Information Gathering
- Manufacturer Survey
- brake products: 1/3 chlorinated; 2/3 VOC
- 2.4 million pounds of Perc reported; consumer products database indicates sales of about 2.9 million pounds
- Facility Survey
- 25,000 sent out; over 7,500 returned
- 73 percent of facilities performing brake work use brake cleaning products; the remainder use aqueous units,
other automotive consumer products, or nothing at all
- 62 percent of facilities using brake cleaning products use non-chlorinated products; 38 percent use chlorinated
products