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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A dense, colorless, nonflammable, toxic liquid chlorinated alkene, C2HCl3, used to degrease metals, as an extraction solvent for oils and waxes, as a refrigerant, in dry cleaning, and as a fumigant.
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- noun organic chemistry the
unsaturated chlorinated hydrocarbon C(Cl)2=CHCl used as an industialsolvent
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- noun a heavy colorless highly toxic liquid used as a solvent to clean electronic components and for dry cleaning and as a fumigant; causes cancer and liver and lung damage
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Examples
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•By far, the most common contaminant is a chlorinated solvent called trichloroethylene, or "trike," and its breakdown products -- substances known to cause birth defects and cancer and reaching concentrations thousands of times higher than federal drinking water standards allow.
Space program's environmental cleanup could take decades 2011
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•By far, the most common contaminant is a chlorinated solvent called trichloroethylene, or "trike," and its breakdown products -- substances known to cause birth defects and cancer and reaching concentrations thousands of times higher than federal drinking water standards allow.
Space program's environmental cleanup could take decades 2011
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Department of Education officials closed Bronx New School on Jerome Ave. late last month after finding high levels of a cancer-causing poison called trichloroethylene, or TCE, there.
NY Daily News 2011
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The lawsuits _ a class-action case involving about 200 people and another case filed by the would-be developers of a condominium project _ seek unspecified financial compensation for property that owners say is worthless because of the contamination from a degreaser called trichloroethylene, also known as TCE.
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The Myrtle Beach lawsuits involve AVX's use of a degreaser called trichloroethylene, or TCE, which has been linked with cancer and other illnesses.
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The Myrtle Beach lawsuits involve AVX's use of a degreaser called trichloroethylene, or TCE, which has been linked with cancer and other illnesses.
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The Myrtle Beach lawsuits involve AVX's use of a degreaser called trichloroethylene, or TCE, which has been linked with cancer and other illnesses.
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The Myrtle Beach lawsuits involve AVX's use of a degreaser called trichloroethylene, or TCE, which has been linked with cancer and other illnesses.
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The Myrtle Beach lawsuits involve AVX's use of a degreaser called trichloroethylene, or TCE, which has been linked with cancer and other illnesses.
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The Myrtle Beach lawsuits involve AVX's use of a degreaser called trichloroethylene, or TCE, which has been linked with cancer and other illnesses.
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