How to Use trichloroethylene in a Sentence

trichloroethylene

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  • The team was dispatched to the business at 82 South St. and was able to contain the trichloroethylene spill, Mieth said.
    — Shannon Larson, BostonGlobe.com, 22 Nov. 2019
  • Ripon was once home to a Nestle plant that used trichloroethylene, or TCE, to decaffeinate coffee until the 1970s.
    — CBS News, 19 July 2019
  • So far, preliminary test results show no evidence of trichloroethylene, or TCE, in the air.
    — Jill Tucker, SFChronicle.com, 26 Feb. 2020
  • Most of the options come with slipcovers that can be machine-washed on warm (but should not be tumble dried) or dry cleaned (in any solvent except trichloroethylene).
    — Kristina McGuirk, Better Homes & Gardens, 14 Mar. 2023
  • In the 1980s, trichloroethylene, a common degreasing solvent and suspected carcinogen, was found in the wells.
    — Deanna Weniger, Twin Cities, 11 Nov. 2019
  • The chemicals stored at the plant included cyanide, chromium, nickel, chloride, trichloroethylene, and various acids and bases that were used as part of the plating process.
    — Steve Pepple, Detroit Free Press, 30 Dec. 2019
  • Gerbera Daisy Add cheer to your interior with this colorful daisy, which has been found to remove formaldehyde, benzene and trichloroethylene from the air.
    — Amanda Garrity, Good Housekeeping, 22 Apr. 2023
  • Water Gremlin has been cited for releasing excessive amounts of TCE, or trichloroethylene, into the air for 17 years.
    — Ryan Faircloth, Twin Cities, 6 Sep. 2019
  • In March, the company paid $7 million in penalty fees because of another form of pollution — the solvent trichloroethylene, or TCE.
    — Bob Shaw, Twin Cities, 31 Oct. 2019
  • While all plants are adept at soaking up carbon dioxide, NASA found that some plants go the extra mile by absorbing toxins like benzene, formaldehyde, and trichloroethylene through their leaves and roots.
    — Cam Wolf, GQ, 24 Oct. 2017
  • Tests have shown that trichloroethylene, or TCE, which is a degreaser, contaminated the soil, bled into the groundwater and vaporized into the air.
    — Sarah Bahari, Dallas News, 9 Aug. 2023
  • In 2017, department officials announced plans to test the air near Entek, a battery parts manufacturer in Lebanon, for the cancer-causing solvent trichloroethylene.
    — oregonlive, 8 Oct. 2022
  • Water Gremlin, which makes fishing sinkers and battery terminals, has been cited for releasing excessive trichloroethylene — or TCE — for 17 years.
    — Bob Shaw, Twin Cities, 16 Aug. 2019
  • Another is trichloroethylene, which is used to make a refrigerant chemical and remove grease from metal parts and is associated with cancers of the liver, kidneys and blood.
    — Eric Lipton, New York Times, 7 June 2018
  • The sites came to the attention of the EPA after groundwater testing in the area revealed that toxic chemicals—notably, a solvent called trichloroethylene—were present, possibly from leaking pipes or underground storage tanks.
    — Tatiana Schlossberg, The Atlantic, 22 Sep. 2019
  • But one of the common triggers is suspected to be exposure to the carcinogen trichloroethylene, which is used in dry-cleaning processes, pesticides, household cleaning wipes and paint removers, among other products.
    — oregonlive, 8 Apr. 2021
  • Study authors warn that exposure to trichloroethylene was and continues to be widespread, possibly involving millions of people worldwide.
    — Scott Lafee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 July 2023
  • This included reevaluating plans to ban certain uses of two chemicals that have caused dozens of deaths or severe health problems: methylene chloride and trichloroethylene, both of which have been used by Momentive employees.
    — Ian Frisch, Longreads, 16 Apr. 2018
  • Past sampling of materials at the site revealed high concentrations of hazardous chemicals linked to cancer, such as benzene, ethylbenzene and trichloroethylene.
    — Washington Post, 19 Sep. 2017
  • Unsafe levels of the carcinogen trichloroethylene, or TCE, have forced the evacuation of two Milwaukee-area apartment developments this year, prompting questions from residents about where the toxic chemical is found in the region.
    — Andrew Hahn, Journal Sentinel, 16 Aug. 2023
  • Residents may have been exposed to toxicants including dry-cleaning agent tetrachloroethylene; solvent trichloroethylene; benzene, which is commonly used in plastics, dyes, and detergents; and vinyl chloride, a gas used to make plastics.
    — Jamie Ducharme, Time, 16 Nov. 2022
  • The primary concern is something called trichloroethylene, which is used in industrial and commercial processes and found in furniture care products and automotive brake cleaners, according to the EPA.
    — Karl Schneider, The Indianapolis Star, 24 May 2022
  • Those issues include lead in local drinking water, tailpipe emissions in trucks and contamination from trichloroethylene and polyfluorinated substances that are now ubiquitous in humans and animals, Mr. Bapna said.
    — Ralph Vartabedian, New York Times, 8 Nov. 2023
  • The chemical implicated in the drinking water contamination, trichloroethylene, also known as TCE, can cause sudden death or kidney cancer if a person is exposed to high levels and other neurological harm even at lower exposures over a long period.
    — Eric Lipton, New York Times, 16 Mar. 2023
  • Investigators sampled the contents of the drums and plastic containers at the 5-acre site, revealing hazardous materials and carcinogens including flammable chemicals, benzene, toluene, trichloroethylene, lead and polychlorinated biphenyls.
    — jsonline.com, 15 Feb. 2017
  • The deference to local lawmakers evokes what happened with concerns over toxic pollution from Entek International, a Lebanon manufacturer that uses a cancer-causing solvent, trichloroethylene.
    — Rob Davis, The Seattle Times, 21 July 2017

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