Recycling

Life Less Chemical: Dry Cleaning

January 10, 2010
By Kate Southwood
Life Less Chemical: Dry Cleaning

Image via Wikipedia First the bad news. Dry-cleaning fluid (Tetrachloroethene, also known as perchloroethylene or “perc”) has been classified as a probable human carcinogen by the International Agency for Research on Cancer. It has also been classified as a hazardous air contaminant by the Environmental Protection Agency, and has been shown to cause menstrual...

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