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, ...
Millions of Americans are living with a dry cleaning solvent in their blood, and most have no idea it is there. New research suggests that for the roughly 7% of people with detectable levels of this ...
New research confirms the link between a chemical commonly used in dry cleaning and cancer – although dry cleaners still have nine years to phase it out. Perchloroethylene, also known as perc and PCE, ...
"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." When you send your clothes out to be dry cleaned, the main downside you might consider is probably the ...
The two solvents, known as Perc and TCE, cause kidney cancer and other ailments, and have been the subject of years of controversy. By Hiroko Tabuchi The Environmental Protection Agency on Monday ...
WHAT’S HAPPENING TODAY: Good afternoon and Happy Monday, readers. December is in full swing, with 2025 just over three weeks away. As we gear up for another busy week in our nation’s capital, we’re ...
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 ...