The International Association for Research on Cancer classifies PERC as a probable carcinogen. Every time you bring dry cleaning home or wear anything that is dry cleaned you are getting a healthy dose of PERC. Personally, for a number of years I did not dry clean anything or buy anything that needed to be dry-cleaned. I just started washing everything that said dry clean only (other than coats or jackets which do not really need cleaning very often) and not one thing got ruined. Recently, I found dry-cleaners that uses eco-friendly solutions and uses a process called “wet-cleaning.” If you live in San Antonio the name of the dry cleaners is Clothesline and they have numerous locations. Not only does wet cleaning not use perc it uses less energy and the machines cost less than traditional PERC machines and the cleaner does not have to have toxic waste hauled away. PERC has been banned in California and hopefully will be banned entirely some day. If you do not live in San Antonio then do a search in your area for green dry cleaners and ask them if they use the “wet-clean” method. Just type in green dry cleaners and your city under search or keyword on your computer and hopefully you can find one near you. If not, let your local dry cleaner know that you won’t be dry cleaning anymore and why.