Common products made with it include lighter fluid, fuel for camp stoves, and some cleaning solvents.
Some of the excluded products, like oil paints, are nontoxic, but are frequently used with toxic cleaning solvents; materials used in air brushing could be toxic if used improperly.
The surgical ward, Unit 4P, on the fourth floor, was cleared out and shut Wednesday, so that it could be sterilized with special cleaning solvents.
SNAP reviews alternatives for ozone-depleting cleaning solvents such as CFC-113 and methyl chloroform.
The rubber bubbles and blisters because the adhesive used to bond the coating to the garment is dissolved by dry cleaning solvents.
Many included dry-cleaning services, which became widely available around 1925, with the advent of nonflammable cleaning solvents.
PVC cannot be dry-cleaned because the cleaning solvents can make the PVC unbearably stiff.
"Water lowers the loft of down, but dry cleaning solvents have no water," he said.
The closet walls were lined with shelves containing cleaning solvents, dust absorbers, and maintenance equipment for the robots.
In addition to these, many people are exposed to fumes at work - from industrial processes, photocopier machines or dry cleaning solvents, for example.