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George Carroll unloads the MICO2 cleaning machine at Hangers Cleaners. The machine, with a price tag of $150,000, uses liquid carbon dioxide and a specialized detergent to launder clothes. The Environmental Protection Agency is working with dry cleaners nationwide to encourage the use of the MICO2, which is environmentally safe because it does not use perchloroethylene, a suspected carcinogen at high doses. |
