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Impact of Textile Dyes on Human Health and Environment

Impact of Textile Dyes on Human Health and Environment

Javid Manzoor, Manoj Sharma
Copyright: © 2020 |Pages: 8
ISBN13: 9781799803119|ISBN10: 1799803112|EISBN13: 9781799803133
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-0311-9.ch008
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Manzoor, Javid, and Manoj Sharma. "Impact of Textile Dyes on Human Health and Environment." Impact of Textile Dyes on Public Health and the Environment, edited by Khursheed Ahmad Wani, et al., IGI Global, 2020, pp. 162-169. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-0311-9.ch008

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Manzoor, J. & Sharma, M. (2020). Impact of Textile Dyes on Human Health and Environment. In K. Wani, N. Jangid, & A. Bhat (Eds.), Impact of Textile Dyes on Public Health and the Environment (pp. 162-169). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-0311-9.ch008

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Manzoor, Javid, and Manoj Sharma. "Impact of Textile Dyes on Human Health and Environment." In Impact of Textile Dyes on Public Health and the Environment, edited by Khursheed Ahmad Wani, Nirmala Kumari Jangid, and Ajmal Rashid Bhat, 162-169. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2020. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-0311-9.ch008

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Abstract

The textile industry is one of the important industries that generates a large amount of industrial effluents. Color is the main attraction of any fabric. Manufacture and use of synthetic dyes for fabric dyeing has therefore become a massive industry. Synthetic dyes have provided a wide range of colorfast, bright hues. However, their toxic nature has become a cause of grave concern to environmentalists. Use of synthetic dyes has an adverse effect on all forms of life. Presence of sulphur, naphthol, vat dyes, nitrates, acetic acid, soaps, enzymes chromium compounds, and heavy metals like copper, arsenic, lead, cadmium, mercury, nickel, and cobalt and certain auxiliary chemicals all collectively make the textile effluent highly toxic. These organic materials react with many disinfectants, especially chlorine, and form byproducts (DBPs) that are often carcinogenic and therefore undesirable. This effluent, if allowed to flow in the fields, clogs the pores of the soil resulting in loss of soil productivity. This chapter gives an overview on the health and environmental impact of dyes.

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