Environmental
Mar. 7, 2012
Updated EPA classification of contaminant may have big impact
The health assessment for a dry cleaning solvent is updated for the first time since 1988. By Warren A. Koshofer of Michelman & Robinson LLP
For decades, federal and state regulatory authorities have been dealing with the issue of various solvents contaminating both the potable and non-potable water beneath the ground surface in California. One of the more frequently encountered contaminants is tetrachloroethylene, which is more commonly known as PCE.
PCE has been used as a dry cleaning solvent for decades and, from the 1940s through at least the 1970s, was also widely...
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