Definitions
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- noun
dichloroethene
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Examples
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During the time of my mother's pregnancy, we were exposed to high levels of perchloroethylene, trichloroethylene, dichloroethylene, benzene and bino-chloride in the tap water provided to my family by the Marine Corps.
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It is unclear if anyone got sick from drinking water from the well, which is contaminated with two chemicals related to a common dry cleaning solvent, vinyl chloride and dichloroethylene.
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It is unclear if anyone got sick from drinking water from the well, which was contaminated with vinyl chloride and dichloroethylene, two chemicals related to the dry cleaning solvent perchloroethylene, or perc.
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A 2009 Tribune investigation found that village officials kept drawing water for more than two decades from the tainted well even though the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency had told them in 1986 that it was contaminated with vinyl chloride and dichloroethylene, toxic chemicals related to the dry-cleaning solvent perchloroethylene, or perc.
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