A Harmful Chemical that Can be Found in Your Clothes

While we have all heard the adage, sometimes it hurts to be beautiful, we do not believe this should be the case when referring to dry cleaning. Turns out that when most of us get our lovely clothes dry cleaned they get doused in a chemical called PERC. This of course is the shorter version of a much lengthier, entirely to difficult to say or spell word. This nasty chemical has been linked with several health problems, and should be avoided when possible.

Not only are we placing ourselves in harms way by having these garments in our homes and on our bodies, but each time the chemical is sprayed it is released into the air, water and land. As such, we have a bigger responsibility to stop the spread of such a damaging chemical. To minimize this problem, try to be vigilant in what you get dry cleaned because while it is one thing for you to hurt yourself in the process of becoming beautiful, we are altogether certain it should not hurt others.