Trichloroethylene News

EPA Urges Ban on Chemical Cited in ‘Civil Action’ Movie About Massachusetts City

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency last week proposed banning the cancer-causing chemical trichloroethylene, which can be found in consumer products including automobile brake cleaners, furniture care and arts and crafts spray coating. The move would end a nearly four decade …

EPA Proposes Banning Cancer-Causing Chemical TCE Used in Automotive Care

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Monday proposed banning the cancer-causing chemical trichloroethylene, which can be found in consumer products including automobile brake cleaners, furniture care and arts and crafts spray coating. The move would end a nearly four decade …

Northrop Grumman Knew Chemical Contaminated Missouri Homes: Lawsuit

Defense company Northrop Grumman knew for more than a decade that chemicals from a site it owns near Missouri’s Springfield-Branson Airport were contaminating groundwater in surrounding property, according to a federal lawsuit filed Sept. 29. The lawsuit claims Northrop Grumman, …

Whirlpool to Pay Arkansas Property Owners for Lost Value

Whirlpool has agreed to pay the owners of 49 properties in Arkansas that lost value after it was discovered that a former plant of the appliance-maker had leaked a hazardous chemical into the groundwater for decades. Fort Smith city directors …