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Credits:
Producer: Kirk Zameiroski
Writer: Kirk Zameiroski & Emma Hiolski
Scientific Consultants: Rick Sachleben, PhD Michelle Boucher, PhD Brianne Raccor, PhD
Executive Producer: Hilary Hudson

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Sources:
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/14356007.a09_049
https://home.howstuffworks.com/dry-cleaning.htm/printable
https://www.webharvest.gov/peth04/20041022004143/http://www.ftc.gov/os/statutes/textile/alerts/dryclean.htm
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK464368/#p31-s1.2
https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/cen-09545-scitech2

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