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==Safety== A product's [[material safety data sheet]] can provides more safety information than its product [[label]]s. Many traditional paint strippers were or are based on [[dichloromethane]], which can pose serious health risks<ref>MacIsaac, J., Harrison, R., Krishnaswami, J., McNary, J., Suchard, J., Boysen-Osborn, M., Cierpich, H., Styles, L. and Shusterman, D. (2013), "Fatalities due to dichloromethane in paint strippers: A continuing problem". ''Am. J. Ind. Med.'' doi: 10.1002/ajim.22167 http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ajim.22167/abstract?deniedAccessCustomisedMessage=&userIsAuthenticated=false accessed 6/1/2013</ref> and is banned in the United States and European Union for consumer use.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Regulation - 1907/2006 - EN - REACH - EUR-Lex |url=https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2006/1907/oj |access-date=2025-05-03 |website=eur-lex.europa.eu |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Final Rule on Regulation of Methylene Chloride in Paint and Coating Removal for Consumer Use |date=22 August 2019 |publisher=United States Environmental Protection Agency |url=https://www.epa.gov/assessing-and-managing-chemicals-under-tsca/final-rule-regulation-methylene-chloride-paint-and }}</ref> Despite this, deaths from dichloromethane are extremely rare at fewer than 2.4 cases per year<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Hoang|first1=Anh|last2=Fagan|first2=Kathleen|last3=Cannon|first3=Dawn L.|last4=Rayasam|first4=Swati D. G.|last5=Harrison|first5=Robert|last6=Shusterman|first6=Dennis|last7=Singla|first7=Veena|date=2021-06-01|title=Assessment of Methylene Chloride–Related Fatalities in the United States, 1980-2018|url=https://doi.org/10.1001/jamainternmed.2021.1063|journal=JAMA Internal Medicine|volume=181|issue=6|pages=797–805|doi=10.1001/jamainternmed.2021.1063|pmid=33871539 |pmc=8056315 |issn=2168-6106}}</ref> and associated mostly with users applying large amounts in confined, poorly ventilated spaces. When applied in reasonable amounts and with typical levels of ventilation, or outdoors, it is generally safe to use. Removing old [[lead-based paint]] can disperse lead and cause [[lead poisoning]], leading several US workplace and environmental regulations to address removal of old paint that could contain lead.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.fs.fed.us/t-d/pubs/htmlpubs/htm07732330/ |title=Lead-Based Paint: Planning Your Paint Removal Project |last1=Beckley |first1=Bob |last2=Groenier |first2=James |work=T&D Pubs |publisher=United States Forest Service |date=December 2007 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190202210158/https://www.fs.fed.us/t-d/pubs/htmlpubs/htm07732330/ |archive-date=2019-02-02}}</ref>
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