perc exposure News

The IAQ Video Network and Cochrane & Associates announced the release of their latest educational video.  Their newest production discusses tetrachloroethylene, more commonly known as PERC, and potential exposure concerns. PERC is a manufactured chemical that has been used for dry cleaning purposes, as a chemical intermediate, metal degreaser and as a ...

Mar. 29, 2015

By Cochrane & Associates, LLC

The San Gabriel Valley Tribune recently published an article about indoor air quality testing that is being conducted by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Over 100 residential homes, commercial properties and recreational facilities have been tested so far for chemical contaminants in the El Monte and South El Monte areas. All of this is a result of concerns about chemicals ...

Jul. 5, 2016

By Clark Seif Clark Inc.

A recent study demonstrated that repeated occupational exposure to certain chemicals increases the risk of Parkinson’s disease, which is a neurological disorder that can cause tremors, stiffness, and impaired movement. Symptoms may worsen to the point where everyday living becomes difficult.   According to a National Institutes of Health (NIH) press release, the study examined the ...

Nov. 21, 2011

By EMSL Analytical, Inc.

During the past 4 years, the U.S. Environmental Protection agency (EPA) has added several sites in Puerto Rico to the Superfund list.  Included in this list are the Cabo Rojo Ground Water Contamination site, the Hormigas Ground Water Plume site and the Corozal Well site.  All three of these additions to the EPA’s Superfund list have been found to contain tetrachloroethylene, ...

May 11, 2015

By Cochrane & Associates, LLC

Today the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) posted the final health assessment for tetrachloroethylene – also known as perchloroethylene, or perc – to EPA’s Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS) database. Perc is a chemical solvent widely used in the dry cleaning industry. It is also used in the cleaning of metal machinery and to manufacture some consumer products ...

Feb. 10, 2012

By US EPA - Environmental Protection Agency

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has approved California’s regulations banning the use of the toxic air contaminant perchloroethylene (PERC) from the state’s dry cleaning operations by 2023. This action means that the current federal regulations will be replaced with California’s more stringent approach, which now can be enforced by the federal EPA and citizens of ...

Mar. 7, 2011

By US EPA - Environmental Protection Agency

SACRAMENTO, California (ENS) - A chemical common in dry cleaning will be phased out over the next 16 years to protect California air quality. The California Air Resources Board, ARB, has adopted regulations that require dry cleaners to replace perchloroethylene, or perc, a solvent used in dry cleaning, with safer alternatives already available on the market by 2023. Perc is listed by ...

Jan. 30, 2007

By Environment News Service (ENS)

Earlier this month, it was reported in the Marin Independent Journal that former business owners of a video store have filed a lawsuit against their past landlords in Fairfax, California.  The suit alleges that the property owners knew of improperly disposed of perchloroethylene at the shopping center by another tenant that operated a dry cleaning business, but did not inform the video store ...

Jul. 27, 2011

By EMSL Analytical, Inc.

Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency released the final report on analysis of air toxics monitoring data near Lapwai High School in Lapwai, Idaho. EPA found that concentrations of air toxics measured near the school are below the levels of concern associated with health problems from either short- or long-term exposures.  The report is posted at: ...

Jun. 1, 2011

By US EPA - Environmental Protection Agency

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 10 announced today that the final report based on the school air toxics monitoring data from St. Helen’s Elementary School in Longview, Washington, has been posted on the Agency’s website. EPA found air toxics concentrations are below the levels of concern associated with health problems from short-term or long-term exposures to ...

Dec. 16, 2010

By US EPA - Environmental Protection Agency

Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released the final report on analysis of air toxics monitoring data near Harriet Tubman School in Portland, Oregon. EPA and Oregon Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) will host a public meeting on the air monitoring report at Harriet Tubman School on Wednesday, April 27, 2011. EPA found that concentrations of the majority of air toxics ...

Apr. 25, 2011

By US EPA - Environmental Protection Agency

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 10 today released the final report on analysis of air toxics monitoring data near Toledo Elementary School in Toledo, Oregon. The report is posted at: http://www.epa.gov/schoolair. EPA and Oregon Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) will present the results and answer questions about the air ...

Apr. 25, 2011

By US EPA - Environmental Protection Agency

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 10 today released the final report on analysis of air toxics monitoring data near Concord Elementary School in Seattle, Washington. The report is posted at: http://www.epa.gov/schoolair. EPA found that concentrations of air toxics measured near the school are below the levels of concern associated with health ...

Jul. 27, 2011

By US EPA - Environmental Protection Agency

Today, the IAQ Video Network celebrated its 1,350th subscriber to the educational network’s YouTube channel.  The popular channel is home to 380 videos that have been produced so far that cover issues pertaining to IAQ, EHS, infection control, HVAC, industrial hygiene, microbial pathogens and other building science, occupational and health topics.   “It’s an ...

Mar. 27, 2015

By Cochrane & Associates, LLC

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed to add the Lea and West Second Street Groundwater Plume site in Roswell, NM, to the National Priorities List (NPL) of Superfund sites, a list of sites that pose risks to people’s health and the environment. Superfund is the federal program that investigates and cleans up the most complex, uncontrolled or abandoned hazardous waste sites in ...

Sep. 28, 2015

By US EPA - Environmental Protection Agency

Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency awarded over $138,000 to six community-based organizations and tribes in Alaska, Idaho, Oregon and Washington as part of the agency’s Environmental Justice Small Grant Program. These grants will assist communities to address environmental and public health issues at the local level. Nationally, EPA awarded 76 grants totaling $1.9 million to ...

Oct. 6, 2010

By US EPA - Environmental Protection Agency

A scientific study by regional air regulators in Southern California shows that, although overall cancer risk from air pollution has declined 15 percent in the past seven years, air quality in the Los Angeles Basin remains among the worst in the nation. 'This reduction in cancer risk shows that we are on the right track in tackling toxic air pollution,' said William Burke, Governing Board ...

Jan. 9, 2008

By Environment News Service (ENS)

In the wake of a media frenzy surrounding high levels of arsenic in apple juice, a recently published study now indicates that eating rice may increase exposure to arsenic.   Researchers tested urine samples from over 200 pregnant women, some of whom ate a half-cup of rice daily and some who did not. Testing revealed that women who consumed a half-cup of rice for at least two days had 53 ...

Dec. 13, 2011

By EMSL Analytical, Inc.

Eleven winners in Massachusetts were recognized today at EPA’s 2015 Environmental Merit Awards ceremony. The environmental leaders were among 27 recipients across New England honored for helping to improve New England’s environment. Each year EPA New England recognizes individuals and groups in the six New England states who have worked to protect or improve the region’s ...

Apr. 22, 2015

By US EPA - Environmental Protection Agency

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today announced a proposed settlement with Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation to perform a soil and groundwater cleanup and reimburse EPA for certain past and future costs at the Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation Superfund site in Saratoga Springs, New York. Under the settlement, Niagara Mohawk will perform this additional cleanup work, valued at $6.5 ...

Oct. 16, 2014

By US EPA - Environmental Protection Agency