Two dangerous chemicals commonly used in dry cleaning have been banned by the Environmental Protection Agency. The colorless solvents, known as Perc or PCE and TCE, can cause kidney cancer and other ...

Editor’s note: This is the first in a three-part series on the environmental and public health threat posed by decades of pollution from dry cleaning chemicals across California. The deep, crystal ...

In a paper out this week, scientists argue that a common industrial chemical is contributing to Parkinson’s disease. The chemical is called trichloroethylene, or TCE. And while some states have ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – For decades, Oregon dry cleaning businesses have been contributing to a fund that helps cover the cost of cleaning up toxic chemicals. Now, business owners and environmental ...

The federal government is banning a toxic dry-cleaning chemical, leading people to wonder whether it’s safe to dry clean their clothes. The chemical in question is perchloroethylene, commonly referred ...

WASHINGTON (WBAY) - The federal government is banning cancer-causing chemicals used in your dry cleaning and in everyday materials you use like wood cleaners and glues. The Environmental Protection ...

Liver disease is often linked to heavy drinking, obesity, or viral infections. But new research suggests another hidden culprit: a common industrial chemical. A study from Keck Medicine of USC, ...

But a widely used chemical might also contribute to liver scarring, researchers recently reported in the journal Liver International. Exposure to tetrachloroethylene (PCE) might triple the risk of ...

A common and widely used chemical may be fueling the rise of the world's fastest growing brain condition – Parkinson's disease. For the past 100 years, trichloroethylene (TCE) has been used to ...