Environment & Sustainability
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• Advances in Indigo Dyeing: Implications for the Dyer, Apparel Manufacturer and Environment by J. Nolan Etters (Textile Chemist & Colorist, February 1995). Advances made by controlling the ionic form of indigo dye and cotton substrate are shown to provide benefits previously not attainable with conventional indigo dyeing techniques.
• Alkaline Polyester Dyeing and Reductive Clearing: Effectiveness and Environmental Impact by Hüseyin Aksel Eren and Pervin Anis (AATCC Review, February 2005). A comparison of polyester alkaline dyeing with five different after treatment methods after conventional acid dyeing.
• Are Natural Colorants Good for Your Health? Are Synthetic Ones Better? by Brian Glover (Textile Chemist & Colorist, April 1995). The feasibility and/or desirability of using natural dyes is compared to the alternative use of synthetic products.
• Atmospheric Disperse Dyeing of Polyester by R. D. Matkowsky, H.-D. Weigmann, and M. G. Scott (Textile Chemist & Colorist, March 1980). This report explores the concept of pretreatment of polyester in selected chemical systems to improve subsequent dyeability.
• C.I. Disperse Blue 79: Environmental Safety and Human Health Effects of this Commercially Significant Dye by C. Tucker Helmes (Textile Chemist & Colorist, April 1993). Major US producers of Disperse Blue 79:1 are continuing to supply the dye to customers while awaiting an EPA ruling on the risk involved. In this $600,000 study the dye was found to be safe to use.
• Cationic Fiber Reactive Dyes for Cellulosic Fibers by David Hinks, Stephen M. Burkinshaw, David M. Lewis, A. Hunter, and M. Renfrew (AATCC Review, May 2001). Cationic fiber Reactive Dyes offer potential for use in environmentally responsible fiber reactive systems.
