Abstract

Chemical educator and Compound Interest blogger Andy Brunning cycles through the chemistry used to wash our delicates To download a pdf of this article, visit cenm.ag/dryclean. References used to create this graphic: Dry cleaning dreams A chronology of historical developments in dry cleaning Reducing worker exposure to perchloroethylene (perc) in dry cleaning Perchloroethylene dry-cleaning facilities required to meet federal regulation Evaluation of glycol ether as an alternative to perchloroethylene in dry cleaning Preliminary study of propyl bromide exposure among New Jersey dry cleaners as a result of pending ban on perchloroethylene A collaboration between C&EN and Andy Brunning, author of the popular graphics blog Compound Interest To see more of Brunning’s work, go to compoundchem.com. To see all of C&EN’s Periodic Graphics, visit http://cenm.ag/periodicgraphics.

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