| Prior to the industrial revolution, there was little | | | | degreaser cut grease just as effectively as a |
| talk about preserving the environment. Antipathy | | | | toxic degreaser? The answer is a resounding yes, |
| was still felt for depleting woodland in the name of | | | | but we still tend to believe that, because grease is |
| commerce, but the argument for sparing forests | | | | tough to cut, we'll be able to cut it more |
| and other sylvan scenes usually fell to romantic | | | | efficiently if we use solvents that contain harsh |
| naturalists, and for obvious reasons. Industry | | | | chemicals. |
| hadn't progressed to the point where significant | | | | One of the greatest testaments to the power of |
| damage to the environment was a foreseeable | | | | organic degreasers and other organic solvents is |
| reality, which meant that a romantic appeal for | | | | their routine use in the industrial sector. From the |
| preserving nature was the strongest call to action. | | | | aeronautical industry to the construction industry, |
| Nowadays, of course, the terms are different. | | | | companies routinely use organic degreasers to |
| We discuss the environment scientifically and not | | | | degrease everything from vehicle motors to |
| romantically, mentioning water toxicity, ozone | | | | power tools. Degreasing mechanized parts is |
| depletion and global warming. With remarkable | | | | essential to maintaining the maintenance and |
| industry has come a remarkable tax on nature | | | | therefore the safe use of complex machinery, |
| and it now falls to all of us to preserve the | | | | which means that, if organic degreasers were not |
| environment. | | | | as effective as toxic degreasers, companies |
| For most of us, supporting the environment | | | | whose quarterly profits depend on properly |
| occurs through our daily choices. Will we choose | | | | maintained machinery would not use them. |
| to recycle and use non-toxic products or will we | | | | Most companies use organic solvents in |
| remain in old practices that we never imagined | | | | combination with other environmentally helpful |
| could compromise the environment in a significant | | | | practices, such as recycling, water conservation |
| way? At first glance, the decision seems simplistic, | | | | and energy conservation, the goal being to arrive |
| but there are a variety of factors that keep us | | | | at a point of total environmental sustainability. But |
| from wholly supporting environmental change, one | | | | successfully preserving the environment depends |
| of which is our perception of non-toxic products | | | | as much on consumer practices as it does |
| versus traditional products. For example, if we use | | | | industrial practices. Choosing an organic solvent |
| industrial degreasers that always deliver great | | | | over a toxic solvent might seem like a small |
| results; we naturally tend to question the efficacy | | | | measure, but the cumulative effects of this |
| of industrial organic degreasers, even when | | | | choice can mean the difference between low air |
| studies show that organic industrial degreasers are | | | | and water quality and high air and water quality. |
| as effective as non-organic degreasers. | | | | Unlike two centuries ago, supporting the |
| Part of this phenomenon lies in the perception | | | | environment is much more than an idealistic |
| that, because organic solvents are not harmful, | | | | proposition; it's a decision that brings tangible |
| they are therefore less powerful or "softer" than | | | | results. |
| traditional industrial solvents. Can an organic | | | | |