Author: Joseph Foltzer
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Rayon
Languages : en
Pages : 344
Book Description
Artificial Silk and Its Manufacture
Author: Joseph Foltzer
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Rayon
Languages : en
Pages : 344
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Rayon
Languages : en
Pages : 344
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Fake Silk
Author: Paul David Blanc
Publisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 0300204663
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 328
Book Description
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.
Publisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 0300204663
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 328
Book Description
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.
Silk and Manufactures of Silk
Author: United States Tariff Commission
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Silk industry
Languages : en
Pages : 170
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Silk industry
Languages : en
Pages : 170
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Broad-silk Manufacture and the Tariff
Author: United States Tariff Commission
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Silk industry
Languages : en
Pages : 488
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Silk industry
Languages : en
Pages : 488
Book Description
Fake Silk
Author: Paul David Blanc
Publisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 0300224885
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 328
Book Description
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.
Publisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 0300224885
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 328
Book Description
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.
Three Textile Raw Materials and Their Manufacture
Author: International Acceptance Bank
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Textile fabrics
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Textile fabrics
Languages : en
Pages : 132
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Journal of the Textile Institute
Author: Textile Institute (Manchester, England)
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Textile fabrics
Languages : en
Pages : 728
Book Description
From 1918- each issue includes Abstracts (literature and patents.).
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Textile fabrics
Languages : en
Pages : 728
Book Description
From 1918- each issue includes Abstracts (literature and patents.).
Industrial Development and Manufacturers Record
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Industries
Languages : en
Pages : 2264
Book Description
Beginning in 1956 each vol. includes as a regular number the Blue book of southern progress and the Southern industrial directory, formerly issued separately.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Industries
Languages : en
Pages : 2264
Book Description
Beginning in 1956 each vol. includes as a regular number the Blue book of southern progress and the Southern industrial directory, formerly issued separately.
The New International Year Book
The Story of Silk and Cheney Silks
Author: Herbert Manchester
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Silk
Languages : en
Pages : 98
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Silk
Languages : en
Pages : 98
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