Wet Processing of Textiles: Health and Environment

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  • Dr. Bhupinder Kaur Professor Community Medicine, Maulana Azad Medical College
  • Dr. Renu Arora
  • Dr. Chanchal

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Textile industry, impact factors, water-minimization, laws.

Resumé

Though the Indian textile industry has its importance in the national economy, but at the same time it is responsible for disastrous environmental impacts. These impacts start with the use of pesticides during the cultivation of plants, from which natural fibers are obtained and with the erosion caused by sheep farming or with the emissions during the production of synthetic fibers. From that moment, a number of processes are applied using thousands of chemicals to process the fibers and to reach the final stage of textile end product. These toxic materials are being used in several textile-wet processes. In present study, the skin related problems faced by the workers of the processing units, were covered under itching, rashes, skin redness and infection. Keywords: Textile industry, impact factors, water-minimization, laws.

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2013-01-21

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