All Uses of ‘Camp Lejeune Solvent’ to Be Phased Out by EPA Rule

All consumer, industrial, and commercial uses of trichloroethylene would be phased out under a rule the EPA issued Monday for a solvent the agency has long recognized could be harmful when released into the air and water or onto the land.

Adding commercial restrictions to existing environmental regulations, as the Environmental Protection Agency’s rule (RIN 2070–AK83) does, has been a top priority of the Biden administration due to the deaths and illnesses attributed to the chemical in communities like Woburn, Mass., and made famous through a lawsuit, Anderson v. W.R. Grace & Co., featured in the 1998 ...