Men employed in the fur industry also proved to be at risk, possibly related to use of dyes or chemicals such as trichloroethylene. |
Even dry-cleaning fluid, which is generally trichloroethylene, can be made from acetylene. |
But many other chemicals linked to reproductive health problems, including xylene, trichloroethylene, phenols, and acetone, remain in use. |
Poplar plants have already been used to remove atrazine, trichloroethylene and selenium from polluted soils. |
The same applies to the solvents, save that chloroform and trichloroethylene were handled only in small quantities for laboratory use. |
Contaminated groundwater tainted with trichloroethylene is to blame for the toxic fumes, which are entering homes through their basements. |