Move to ban TCE and perc, commonly used in everyday products, will make it hard for Trump to undo rules

Summary

The EPA has banned TCE and perc, toxic chemicals linked to cancer, liver and kidney damage, and other severe health issues.

Widely used in dry cleaning, degreasers, and consumer products, these substances have contaminated groundwater and air, particularly near military bases.

The ban, which reverses Trump-era rollbacks and surpasses Obama-era proposals, has been welcomed by public health advocates but opposed by industry groups.

The four-year timeline to undo the ban makes it difficult for the incoming Trump administration to reverse, despite its intent to loosen chemical regulations.

  • jbk@discuss.tchncs.de
    6·
    16 days ago

    The ban would take about four years to undo, making it difficult for the Trump administration to reverse.

    • queermunist she/her@lemmy.ml
      65·
      16 days ago

      Am I supposed to believe that? They can just break the law. They control the Court.

      The point of doing this years ago would be to get people used to the ban, so it’d already be locked in by inertia. Companies would have already made the shift and the public would be used to these protections.

      This is politics, not bureaucracy.