Author: United States Tariff Commission
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Category : Silk industry
Languages : en
Pages : 170

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Author: Paul David Blanc
Publisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 0300204663
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 328

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When a new technology makes people ill, how high does the body count have to be before protectives steps are taken? This disturbing book tells a dark story of hazardous manufacturing, poisonous materials, environmental abuses, political machinations, and economics trumping safety concerns. It explores the century-long history of "fake silk," or cellulose viscose, used to produce such products as rayon textiles and tires, cellophane, and everyday kitchen sponges. Paul Blanc uncovers the grim history of a product that crippled and even served a death sentence to many industry workers while also releasing toxic carbon disulfide into the environment. Viscose, an innovative and lucrative product first introduced in the early twentieth century, quickly became a multinational corporate enterprise. Blanc investigates industry practices from the beginning through two highly profitable world wars, the midcentury export of hazardous manufacturing to developing countries, and the current "greenwashing" of viscose as an eco-friendly product. Deeply researched and boldly presented, this book brings to light an industrial hazard whose egregious history ranks with those of asbestos, lead, and mercury.

Author: Textile Institute (Manchester, England)
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Category : Textile fabrics
Languages : en
Pages : 728

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From 1918- each issue includes Abstracts (literature and patents.).

Author: United States Tariff Commission
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Category : Silk industry
Languages : en
Pages : 488

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Category : Chemical engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 648

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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1288

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Author: Society of Dyers and Colourists
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Category : Dyes and dyeing
Languages : en
Pages : 502

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For all interested in the use or manufacture of colours, and in calico printing, bleaching, etc.

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Category : Industries
Languages : en
Pages : 2264

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Beginning in 1956 each vol. includes as a regular number the Blue book of southern progress and the Southern industrial directory, formerly issued separately.

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Category : Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 640

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Author: Archibald John Hall
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Category : Cellulose
Languages : en
Pages : 262

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