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Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects Wikidata item; Appearance. move to sidebar hide ... log 10 of Trichloroethylene vapor pressure. Uses formula: ...
OEHHA's research was critical in passing legislation to ban toxic phthalates from children's toys in California. OEHHA was the first agency to identify second-hand tobacco smoke as a causal factor in breast cancer in young women. California's ban on two widely used toxic flame retardants was supported by OEHHA's research. The California ban led ...
[5] [7] In 2020, the United States Environmental Protection Agency stated that "tetrachloroethylene exposure may harm the nervous system, liver, kidneys, and reproductive system, and may be harmful to unborn children", and reported that numerous toxicology agencies regard it as a carcinogen. [8]
Trichloroethylene (TCE) is a halocarbon with the formula C 2 HCl 3, commonly used as an industrial metal degreasing solvent. It is a clear, colourless, non-flammable, volatile liquid with a chloroform-like pleasant mild smell [3] and sweet taste. [9] Its IUPAC name is trichloroethene. Trichloroethylene has been sold under a variety of trade names.
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), exposure to TCE at high levels can cause: Kidney cancer. Increased risks of non-Hodgkin lymphoma. Increased risks of liver cancer.
Two dangerous chemicals commonly used in dry cleaning have been banned by the Environmental Protection Agency.. The colorless solvents, known as Perc or PCE and TCE, can cause kidney cancer and ...
Legislation could force the EPA to establish a health advisory and a national public drinking water regulation to limit trichloroethylene. [9] The 1998 film A Civil Action dramatizes the EPA lawsuit Anne Anderson, et al., v. Cryovac, Inc. concerning trichloroethylene contamination that occurred in Woburn, Massachusetts in the 1970s and 1980s.
The ban involves trichloroethylene, or TCE, a cancer-causing chemical that is common in manufacturing and can be found in water sources and properties around the world, as well as all consumer ...