How Does the PCE Contamination in Peachtree Drinking Water Affect Me?
Peachtree Residents: Read on for information about how PCE contamination in
your drinking water may affect your health.
According to the Agency for
Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, PCE--also called Tetrachloroethylene and
perchloroethylene--is a manufactured chemical that is widely used for dry
cleaning of fabrics and for metal-degreasing. It is also used to make other
chemicals and is used in some consumer products.
When you bring clothes
from the dry cleaners, they will release small amounts of tetrachloroethylene
into the air. When you drink water containing tetrachloroethylene, you are
exposed to it. High concentrations of tetrachloroethylene (particularly in
closed, poorly ventilated areas) can cause dizziness, headache, sleepiness,
confusion, nausea, difficulty in speaking and walking, unconsciousness, and
death.
Irritation may result from repeated or extended skin contact with
it. These symptoms occur almost entirely in work (or hobby) environments when
people have been accidentally exposed to it. In industry, most workers are
exposed to levels lower than those causing obvious nervous system effects. The
health effects of breathing in air or drinking water with low levels of
tetrachloroethylene are not known.
The Department of Health and Human
Services (DHHS) has determined that tetrachloroethylene may reasonably be
anticipated to be a carcinogen. Tetrachloroethylene has been shown to cause
liver tumors in mice and kidney tumors in male rats.
If you are a current
or former resident of Peachtree who has been affected by PCE, TCE or any other
pollutant, we may be able to help. Please fill out the form below for a free
lawsuit evaluation. We will be in touch shortly.
Weitz & Luxenberg is no longer accepting Peachtree, NC cases.
see also:
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