It’s your laundry. It’s supposed to be clean. And so, do we imagine, is the facility that makes that happen. The dry cleaner. But do you ever stop to consider the processes involved in keeping your delicate garments clean? They most typically involve a mix of chemicals, the residue of which is left behind to permeate, leach into and contaminate the soil below and surrounding your neighborhood dry cleaner.

In the course of conducting due diligence environmental site assessments in urban locales, it is not unusual to find evidence of former laundries or dry cleaners on or adjacent to particular parcels. ...

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