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DLI Sticks Up For
Two Solvents

Perchlorethylene and GreenEarth have been attacked in the news recently, and DLI has taken issue with the misleading reports by E/The Environmental Magazine, Town & Country Magazine, and National Public Radio (NPR) in the past two months. DLI CEO Bill Fisher sent letters to E and Town & Country, which were critical of perc, saying the articles do "a great disservice to the tens of thousands of environmentally and safety conscious dry cleaners in the United States." Fisher further stated, "With today's practices and equipment, in which 99.999 percent of the solvent is recycled, we absolutely feel that all drycleaning is environmentally safe."

E published an EarthTalk question December 12, 2004, which asked if it's true that commercial solvents used in drycleaning are unhealthy and unsafe for the environment." In the Town & Country article, "How to Clean Up Your Life," Deidre Imus (wife of radio personality Don Imus) linked perc to various health problems and told readers to air clothes outdoors for several hours.

As for NPR's report, which focused on some "unexpected findings" in a preliminary study of GreenEarth, Bill Fisher said, "DLI is not here to promote one solvent over another, but we will go up against bad science each and every time." Members may read more about NPR's GreenEarth report--and DLI's take on it--in Fabricare's February 2005 issue.

DLI's Response to Emagazine Letter

DLI's Response to Town & Country Letter