How Do Dry Cleaners Clean Clothing

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What happens to clothes after being dropped off at the dry cleaners is a mystery to most. We know that our clothes come back a whole lot cleaner than when we dropped them off, but how? And who first got the bright idea to clean clothing without water?

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Sources:

http://www.epa.gov/oppt/existingchemicals/pubs/perchloroethylene_fact_sheet.html
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ancient/romans/pompeii_portents_01.shtml
http://www.laundrycare.biz/dry-cleaning-work/
http://www.drycleanersweb.com.au/history-drycleaning
http://www.playhousecleaners.co.uk/A-History-of-Dry-Cleaning(2234794).htm
http://www.drycleanusa.com/pages/historyofdrycleaning.jsp
http://www.battistons.com/content/dry-cleaning-history
http://www.dlionline.org/What-Is-Drycleaning
http://ecocleanaustin.com/wet-cleaning/history-of-dry-cleaning/
http://www.natclo.com/jennings.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tetrachloroethylene

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