The US Environmental Protection Agency on Monday banned the use of two ubiquitous cancer-causing solvents that activists have been targeting for decades.

The clothes you drop off at the dry cleaners are going to be handled a little differently now that the EPA has issued a ban on two chemicals that are commonly used for stain removal.

Michal Freedhoff, EPA assistant administrator for the Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention, said the bans will protect workers, consumers and residents from the chemical’s harms.