IT just needs to be carefully handled: trichioroethylene does have a future. (Special Feature).

Dow Chemical Company's Steve Scaysbrook has produced the following overview of the current situation to assist our readers in dealing with the changing legislation surrounding the use of Trichloroethylene.

In the near future, suppliers of trichloroethylene will start applying a new hazard warning label to their products to reflect the change of classification from Category 3 to Category 2 carcinogen recently imposed by the European Union. The new label will carry the skull and cross-bones 'Toxic' hazard symbol to replace the current 'Harmful' St. Andrew's crass, along