Press/Media
Speech by Graham Watson MEP (ALDE-ADLE) on :
Dangerous substances and preparations (dichloromethane / aka Methylene Chloride)
September 2009 – Neighbourhood Watch GO Graffiti Go!
Neighbourhood Watch London, Ontario, Canada invites you and your neighbours to continue to keep London graffiti-free. YES, we can take our city back from graffiti vandals. Neighbourhood Watch London offers a FREE bottle of Graffiti-Go spray, a non-toxic, environmentally friendly graffiti removal product that can be used on almost any surface. Just spray, wait for a few minutes and wipe the graffiti clean. Some porous surfaces may require scrubbing with a brush. However, the results are dramatic. Clean walls, post boxes, benches and other graffiti defaced property near your home or business. Neighbourhood Watch London will have bottles of Graffiti-Go available, even during the winter, in order to keep London clean and safe.... Read More....
March 2008 – Traditional Homes & Interiors
Guide to how to strip paint and stay safe with a non-DCM paint stripper or water-based product such as Home Strip® from Eco Solutions Ltd because in recent years the consumer has become more demanding in terms of the environment and their family’s well-being... Read More....
Bristol Colloid Centre Annual Review 2007/2008
We live in a world which is becoming increasingly aware of global ecology and our environment, and how this is changing at international, national and individual levels....Read More...
BBC Watchdog report in 1996
Summary: British Do-it-yourself (DIY) stores should know that toxic ingredients in varnish- & paint removers and brush cleaners - often well known products - can damage the health of their customers. Nitromors® Paint Remover, Nitromors ® Varnish Remover, Polystrippa ® All Purpose Paint Remover and Polycell ® Brush Restorer contain dichloromethane that carries the possible risk of irreversible health effects. This means that it may cause cancer if used over a long period of time. The EC officially classifies dichloromethane as a cancer causing agent. Also methanol is to be found in these products, and can also cause irreversible effects, such as destroying the optic nerve. People regularly using these chemicals e.g. painters and decorators are more at risk, but the French are of the opinion that these chemicals are so dangerous to the average DIYer that they should be locked in cabinets, In fact the retail staff has to inform customers on how to use them safely before they can buy them. In the UK, on the other hand, virtually incomprehensible labels are used, which require a PHD in chemistry in order to understand them...Read more...
Eascr (European Association of safer coatings removal) founder members
Raising awareness of alternatives: Seven leading European producers of user-friendly of paint stripping and cleaning products have founded EASCR- European Association for safer Coatings Removal...Read more...
"Eco Solutions joins forces with British Telecom"
Dealing with the British Telecom Cotton Braided Cable hazard of airborne lead particles...Read more...
"Say no to methylene chloride"
Paint stripping is undergoing a face-lift with the development of safe alternatives to systems that contain methylene chloride...Read more...
"The choice of a paint stripper"
Paint strippers will always be in demand-after all, before a new coat can be applied, the old paint needs to be stripped...Read more...
"How to stay safe when stripping paint"
In recent years the consumer has become more demanding in terms of the environment and their family’s well-being which has been reflected in a wide range of areas such as the growth of low odour paints & varnishes, natural products, organic foods, fair trade products, etc. etc...Read more...
