From Sci Tech Daily: Common Cleaning Chemical Could Triple Your Risk of a Dangerous Liver Disease.
Most people associate liver disease with heavy drinking or obesity. But researchers are increasingly uncovering another possible threat hiding in everyday life: industrial chemicals that can linger in the air we breathe, the water we drink, and even the clothes we pick up from the dry cleaner.
A new study published in Liver International points to tetrachloroethylene (PCE), a chemical widely used in dry cleaning and manufacturing, as a potential contributor to serious liver damage. Scientists at Keck Medicine of USC found that people with detectable levels of PCE in their blood were more than three times as likely to have significant liver fibrosis, a dangerous buildup of scar tissue that can eventually lead to liver failure, liver cancer, or death. [continue]