Industrial solvents are everywhere in the military. Whether you are degreasing machinery or stripping paint, you probably use a chemical that contains a solvent. Exposure to those chemicals, though, ...
HILLSDALE — A former dry cleaning business that left contaminated soil and groundwater when it shut in 1996 has been razed, and the tainted earth will soon be removed and replaced with clean fill. The ...
Detectable PCE was significantly and independently associated with significant liver fibrosis. HealthDay News — Exposure to the volatile organic compound tetrachloroethylene (PCE) is associated with a ...
CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Lakewood’s surprise discovery of tetrachloroethylene underneath stone slabs at the former Lakewood Hospital redevelopment site will cost about $1.72 million to clean up, officials ...
A known carcinogen, Tetrachloroethylene is a chemical often used as a solvent for dry cleaning, and now fugitive traces of PERC can be found in many places around the city, including brownfields in ...
HENRICO COUNTY, Va. (WTVR) -- The Environmental Protection Agency is investigating the groundwater in Sandston in Henrico County. The epicenter of their investigation is between East Williamsburg Road ...
TOMS RIVER - Ocean County health officials are reminding residents with drinking water wells to regularly test their water after traces of tetrachloroethylene — a known human carcinogen — were found ...
The associations between exposure to organic solvents and the incidence of and mortality from cancer have been investigated extensively in a number of industries and occupations, including ...
Georgetown’s water is treated and safe to drink, officials say, but high levels of toxic chemicals remain in the groundwater, according to the Environmental Protection Agency. The agency says a square ...
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's commerce ministry said on Thursday it would keep levying anti-dumping tax on tetrachloroethylene imported from the European Union and United States until May 30, 2020, ...
For detectable versus undetectable tetrachloroethylene, the absolute risk difference in the predicted probability of significant liver fibrosis was 27.7%. HealthDay News — Exposure to the volatile ...