MINNEAPOLIS -- Tad Peterson remembers well the pungent smell of perchloroethylene (perc) in his family's Minneapolis dry cleaning business. In fact, he still braces himself when he arrives at work, ...

Immersing stained clothes in tetrachloroethylene, or perc, isn't the only route dry cleaners can take. Some carefully launder garments in water or use petroleum-based compounds to dry-clean. Others ...

This photo shows a 1/8 × 1/4-in. translucent blue tube unmounted as well as mounted on 1/4-in. and 1/8-in. barb fittings. The tubes were subjected to a five-minute bath in the VMS swelling agent to ...

Your dry cleaner may claim to be "green" or "environmentally friendly," but San Francisco officials warn that the business is probably using a hazardous chemical solvent that could be harming you, ...

Silastic ® FL 40-9201 F-LSR is a two-component, pigmentable fluorosilicone soft paste. It is specially engineered for liquid injection molding. On heating, it is cured to a 40 durometer material. The ...