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"   If you&amp;#039;re trying to be environmentally responsible you may be tempted by dry cleaners that claim to be &amp;quot;green&amp;quot; and &amp;quot;organic&amp;quot;. But you should know that these terms are currently unregulated when it comes to dry cleaning and they&amp;#039;re often used improperly. According to Clive Davies, Chief of The Design for the Environment Program at the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), &amp;quot;The word &amp;#039;organic&amp;#039; sounds like an apple that&amp;#039;s grown without pesticides. Chemically, it just means something is made with hydrocarbons, not that it&amp;#039;s necessarily somehow safer.&amp;quot; Traditional dry cleaners use perchloroethylene (perc) which if handled improperly can be toxic to the environment and those who work with it. Presently, there are four alternative methods available to professional clothes cleaners. Ask the cleaners you frequent what method they use (this fact may not be displayed clearly) and if they can&amp;#039;t or won&amp;#039;t tell you, think twice about handing over your clothing. We sent identical clothes with identical stains to a traditional dry cleaner and to ones that use each of the alternative methods. We found Liquid CO2 provided the best combo of environmental safety and good cleaning results. An experienced wet cleaner is also a worthwhile (and possibly easier-to-find) option. For more details on green dry cleaning and the complete results of our test see our stories in the magazine and on the website. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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