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Indian Journal of Pure & Applied Biosciences (IJPAB)
Year : 2020, Volume : 8, Issue : 3
First page : (134) Last page : (139)
Article doi: : http://dx.doi.org/10.18782/2582-2845.7848

Textile Industry and Its Environmental Impacts: A Review

Momita Konwar and Rickey Rani Boruah*
Assistant Professor, Department of Textiles and Apparel Designing
College of Community Science, AAU Jorhat
*Corresponding Author E-mail: rickey_boruah@rediffmail.com
Received: 10.12.2019  |  Revised: 17.01.2020   |  Accepted: 23.01.2020 

 ABSTRACT

Textile manufacturing is one of the largest industrial process that uses water, many hazardous chemicals like formaldehyde, azo dyes chlorinated compounds and man power. Many of these chemicals are poisonous and damaging to human health directly or indirectly. Synthetic dyes have provided a wide range of colorfast, bright hues. However their toxic nature has become a cause of grave concern to environmentalists. Dyeing process in various industries has generated a lot of attention lately because of the emerging concept of sustainability and eco-friendly variants. Due to the toxicity of the dyes and inappropriate discharge of such waste has led to skin diseases and respiratory problems among many factory workers. This has given an impetus to the rising demand for producing textile, paper, cosmetics products through sustainable dyes and processes.

Keywords: Textile industry, Air, Water, Noise and Soil pollution, Health hazards etc.

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Cite this article: Konwar, M., & Boruah, R.R. (2020). Textile Industry and Its Environmental Impacts: A Review, Ind. J. Pure App. Biosci. 8(3), 134-139. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.18782/2582-2845.7848