This chemical is also used in dry-cleaning and automotive-care products. PERC is known to cause liver, kidney, brain and testicular cancer.

Michal Freedhoff, EPA assistant administrator for the Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention, said the bans will protect workers, consumers and residents from the chemical’s harms.

The chemicals are nonflammable, chlorinated solvents that can be found in cleaning products and dry cleaning processes, and they are linked to a variety of cancers, the EPA said. All uses of TCE ...

The agency is also banning the consumer use of perchloroethylene, also called PERC. This chemical is also used in dry-cleaning and automotive-care products. PERC is known to cause liver, kidney, brain ...