Michal Freedhoff, EPA assistant administrator for the Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention, said the bans will protect workers, consumers and residents from the chemical’s harms.

The Environmental Protection Agency has moved to ban two chemicals commonly used in everyday products, such as dry-cleaning materials, that have been found to cause cancer and a number of other ...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Monday proposed banning the chemical trichloroethylene, a move that would end a nearly four decade battle to ban the cancer-causing chemical known as TCE.

Mechanic David Stoliaruk works the internal combustion engine of a car at IC Auto in Philadelphia, May 2, 2023. The EPA this week announced bans on two chemicals used in home and workplace settings.

The US Environmental Protection Agency proposes to ban all uses of trichloroethylene (TCE) a cancer-causing chemical that is common in manufacturing and can be found in thousands of water sources ...

EPA bans most uses of cancer-causing chemical used as paint stripper by Rachel Frazin - 04/30/24 10:42 AM ET. by Rachel Frazin - 04/30/24 10:42 AM ET.

Environment EPA bans two cancer-causing chemicals used in everyday products. Michal Freedhoff, EPA assistant administrator for the Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention, said the bans ...

The Environmental Protection Agency has moved to ban two chemicals commonly used in everyday products, such as dry-cleaning materials, that have been found to cause cancer and a number of other ...

(The Hill) — The Biden administration on Tuesday banned most uses of a toxic chemical used as a paint stripper. Long-term exposure to the chemical, methylene chloride, can cause cancers of the ...

She said it was unacceptable to continue to allow cancer-causing chemicals to be used in consumer products. Still, Freedhoff called the TCE ban the most significant of her career at the agency.

Michal Freedhoff, EPA assistant administrator for the Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention, said the bans will protect workers, consumers and residents from the chemical’s harms. She ...