There is an evolving question as to whether PFAS is a dry cleaning problem. A recent Florida study started to answer this question. This article will focus on what PFAS are and summarize some of the Florida study results and what it might say about dry cleaners as a source of PFAS. If you have […]
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Looking Back On What We’ve Covered: Everything A Drycleaner Needs To Know About Environmental Contamination
It’s inevitable this time of year to start looking back and taking inventory of where you’ve been. This month, as I’ve been preparing to write this article, I’ve let my hindsight wander back beyond January of 2021 and across the ground that we’ve covered together since I started writing The Environmental Corner full-time in January […]
Perc Contamination: A Tale of Two Drycleaners (revisited)
The evolution of environmental laws and regulations over the past few decades have resulted in the reality that operators of drycleaners, owners of property where drycleaning has occurred and chemical suppliers or waste haulers can all be held responsible for an identified release of solvents to the ground, no matter how long ago it happened. […]