ARCHIVED  April 1, 1997

Unsuspected businesses add to toxic releases

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You don’t have to go far to find toxic chemicals. Pick up the dry cleaning. Take a whiff.

That’s probably percholoroethylene, also known as perc.

Go ahead. Take a deep breath. Perc probably isn’t going to hurt you … much.

But with an estimated 34,000 dry cleaners, most of them unregulated, across the nation, there’s a lot of perc out there. And the bottom line when it comes down to toxic chemicals is that no one really knows just how much.

Estimates of how much toxic release is produced by small businesses either not regulated by environmental standards, or not required to report under…

Christopher Wood
Christopher Wood is editor and publisher of BizWest, a regional business journal covering Boulder, Broomfield, Larimer and Weld counties. Wood co-founded the Northern Colorado Business Report in 1995 and served as publisher of the Boulder County Business Report until the two publications were merged to form BizWest in 2014. From 1990 to 1995, Wood served as reporter and managing editor of the Denver Business Journal. He is a Marine Corps veteran and a graduate of the University of Colorado Boulder. He has won numerous awards from the Colorado Press Association, Society of Professional Journalists and the Alliance of Area Business Publishers.
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