A common cleaning chemical has quietly permeated groundwater, air, and everyday products, raising concerns about its long-term impact on human health. A widely used industrial chemical may be contributing to the rapid rise of the world’s fastest-growing brain condition: Parkinson’s disease. Tr
  • slothrop@lemmy.caEnglish
    21·
    6 days ago

    Trichloroethylene (TCE) has been widely used for more than a century in products and processes ranging from metal degreasing to fabric cleaning and even coffee decaffeination. Its use peaked in the United States in the 1970s, when more than 600 million pounds were produced annually, about two pounds per person.

    • gibmiser@lemmy.world
      12·
      6 days ago

      Coffee decaffeination? Not great news for decaffe drinkers. Class action for decaffe drinkers with Parkinsons…

      • CompactFlax@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
        16·
        5 days ago

        It should be noted that in decaffeination and dry cleaning the solvents are supposed to be reclaimed at an extremely high rate. It’s mostly people who work with it in this scenarios that would be impacted.

        But dry cleaning is usually a small business and they’ll miss maintenance, etc.