Environmental
A buyer in Arizona purchases a home that was previously used as a dry-cleaning business. The MOST important environmental concern would be:
AAsbestos in the roof shingles
BPerchloroethylene (PCE/PERC) soil and groundwater contamination from dry-cleaning solvents✓ Correct
CLead paint on the interior walls
DRadon gas from the granite countertops
Explanation
Dry-cleaning businesses routinely use perchloroethylene (PCE, also called PERC), a chlorinated solvent that is a known carcinogen. PCE contamination of soil and groundwater is a major environmental liability concern for former dry-cleaning sites.
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