By Tina Casey •
May 19, 2009
Mom always said to take your vitamins, and now it looks like she was right. A good dose of vitamin B12 could be the key to cleaning up thousands of sites contaminated by solvents, particularly industrial degreasers and dry cleaning chemicals known as trichloroethylene (TCE) and tetrachloroethylene (perc). These are two of the most common ground contaminants in the U.S., and when they get into aquifers, they are among the most difficult to remediate. All that may be about to change.
The arguments that CITES ban must be lifted because it has failed needs to be addressed heads-on as it is a falsity used with clear intent of misinforming. The argument of raising tigers in the farms to re-populate in the wild, as of now, seems as facetious. Tiger-farms do great injustice to Traditional Chinese Medicine when they seek to justify their breeding of tigers for their parts for practice of TCM and the associated lifestyle.
By Amy Stodghill •
July 31, 2007
Dry cleaning chemical perchloroethylene (perc), while good at removing stains, is a serious health risk, especially for those working directly with it. It has also infiltrated soils and groundwater over the years in areas near dry cleaning facilities. The concern over this chemical has prompted California to ban the use of perc by 2023, and sent many searching for alternative methods to dry cleaning.
There are alternatives out there. Wet
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By Amy Stodghill •
January 29, 2007
Editor's note: Amy Stodghill is Green Options' newest addition to the blogging team. A NYC-based filmmaker, Amy is also the writer/publisher of the blog It's the Environment, Stupid! We're happy that she's joined us!
California will ban perchloroethylene - or perc, the toxic solvent used in dry cleaning - by 2023.
The California Air Resources Board has already begun phasing out the widely used chemical by prohibiting the sale of new machines that
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