EPA’s Dry Cleaning Solvent Rule Opposed in Latest Chemical Suit

Two chemical trade associations have asked a federal appeals court to review an EPA rule that banned all consumer and most industrial and commercial uses of a widely used solvent.

The American Chemistry Council and Georgia Chemistry Council petitioned the US Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit on Monday to review the perchloroethylene rule the Environmental Protection Agency issued last month.

The bans and worker protections the EPA included in its rules were designed to prevent the solvent from damaging people’s nervous systems, kidneys, liver, immune systems, and more. The agency allowed the solvent to continue being produced, imported, ...