-------------------------------------------------------ABSTRACT--------------------------------------------------The study attempted an evaluation of environmental and health effect of Nichemtex Industry after ten (10) years a similar study was carried out. Textile industry is composed of a diverse, fragmented group of establishments that produce and or process textile-related products for furt...

Currently, most of the nation's 34,000 commercial drycleaners use perchloroethylene (PCE or perc) as a solvent to clean garments. Since 1992, in response to growing health and environmental concerns about perc, EPA has been working in a voluntary partnership with the drycleaning industry to reduce exposures to perc. EPA's DfE Garment and Textile Care Program (GTCP) encourages professional cloth...

aims: several methods have been used for textile wastewater treatment. the aim of this study was to evaluate the efficiency of rosa damascena watering waste ash for cod and color removal from textile wastewater.  materials & methods: rose watering waste was gathered from one of the kashan processing plants. the raw wastewater sample was taken from one of the textile industries in kashan country...

The growth of China’s textile industry has been one of the dominant factors shaping world cotton and textile markets in recent years. Since China’s accession to the World Trade Organization (WTO) in December 2001, China’s textile and apparel (T&A) exports have grown by more than 40 percent and China’s cotton consumption has grown by 34 percent. By the end of 2003, China had nearly doubled its s...

Various effects of exposure to volatile organic compounds (VOC) have recently become an important issue because of their widespread use in industry. The aim of this study was to determine the effect of volatile organic solvents commonly used in textile paint industry on free radical levels and the antioxidant enzyme system in textile workers. The study included twenty exposed workers and twenty...

Textile dye industry waste is one of the most serious problems in the environment. The dye wastes are severely deleterious to surface water bodies. The present study was an attempt for the assessment of different physicochemical parameters such as pH, temperature, Electrical Conductivity (EC), Total Solids (TS), Total Dissolved Solids (TDS), Total Suspended Solids (TSS), Dissolved Oxygen (DO), ...

Traceability has recently gained considerable attention in the textile industry. Traceability stands for information sharing about a product including the product history, specification, or location. With the involvement of globally dispersed actors in the textile supply chain, ensuring appropriate product quality with timely supplies is crucial for surviving in this industry with ever increasi...