Tucson-based Sparkle Cleaners, established in 1961, is the latest to transition away from using the traditional dry-cleaning solvent perchloroethylene - known as perc - that the EPA calls a likely ...

Just three months after Southern California’s smog agency adopted landmark regulations phasing out use of its most commonly used dry cleaning solvent, there’s a bill in the Legislature that would ...

At least 17 dry cleaners in northern Bexar County stored 5,500 gallons of solvents this year in the environmentally sensitive area where rain and runoff replenish the Edwards Aquifer, the region's ...

LANSING, Mich. — Michigan State Rep. Julie M. Rogers, of Kalamazoo, introduced a bill that would phase out the usage of a toxic chemical in dry cleaning solvent. Perchloroethylene, also known as PERC ...

It took over three decades, but the federal government finally expanded its list of chemicals too dangerous for Americans to breathe. By one. The Environmental Protection Agency’s decision to add a ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – For decades, Oregon dry cleaning businesses have been contributing to a fund that helps cover the cost of cleaning up toxic chemicals. Now, business owners and environmental ...

TURI work with dry cleaners has been supported by EPA Region 1 Pollution Prevention grant monies in the past. The winter holidays are a busy time for many businesses, including retail stores, grocers, ...

In “How to Get Clothes Clean?” (Oct. 21), Jon Meijer, vice president of the International Fabricare Institute, calls perchloroethylene “fabulous” for its ability to remove stains “without damaging ...

Investigators at a Memphis hazardous waste site discovered "elevated levels" of a toxic dry-cleaning solvent in the aquifer supplying the city with drinking water, a U.S. Environmental Protection ...