<story><title>Widely used chemical strongly linked to Parkinson’s disease</title><url>https://www.science.org/content/article/widely-used-chemical-strongly-linked-parkinson-s-disease</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>anonymouse008</author><text>&amp;gt; After talking to her, I&amp;#x27;ve never used one since.&lt;p&gt;What do we do about our formal wear then?</text></item><item><author>1attice</author><text>Yes. This is why most dry cleaners won&amp;#x27;t accept bedding. It&amp;#x27;s considered too high-contact. (If they do accept it, they wash it with something other than TCE)&lt;p&gt;Source: a college friend of mine, years ago, who worked as a dry cleaner. After talking to her, I&amp;#x27;ve never used one since.</text></item><item><author>TedDoesntTalk</author><text>&amp;gt; It&amp;#x27;s used in dry cleaning in the USA&lt;p&gt;Does it remain in the fabric after use? Is there danger to the wearer of dry-cleaned clothes or only to the people working at dry cleaner businesses?</text></item><item><author>nabilhat</author><text>It&amp;#x27;s used in dry cleaning in the USA, and their suppliers will deliver it to you by the gallon [0]. MSDS of course [1]. If you&amp;#x27;re in Australia and go to the dentist, there&amp;#x27;s this as well [2] although surely that container with its death&amp;#x27;s head and POISON label are kept well out of sight. Of course there&amp;#x27;s the lab supply chain, but that&amp;#x27;s usually more expensive. It&amp;#x27;s really easy and legal to get if you want it. I&amp;#x27;ve known many mechanics and similar, professional and otherwise who use workaround sources like these to get the &amp;quot;good stuff&amp;quot; degreaser.&lt;p&gt;[0] &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;garmentcleaningsupply.com&amp;#x2F;picrin-1-gal-streets.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;garmentcleaningsupply.com&amp;#x2F;picrin-1-gal-streets.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;[1] &lt;a href=&quot;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.cleanairsupply.com&amp;#x2F;CleanAir_Web_Image&amp;#x2F;Chemical&amp;#x2F;MSDS&amp;#x2F;MSDS-RRstreets%20Picrin-US%202012-11-05.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.cleanairsupply.com&amp;#x2F;CleanAir_Web_Image&amp;#x2F;Chemical&amp;#x2F;MS...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;[2] &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;henryschein.com.au&amp;#x2F;impression&amp;#x2F;accessories&amp;#x2F;finale-solvent-1l-for-mouthguards-and-splints&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;henryschein.com.au&amp;#x2F;impression&amp;#x2F;accessories&amp;#x2F;finale-sol...&lt;/a&gt;</text></item><item><author>anaisbetts</author><text>Widely used chemical *(that was generally phased out in the 70s) linked to Parkinson&amp;#x27;s. Still important, but you don&amp;#x27;t need to start searching product labels in 2023 for it.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>1attice</author><text>That&amp;#x27;s a great question that is entirely fabric-dependent.&lt;p&gt;If your formalwear is wool (for example, a tuxedo or blazer) you&amp;#x27;d probably want to swap it out for a version of the garment which is made from Superwash wool, which is machine-washable. (Or your choice of alternative fabric.) Creating superwash wool is still a pretty chemically-intensive process, but that might not be forever: &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.moderndailyknitting.com&amp;#x2F;community&amp;#x2F;superwash-part-2-how-do-they-do-that&amp;#x2F;&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.moderndailyknitting.com&amp;#x2F;community&amp;#x2F;superwash-part...&lt;/a&gt; It should at least cut down on your TCE exposure.&lt;p&gt;Silk is trickier -- if you wet it, you have to take great care to dry it &lt;i&gt;without overheating it&lt;/i&gt;, while at the same time getting it to dry evenly, so you don&amp;#x27;t get watermarks on the fabric. It&amp;#x27;s doable, but it&amp;#x27;s a total PITA. The best strategy here, for me, has been to wash my silk blouses very rarely, and with a great deal of care, and tumble-dry low.  