HEALTH AND SAFETY HAZARD CAUSED BY TEXTILE INDUSTRY

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The textile production industry is one of the earliest and most technologically difficult of all industries. The basic strength of this industry flows from its brilliant production base of a wide range of fibres/yarns from natural fibres like yarn, jute, silk, and wool to artificial/man-made fibres like polyester, nylon, and acrylic. Many chemicals used in the textile industry origin ambience and health trouble. Among the many chemicals in textile wastewater, dyes are considered vital pollutants. Textile effluent is a origin of significant amount of ambience degradation and human illnesses. About 40 % of globally used colorants contain organically bound chlorine, a known carcinogen. Chemicals disappear into the air we breathe or absorbed through our skin; they show up as allergic reactions and may origin harm to children even before birth. Due to this chemical pollution, the normal performance of cells is disturbed and this, in turn, may origin alteration in the physiology and biochemical mechanisms of animals resulting in impairment of important functions like respiration, osmoregulation, reproduction, and even transience. Intense metals, there in textile industry effluent, are not recyclable hence, they accrue in primary organs in the body and over time begin to make bitter, leading to various symptoms of diseases. Thus, untreated or incompletely treated textile effluent can be harmful to both aquatic and terrestrial life by adversely affecting the natural ecosystem and causing long-term health effects. ambience hazards and health trouble related with chemicals used in textile industry are discussed in this chapter.

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