The US Department of Defense should overhaul its process for establishing a workplace exposure limit for the chlorinated solvent trichloroethylene (TCE), a Nov. 15 report by a National Academies of ...

Exposure to the industrial solvent trichloroethylene (TCE) and other volatile organic compounds in drinking water raised the risk of Parkinson's disease decades later, an analysis of 158,000 military ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Researchers have postulated that the environmental contaminant trichloroethylene may be contributing to the rise ...

Trichloroethylene (TCE), a chemical found in common cleaning products, industrial solvents, and even dry-cleaning processes, has long been a topic of concern for public health experts. New research ...

An ad hoc committee of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine will review the scientific and technical bases of DOD's approach to developing an occupational exposure level (OEL) ...

This article addresses the evidence that trichloroethylene (TCE) or its metabolites might mediate tumor formation via a mutagenic mode of action. We review and draw conclusions from the published ...

A study will be conducted to review the methods the Department of Defense proposes for determining occupational exposure guidelines for trichloroethylene (TCE) in situations where vapor intrusion is ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Prior research says occupational exposure and TCE-contaminated drinking water may increase Parkinson’s risk.

Industrial solvents are everywhere in the military. Whether you are degreasing machinery or stripping paint, you probably use a chemical that contains a solvent. Exposure to those chemicals, though, ...

Many uses of trichloroethylene (TCE) pose unreasonable health risks to workers and consumers, the US Environmental Protection Agency says in its latest evaluation of the chlorinated solvent. The draft ...