinet worker.

More than a million workers are at risk for methylene chloride exposure. Aerosol sprays and paint stripping may also cause significant nonoccupational exposures. After methylene chloride inhalation, significant amounts of carbon monoxide are formed in vivo as a metabolic by-product. Poisoning predominantly affects the central nervous system and results from both carboxyhemoglobin formation and ...

Development Support Document for Methylene Chloride