For this month’s article, I’ve asked R. Scott Powell, Senior Engineer at EnviroForensics, to give us an important update on the government’s regulation of chemicals for industry. Scott advises many of our manufacturing clients regarding these issues, and this development is directly applicable to drycleaners. The use of chlorinated chemicals continues to get the squeeze […]
The purchase or sale of a drycleaner property and business is a delicate dance between the parties involved because of the potential discovery of PCE contamination and other environmental liabilities during the due diligence process. Luckily, there are options available to both buyer and seller to keep a deal from falling through. First, you need […]
It’s time for an update on PFAS. In the January 2020 edition of the Cleaner & Launderer, I discussed an emerging contaminant group called fluorosurfactants, otherwise known as perflouoroalkyl substances or PFAS, in the article subtitled “PFAS is New Bad Guy in Town.” As a refresher, PFAS are a wide group of engineered chemicals originally […]
