Trichloroethylene

...in the nuclear-weapons program. At the main site in Livermore, a plume of underground water contaminated with solvents, mainly trichloroethylene and perchloroethylene, as well as tritium and chromium, has migrated several hundred feet past...

In this article: Livermore, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Uranium, Plutonium, Northern California, California, and Environmental Protection Agency

...to remove harmful VOCs or volatile organic compounds from indoor air. These VOCs [including benzene, xylene, hexane, heptane, octane, decane, trichloroethylene (TCE), and methylene chloride] have been shown to cause illnesses in people...

In this article: Hedera helix, Benzene, Octane, Insecticide, Purple Heart, Decane, Alpha-pinene, and Hexane

The new conclusions regarding Armstrong's role have led to a renewed commitment by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to clean up the trichloroethylene and other contamination coming from the former naval ordnance landfill, Wendel said. The...

In this article: EPA, Pollution, Hazardous waste, and E mail

...of chemicals were among the highest ever seen in a large, public water system, scientists say. The organic solvent and degreaser trichloroethylene, a suspected carcinogen, was found at 1,400 parts per billion at a base hospital tap, 1,148...

In this article: EPA, Cancer, and Breast cancer

...each. Total cleanup costs are projected to cost $400 million, according to corps spokeswoman Candice Walters. The problem is a chemical called trichloroethylene, or TCE, which was used to keep missiles clean and ready to rumble on short...

In this article: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, U.S. Air Force, Colorado, and Wyoming

...costs are projected to cost $400 million, according to corps spokeswoman Candice Walters. </p><p>The problem is a chemical called trichloroethylene, or TCE, which was used to keep missiles clean and ready to rumble on short notice. Long...

In this article: Pollution, California, Nike, Nike missile, Cancer, and International Agency for Research on Cancer

...in Iraq and contaminated water. Partain said that during his mother's pregnancy, the family was exposed to high levels of tetrachloroethylene, trichloroethylene, dichloroethylene, benzene and vinyl chloride in the tap water at the military...

In this article: Breast cancer, Iraq, Kay Hagan, and Sodium dichromate

...highly contaminated" -- and added the word "solvents," with an exclamation point. In August 1982, the experts found one sample with levels of trichloroethylene, a degreaser believed to cause cancer, of 1,400 parts per billion. Today's EPA...

In this article: Cancer, VA, Breast cancer, and EPA