Companies using perc in consumer products, such as stain removers, or in industrial processes have under three years to do away with the chemical, the Washington Post reports. Dry cleaners will ...

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

The EPA’s ban includes 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.