[CPEO-BIF] Illinois dry cleaners

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

Cleaners struggle to keep land clean

By SUSAN DeMAR LAFFERTY
Chicago Sun-Times News Group (IL)
August 3, 2009

Dave Betscher has been in the dry cleaning business for 25 years and 
prides himself on his squeaky clean record. He's not just referring to 
the clothes he handles but more importantly to his environmental efforts.

Recent news about Crestwood's municipal well being tainted by dry 
cleaning chemicals has given his industry "a black eye," he said. "It's 
enough to scare anyone."

Unfortunately, when Betscher bought Plaza Cleaners in Frankfort in 1992, 
he was not aware of previous ground pollution, he said.

That contamination and similar contamination found outside the 
50-year-old Hutchins Cleaners in New Lenox is no risk to public or 
private wells in Frankfort or New Lenox, according to the Illinois 
Environmental Protection Agency.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.suburbanchicagonews.com/heraldnews/news/1697409,4_1_JO03_CLEAN_S1-090803.article

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
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