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Proctor & Gamble look for rising ‘Tide’ of dry cleaners

Business, Economics and Jobs

Louise Story tells us about Tide-branded dry cleaners will soon be popping up, right next door to your neighborhood mom and pop cleaners…and why the notion of a national dry cleaning chain has never taken off before.

Teen uncovers harsh chemicals left on clothes by dry cleaning

Health & Medicine

Lab in rural India solves community’s unique problems

Business, Economics and Jobs

Affordable Washing Detergent for the Poor in Chile

Business, Economics and Jobs
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Soviet-Style Bureaucracy: One Woman’s Battle to Get Her Clothes Dry Cleaned

Global Politics
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Voluntary Chemical Testing

Many of the most widely used chemicals in the U-S haven’t been tested for possible health affects; or if they have, the manufacturers haven’t released the results. But that’s changing. Four months ago, the Environmental Defense Fund went directly to the heads of the top 100 U.S. chemical manufacturers, and asked them to commit to […]

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Wet Cleaning: What’s Old is New

Chemical drycleaning is seen as risky business by some as the primary chemical used in the process has been linked to health problems. The Greener Cleaner in Chicago is using improved washing machines and detergent to clean clothes with minimal toxicity with a technique known as “wet clean.” Terry FitzPatrick of Living on Earth’s Northwest […]

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Wet Cleaning

Chemical drycleaning is seen as risky business by some as the primary chemical used in the process has been linked to health problems. The Greener Cleaner in Chicago is using improved washing machines and detergent to clean clothes with minimal toxicity. Terry FitzPatrick of Living on Earth’s Northwest bureau in Seattle reports.

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My Beautiful Eco Laundrette

Reporter Sarojini Aryanayagam visits Manhattan’s first environmentally-friendly laundromat.

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California Cleaning

We hear lots of stories about efforts to ban chemicals. But Ingrid Lobet reports that for Koreans in the Los Angeles area a proposal to phase out the dry cleaning solvent perchloroethylene strikes close to home.

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