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    Question ID:   5501         Current Version: 1
Question: What is the government doing to reduce environmental and health risks of perc (perchloroethylene)?
Category: Home & Garden > Cleaning & Laundry
Keywords: government, do, regulate, reduce, pollution, environmental, health, risk, perc, perchloroethylene
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EPA regulates environmental releases of perc through a variety of laws including the Clean Air Act, the Clean Water Act, the Safe Drinking Water Act, the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (disposal), and the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (Superfund). For example, drycleaners are required to comply with EPA's perc drycleaning National Emission Standard for Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAP). This NESHAP has reduced the amount of perc released from drycleaning shops across the country.

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) regulates the cleaning guidance on garment care labels. FTC is proposing changes to allow the labeling of garments now labeled "dryclean only" for environmentally preferable cleaning technologies.

Perc exposures to workers in dry cleaning shops are regulated by exposure limits set by the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). OSHA is expected to propose a new lower limit in the near future.

Some state and local governments are taking action to control, phase out, or ban certain types of older perc machines, as well as where cleaners are located.

EPA has a voluntary partnership program that emphasizes pollution prevention rather than pollution control. Through its Design for the Environment Garment and Textile Care Partnership, EPA is working with dry cleaners and other interested parties to promote the development of environmentally preferable dry cleaning processes.

Source: US EPA 

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