Tag: PCE

EPA Announces Final Rules to Ban TCE and PCE

By Lisa Whitley Coleman, EHS Daily Advisor Jan 21, 2025 Chemicals

Updated: Jan 21, 2025

On December 9, 2024, the EPA announced it finalized the latest risk management rules for trichloroethylene (TCE) and perchloroethylene (PCE) under the 2016 Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) amendments. TCE is an extremely toxic chemical known to cause liver cancer, kidney cancer, and non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma. It also causes damage to the central nervous system, liver, […]

EPA Evaluation of Perchloroethylene (PCE) Reveals Many Risks

By William C. Schillaci May 15, 2020 Chemicals

Updated: May 15, 2020

The EPA has released its Draft Risk Evaluation for Perchloroethylene for public comment and peer review. Perchloroethylene (also known as perc or PCE) is the last of the first 10 or priority chemicals for which the Agency must complete risk evaluations. Under the 2016 amendments to the federal Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA), all 10 […]