The agency is seeking ‘another kick of the can down the road’ to the rules governing the use of perchloroethylene and carbon ...

The agency wants to postpone worker protection deadlines while it mulls changes to rules for perchloroethylene, carbon tetrachloride and other risky chemicals. EPA proposed extending worker protection ...

The EPA expects to propose a revised perchloroethylene rule this summer, and finalize it in 2027, the agency told a federal appeals court Thursday. The Environmental Protection Agency provided the ...

Household cleaning supplies on a kitchen stovetop, including spray bottles, a sponge, cleaning cloths, and purple rubber gloves. - SergeyKlopotov/Shutterstock ...

A federal appeals court temporarily halted a lawsuit challenging a Biden-era rule that banned all consumer and many commercial and industrial uses of perchloroethylene. The US Court of Appeals for the ...

When you send your clothes out to be dry cleaned, the main downside you might consider is probably the cost. But a new study suggests that a chemical used by some dry cleaners could make factoring in ...

Two toxic chemicals, trichloroethylene (TCE) and perchloroethylene (PCE), have been partially banned by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), according to a statement released on Monday. All ...

A chemical widely used for dry cleaning, degreasing industrial equipment, and production of fluorinated refrigerants poses unreasonable health risks to workers and consumers, the US Environmental ...

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The EPA has banned the use of perchloroethylene in dry cleaning processes. The chemical will be phased out over a 10 year period. The EPA has banned all uses of tricholoroethylene (TCE) and most uses ...