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THE DIRTY DOZEN 2018
Employers Who Put Workers and Communities at Risk
Wynne purchased the Goof Off that killed him at a nearby outlet of Lowe’s Home. Several months earlier, in February, the Safer Chemicals, Healthy Families coalition wrote to Lowe’s CEO Robert Niblock. The coalition asked the giant retailer, one of the largest sellers of home repair products in the world, to identify and remove products containing methylene chloride from the shelves of its 2,300 U.S. stores. To date, Lowe’s has not acted to stop selling this potentially lethal substance.
Methylene chloride poisoning has cost the lives of dozens of workers and consumers. According to the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), 17 workers died over a 15-year period while using stripping products containing methylene chloride to refinish bathtubs. The Center for Public Integrity, a non-profit investigative news organization, found 56
deaths linked to methylene chloride exposure since 1980.