November 2024
The Brian Grant Foundation and Davis Phinney Foundation applaud the final rule of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) banning the manufacture, processing, distribution, import, and disposal of trichloroethylene (TCE). As stated by the EPA, TCE presents an unreasonable risk to human health, including up to a 500% increased risk of Parkinson’s disease. As organizations that care deeply about the Parkinson’s community that we serve, we are alarmed by the unprecedented growth in the number of people living with the disease. Banning TCE is an important step to addressing this unprecedented growth and we are hopeful that it provides a path to banning other harmful chemicals linked to Parkinson’s disease, including paraquat.
