they're killing us on TCE at a time

The LAT fronts the first of a two-part investigation showing an EPA study concluding a few years ago that a chemical—trichloroethylene or TCE—that has contaminated loads of groundwater is more dangerous than previously thought. The EPA began to consider tighter standards for exposure to TCE, at which point the Pentagon—one-time heavy TCE users—lobbied, the White House backed them, and the tighter regs withered.