Denim processing and health hazards

Result code in IS VaVaI

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Result on the web

<a href="https://api.elsevier.com/content/article/eid/3-s2.0-B9780081020432000071" target="_blank" >https://api.elsevier.com/content/article/eid/3-s2.0-B9780081020432000071</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-08-102043-2.00007-1" target="_blank" >10.1016/B978-0-08-102043-2.00007-1</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Denim processing and health hazards

Original language description

The production of denim garments requires a number of processes such as spinning, colouration, weaving and garment finishing. However, there are several health and hazard issues associated with this industry; the hazards and risk involved are high compared with other manufacturing industries. This chapter will look at issues involving threats to the environment and the health hazards of the denim industry, from raw materials to finished products. It first provides an overview of pollution caused by the denim industry. Then it elaborates on health problems and hazards in the denim industry, with a case study. The effects of different chemicals on human health are discussed. Furthermore, it describes different types of denim processing with respect to health concerns. Finally, it describes the responsibilities of brands and designers, which help to save the environment as well as human lives.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

C - Chapter in a specialist book

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

20503 - Textiles; including synthetic dyes, colours, fibres (nanoscale materials to be 2.10; biomaterials to be 2.9)

Project

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Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2017

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Book/collection name

Sustainability in Denim

ISBN

978-008102044-9

Number of pages of the result

36

Pages from-to

161-196

Number of pages of the book

372

Publisher name

Elsevier Inc.

Place of publication

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UT code for WoS chapter

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