News tagged with 'Perchloroethylene'

Certain women who are exposed to contaminated tap water during pregnancy may face an increased risk of delivering smaller-than-average babies according to a new report published in this month's American Journal of Epidemiology. University of New England researchers examined 12,000 infants born between 1968 and 1985 at

A new report issued by the environmental organization Greenpeace reveals that customers, dry cleaning workers, and the general public are exposed to dangerous levels of the cancer causing solvent perchloroethylene, also known as "Perc." The substance is used to dry clean nearly 85% of all clothes in the United States.