EPA bans widely used chemicals linked to cancer before Trump takes office

Move to ban TCE and perc, commonly used in everyday products, will make it hard for Trump to undo rules

The US Environmental Protection Agency has banned perc and TCE, toxic chemicals that are widely used in everyday products but strongly linked to cancer and other serious health problems.

The move comes after the first Donald Trump administration killed the process to limit the chemicals’ uses, but the bans make it difficult for the second Trump administration to undo the rules.