[CPEO-BIF] PCE in dry-cleaning

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Some Dry Cleaners Told to Phase Out Toxic Solvent

By Juliet Eilperin
Washington Post
July 15, 2006

The Environmental Protection Agency tightened public health standards 
for dry cleaners yesterday, saying that cleaning shops in residential 
buildings must stop using a toxic solvent in their machines by 2020.

Administration officials said the new restrictions on perchloroethylene, 
or perc, a hazardous air pollutant, would reduce Americans' exposure to 
a chemical linked to cancer and neurological damage. But 
environmentalists said the rule did not go far enough, since it will 
take years to phase out machines using the harmful solvent.

About 28,000 dry cleaners across the country, many in major cities such 
as New York and Washington, use perc in the wash cycle to clean clothes. 
Of the total, 1,300 operate in residential buildings.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/07/14/AR2006071401366.html?sub=AR

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Lenny Siegel
Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
c/o PSC, 278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
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