At Sparks Cleaners, clothes go in dirty and come out “green.”

The Baltimore County store cleans clothes with an environmentally conscious substitute to perchloroethylene, a chemical used by most dry cleaners that can increase risks for several types of cancer in those occupationally exposed to it, according to the Environmental Protection Agency.

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