Find a Greener Dry Cleaner Near You Website

Do you want to find a greener dry cleaner near you? Or do you want to covert the cleaner you own to a greener cleaner? Click onto the link and you’re on your way!
Occasionally I will read about the health and environment risks of perchloroethylene that is used in dry cleaning. There may be some risks to consumers from wearing the clothes! Frankly it scares me. I used to work in a dry cleaners as a cashier and counter person during my senior year in high school. Two of the men who worked in the back, Frank Sr. and his son, Frank Jr., both developed serious respiratory problems.
From the Occidential College Pollution Prevention Center website:
«The California Environmental Garment Care Project of the Pollution Prevention Center (PPC) at Occidental College conducts research and provides education on pollution prevention alternatives to perchloroethylene (PCE or Perc) based dry cleaning.
A number of alternatives to PCE dry cleaning have emerged since 1990 in response to increasingly stringent regulations. The two leading environmentally preferable technologies available today are CO2 dry cleaning and professional wet cleaning.
To get information about our project grants and the financial incentives provided for professional cleaners to convert to wet or CO2 cleaning, visit our grant info and professional cleaner web pages.»
THE HEALTH AND SAFETY ISSUES RELATED TO PCE or Perc? This is from Wikipedia:
«Like many chlorinated hydrocarbons, tetrachloroethene is a central nervous system depressant, and inhaling its vapors (particularly in closed, poorly ventilated areas) can cause dizziness, headache, sleepiness, confusion, nausea, difficulty in speaking and walking, unconsciousness, and death.»
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