Textile industry is one of the biggest industries of the world. Workers engaged in the textile industries around the world are exposed to different sets of chemicals including dyes, solvents, finishing chemicals and metals including Cu, Cr, Ni etc. Many of these chemicals including dyes have been identified as carcinogenic to humans. The exposure of the workers to such carcinogenic chemicals re...

This paper provides a picture of using plasma treatment as a means for textile modification. It discusses the different modes for the generation of plasma. As plasma treatment is acting as a surface modification treatment, the paper also addresses the various types of plasmasubstrate interaction and their effects on the substrates. The use of plasma as a finishing application for different text...

Clothing textiles come under the category of other commodities pursuant to the Foods and Other Commodities Act. They require neither notification nor marketing authorisation which means that the public authorities do not have information about individual textile auxiliaries or dyes used. The working group "Health Assessment of Textile Auxiliaries and Dyes" within the working group "Textiles" of...

Eco-friendly wet processings of textiles are major concerns of textile producers nowadays to attain high quality products without diversely affecting the environment quality and the enduser health1. Enzymatic processing of textile offers many advantages when compared to traditional chemical methods, namely, enzymes use significantly less water, less energy, and fewer chemicals than traditional ...