EPA OFFICIALLY CHARACTERIZES PERCHLOROETHYLENE AS ‘LIKELY HUMAN CARCINOGEN’

On Friday, February 10, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published the final health assessment for perchloroethylene (Perc) to the EPA’s Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS) database.  EPA’s IRIS is a human health assessment program that evaluates risk information on effects that may result from exposure to environmental contaminants.   Perc is a chemical solvent widely […]