EPA Proposes Long-Awaited Ban, On Cancer-Causing TCEs.<br />On October 23, the United States Environmental <br />Protection Agency proposed a ban on a cancer-causing <br />chemical found in an array of consumer products. .<br />On October 23, the United States Environmental <br />Protection Agency proposed a ban on a cancer-causing <br />chemical found in an array of consumer products. .<br />ABC reports that trichloroethylene (TCE) can be found <br />in everything from automobile brake cleaners and furniture <br />care products to spray coatings for arts and crafts.<br />ABC reports that trichloroethylene (TCE) can be found <br />in everything from automobile brake cleaners and furniture <br />care products to spray coatings for arts and crafts.<br />The ban would end nearly forty years of fighting to <br />ban TCE, which can cause neurological harm even <br />at lower exposure levels over a long period of time.<br />At higher levels of exposure, TCE can <br />cause sudden death or kidney cancer.<br />According to the EPA, as much as <br />250 million pounds of TCE are <br />produced by the U.S. every year.<br />In Massachusetts, TCE was linked to contaminated water <br />in the city of Woburn, where two locations were <br />ultimately deemed to be massive Superfund sites.<br />For far too long, <br />TCE has left a toxic legacy <br />in communities across America, Michal Freedhoff, EPA assistant administrator for the Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention, via ABC.<br />Today, EPA is taking a major step to <br />protect people from exposure to <br />this cancer-causing chemical, Michal Freedhoff, EPA assistant administrator for the Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention, via ABC.<br />ABC reports that environmental groups <br />have praised the proposed TCE ban, <br />which would go into effect in 2024.<br />EPA followed the science, <br />listened to impacted communities, <br />and proposed one of the strongest <br />chemical regulations in recent <br />history. Some chemicals <br />are simply too harmful <br />to remain on the market, Jonathan Kalmuss-Katz, Earthjustice Senior Attorney, via ABC
