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2002:

Panel votes to ban perc: Dry cleaners target of action [USA] - Southern California air-quality officials voted on Friday to impose the nation's first ban of the most commonly used dry cleaning solvent due to health concerns. (Los Angeles Daily News, 6 Dec. 2002)

• Regulators to Phase Out Toxic Chemical [USA] (Laura Wides, Associated Press, 6 Dec. 2002)

California smog agency seeks ban on dry clean chemical - Southern California's clean air agency has proposed the nation's first ban on a toxic chemical used in dry cleaning that officials say makes the cleaners a greater cancer risk than oil refineries or power plants. (Reuters, 24 Oct. 2002) 

LA babies get lifetime's toxic air in 2 weeks - study - A two-week-old baby in the Los Angeles area has already been exposed to more toxic air pollution than the U.S. government deems acceptable as a cancer risk over a lifetime, according to a report yesterday by an environmental campaign group...It said diesel exhaust - from trucks and cars, school buses, and farm and construction equipment - was still the worst source of air pollution. But it also took into account chemicals emitted by dry cleaners and factories as well as pesticides, adhesives and lubricant oils. (Reuters, 17 Sep. 2002)