tce
- n a heavy colorless highly toxic liquid used as a solvent to clean electronic components and for dry cleaning and as a fumigant; causes cancer and liver and lung damage
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- Common solvent linked to liver cancer risk
By Kathryn Doyle NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Scandinavian workers exposed to a common industrial cleaning fluid showed higher risk for developing cancers of the liver, kidneys and cervix in a large new study. Trichloroethylene, or TCE, is a chemical solvent that has already been shown to cause cancer in animals when inhaled or absorbed through the skin in large amounts. ...
June 6, 2013 - Reuters via Yahoo! News
Quotes
- Elizabeth Dole in Charlotte Observer
Drinking water contaminated with TCE can lead to serious health problems and even terminal illness for those exposed, particularly babies in utero, infants and children,Dole said in a written statement. "We can and must take the necessary... - Jim Leach in Washington Post
The fact that we even have anything other than TCE is a reflection on judgment, which was deeply lacking,Leach said. - Maurice Hinchey in Press & Sun-Bulletin
Hinchey said in a statement Thursday that "the IBM work force provides us with an extraordinary sample study of men and women who were unfortunately exposed to TCE and now we have a federal agency primed to investigate just how these workers were...