America’s Drycleaners (NAPSA)—Many companies are doing their part to help protect the environment by seeking out safer, more efficient business practices. A prime example is America’s drycleaners. These garment care professionals are dedicated to keeping their solvents—namely perchloroethylene, or perc—in the Though they work with chemicals, drycleaners are committed to keeping them out of the environment and in the cleaning machines, where they belong. cleaning machines and out of the environment. That means better air quality in the store and in the neighborhood, and cleaner, fresher smelling clothes. This effort is constantly being enhanced by new handling, delivery and storage methodsfor perc. As a result, vapor leakage andsolventspills are kept to a minimum. To receive a free brochure about perc, e-mail your address to the American Council on Science and Health at perc@acsh.org and ask for “What’s the Story? The Dry-Cleaning Chemical Perc.” ACSH is an independent, nonprofit consortium of physicians and scientists dedicated to consumer education.
