The US Environmental Protection Agency is moving ahead with plans to restrict the widely used dry-cleaning solvent perchloroethylene, also known as perc or PCE. Under a proposed rule, announced June 8 ...

Answer: If a dry cleaner calls itself organic, this usually means it doesn't use perchloroethylene, or perc, to treat clothes. In the United States, the chemical solvent has been identified by the ...

A University of Minnesota outreach program is working to eliminate the use of a hazardous chemical in dry cleaners in Minneapolis and throughout Minnesota. The Minneapolis City Council approved an ...

The Environmental Protection Agency on Monday banned two known carcinogens used in a variety of consumer products and industrial settings that can seep into the environment through the soil and ...