Over the last few years, as small business owners, we have found many governmental agencies rearing their heads in the quest of any additional revenue they can find. We have been inspected by city, county and state entities that we may not even know existed. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA or CAL/OSHA) usually […]
Category: Laundry
Are We Really Moving Forward? By Kenney Slatten
Sometimes I wonder where we are heading in this industry. Not to be accused of being less than progressive, I write my comments carefully and with full understanding that we must move forward to survive. I question how forward we are really moving. Some things in this industry are pretty exciting if you have attended […]
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 […]