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Position statements

ECSA has written position statements on the following issues concerning the chlorinated solvents industry:

• ISO 14000 and its application to chlorinated solvents
• Occupational Safety and Health Agency's new methylene chloride Occupational Exposure Limit
• International Agency for Research on Cancer's classification of trichloroethylene and perchloroethylene
• Response to UK study on spontaneous abortion in dry cleaning workers exposed to perchloroetylene
• Perchloroethylene and coin-operated dry cleaning machines
• No link between methylene chloride and cancer
• The use of methylene chloride in paint removers
• November 2007 update on the use of methylene chloride in paint removers