Article: Dry cleaning risks/safer alternatives.(Health Risks & Environmental Issues)

Article: Proposed perc phaseout rule delayed. (Markets).
Chemical Market Reporter;  November 18, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... first regulation barring perc. It would phase out ... officials contend that perc should be eliminated ... cleaning solvent poses health risks to dry cleaning workers ... Scaqmd is overstating the health risks of perc and that alternative ...

Article: Perc phaseout in California could have a nationwide ...
Chemical Market Reporter;  December 16, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... 2007, all dry cleaners using perc must have state-of-the-art ... to reduce their maximum monthly perc usage to meet the rule's 25 in ... say the AQMD is overstating the health risks of perc and charge that alternative cleaning ...

Article: SCAQMD leaves door open for perc. (News).(South Coast Air ...
Chemical Market Reporter;  January 6, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... their earlier estimates of perc emissions and the resulting ... discrepancies in estimates of perc emissions from dry cleaning ... SCAQMD's estimate of potential health risks from the dry cleaning industry's use of perc--the foundation of its phaseout ...

Article: NJ Proposes Perc Phaseout.
Chemweek's Business Daily;  December 18, 2007 ;     416 words ... ... did not require a phaseout of perc. The Sierra Club (Washington ... month later for not requiring a perc phaseout, saying it reflects ... toxics program. EPA classifies perc as a possible human carcinogen ... may result in unacceptable health risks." [Copyright 2006 Access ...

Article: EPA falls short in regulating perc according to enviro ...
Hazardous Waste Superfund Week;  December 1, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... cleaning chemical perchloroethylene (perc), according to a lawsuit filed ... Circuit to order EPA to review the health risks caused by perc emissions and set standards to ... and respiratory systems. EPA set perc emission standards in 1993, but ...

Article: OSHA releases new perc protection pamphlet.(TALK OF THE ...
American Drycleaner;  May 1, 2005 ;     443 words ... ... guidance on reducing worker exposures to perc. Alongside information on the health risks associated with perc and current regulations, "Reducing Worker ... cool before maintenance, and the use of perc-free spotting agents. The booklet also ...

Article: CARB moves to ban perc throughout California.(AROUND THE ...
American Drycleaner;  July 1, 2006 ;     468 words ... ... developing a plan to eliminate perc use in drycleaning. The board ... nation to pass a full ban on perc in drycleaning. California ... counties to gradually eliminate perc by 2020. The California Cleaners ... HSIA) that showed no increased health risks from using pert. "The numbers ...