EPA bans TCE, PCE chemicals

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced it has banned two carcinogenic chemicals used in cleaning products and other common household.The chemicals — trichloroethylene (TCE) and perchloroethylene (PCE or perc) — are said to cause multiple kinds of cancers and damage to the kidney, liver and immune and nervous systems at high exposure levels. The EPA’s bans against the s...

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