I also use the &amp;#x27;vodka trick&amp;#x27; I picked up working in the backroom of a theatrical costume company, many years ago -- get a bottle of cheap vodka, pour it into spritz bottle (one with a fine-mist setting -- the kind at beauty stores work great) and turn the garment inside-out; hit the pits, etc. It&amp;#x27;s safe for silk, fur, and other delicate fabrics.&lt;p&gt;If you&amp;#x27;re going to be wearing silk, do it in winter or in air conditioning :)&lt;p&gt;Fur -- well, you wouldn&amp;#x27;t have been dry-cleaning fur anyway, right? right?? This is a whole chapter on its own. (The vodka trick works tho)&lt;p&gt;Finally, there are also lots of wonderful new machine-washable fibres on the market -- tencel, etc.  -- that may be suitable for formalwear.&lt;p&gt;But putting formalwear aside, the biggest problem I see is down-filled jackets and duvets. I have literally no good ideas here, other than &amp;#x27;wash very rarely and tumble dry low, low low&amp;#x27;</text></comment>
<story><title>Widely used chemical strongly linked to Parkinson’s disease</title><url>https://www.science.org/content/article/widely-used-chemical-strongly-linked-parkinson-s-disease</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>anonymouse008</author><text>&amp;gt; After talking to her, I&amp;#x27;ve never used one since.&lt;p&gt;What do we do about our formal wear then?</text></item><item><author>1attice</author><text>Yes. This is why most dry cleaners won&amp;#x27;t accept bedding. It&amp;#x27;s considered too high-contact. (If they do accept it, they wash it with something other than TCE)&lt;p&gt;Source: a college friend of mine, years ago, who worked as a dry cleaner. After talking to her, I&amp;#x27;ve never used one since.</text></item><item><author>TedDoesntTalk</author><text>&amp;gt; It&amp;#x27;s used in dry cleaning in the USA&lt;p&gt;Does it remain in the fabric after use? Is there danger to the wearer of dry-cleaned clothes or only to the people working at dry cleaner businesses?</text></item><item><author>nabilhat</author><text>It&amp;#x27;s used in dry cleaning in the USA, and their suppliers will deliver it to you by the gallon [0]. MSDS of course [1]. If you&amp;#x27;re in Australia and go to the dentist, there&amp;#x27;s this as well [2] although surely that container with its death&amp;#x27;s head and POISON label are kept well out of sight. Of course there&amp;#x27;s the lab supply chain, but that&amp;#x27;s usually more expensive. It&amp;#x27;s really easy and legal to get if you want it. I&amp;#x27;ve known many mechanics and similar, professional and otherwise who use workaround sources like these to get the &amp;quot;good stuff&amp;quot; degreaser.&lt;p&gt;[0] &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;garmentcleaningsupply.com&amp;#x2F;picrin-1-gal-streets.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;garmentcleaningsupply.com&amp;#x2F;picrin-1-gal-streets.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;[1] &lt;a href=&quot;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.cleanairsupply.com&amp;#x2F;CleanAir_Web_Image&amp;#x2F;Chemical&amp;#x2F;MSDS&amp;#x2F;MSDS-RRstreets%20Picrin-US%202012-11-05.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.cleanairsupply.com&amp;#x2F;CleanAir_Web_Image&amp;#x2F;Chemical&amp;#x2F;MS...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;[2] &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;henryschein.com.au&amp;#x2F;impression&amp;#x2F;accessories&amp;#x2F;finale-solvent-1l-for-mouthguards-and-splints&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;henryschein.com.au&amp;#x2F;impression&amp;#x2F;accessories&amp;#x2F;finale-sol...&lt;/a&gt;</text></item><item><author>anaisbetts</author><text>Widely used chemical *(that was generally phased out in the 70s) linked to Parkinson&amp;#x27;s. Still important, but you don&amp;#x27;t need to start searching product labels in 2023 for it.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>dehrmann</author><text>Liquid CO2 dry cleaning?&lt;p&gt;Supposedly wool doesn&amp;#x27;t shrink in cold water on gentle and air-dried.</text></comment>