Your Allergies Could Be Due to Your Dry Cleaners
Allergens are present everywhere and that includes your clothes. Allergic reactions normally occur when any parts of your body, especially your skin, comes in contact with these allergens and causes an immune system response. Various reactions can be expected like skin rashes, sneezing, congestion, dizziness or difficulty in breathing. Thus, it is important that you choose wisely where you take your clothes as your Orange County dry cleaners might be making you sick and is the reason why your allergic reactions are exacerbated.
Where can you Expect the Allergens to Come From, if it’s from your Dry Cleaners?
1. Garment Smell. If your garments were delivered and it has “chemical smell” or “chemical odor” on it, that means that your garments still has dry cleaning chemical residues present that were not washed out thoroughly. The danger of these chemicals is that these can be absorbed by the skin. The most common chemical is perchloroethylene or perc and has been implicated in various adverse reactions, including cancer. Some other dry cleaning chemicals that might cause sensitivity reactions to certain individuals include detergents, bleach and precleaning agents.
2. Dirty Solvents. Unlike water which goes down the drain after every load, dry cleaning solvents are reused several times and which each new load of clothes, the solvents get mixed with body oils, dirt and perspiration from the garments being cleaned. Not only does your garments get dirtier but your skin suffers from it too!
How is European Cleaners Different
1. Chemicals Being Used. Perc is a serious carcinogen that is toxic to internal organs even in small amounts. The danger lies in its chemical property because it evaporates quickly so customers who take home freshly-cleaned clothes inhale the toxic fumes readily. European Cleaners does not use PERC. We are one of the less than 3% of dry cleaners which uses “green technology” that are safe to you and the environment.
2. Solvent Distillation. Some other dry cleaners only distill clothes once or twice a day but European Cleaners do it after every load thus making sure that not only your garments are cleaned but your health is not at risk too.
Not all dry cleaners are the same. We at European Cleaners care about you and your health. Sign up today and receive a $30 worth of green and safe dry cleaning services from the number 1 dry cleaners here in Orange County.