“Green” Cleaners to Be Leery Of

You know about the problems with traditional dry cleaning and green options, but do you know about methods that are applauded as green that aren’t so green?
Some “green” dry cleaning methods to question:
•Hydrocarbon cleaners (use petroleum-based solvent)
•GreenEarth Cleaning (use silicone-based solvent, D-5) It may seem innocent enough, but there have been mixed conclusions on the health safety of this process. Also, chlorine is required to produce D-5.
While the dry cleaning methods above may be less toxic than perc, they have qualities (use of chlorine and petroleum) that are not good for the environment.
Ask your cleaner what process they use, …read more