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- 题名/责任者:
- Fake silk : the lethal history of viscose rayon / Paul David Blanc.
- 出版发行项:
- New Haven ; London : Yale University Press, [2016]
- ISBN:
- 9780300204667 (hardback ; alkaline paper)
- ISBN:
- 0300204663 (hardback ; alkaline paper)
- 载体形态项:
- xiv, 309 pages ; 24 cm
- 个人责任者:
- Blanc, Paul D., 1951- author.
- 论题主题:
- Rayon industry and trade-Health aspects.
- 论题主题:
- Rayon-Toxicology.
- 论题主题:
- Viscose process.
- 中图法分类号:
- F416.8-05
- 书目附注:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-288) and index.
- 内容附注:
- In the beginning -- The crazy years -- Wrapped up in cellophane -- Body count -- Rayon goes to war -- The heart of the matter -- Rayon will be with us.
- 摘要附注:
- When a new technology makes people ill, how high does the body count have to be before protective steps are taken? This disturbing book tells a dark story of hazardous manufacturing, poisonous materials, environmental abuses, political machinations, and economics trumping safety concerns. It explores the century-long history of "fake silk," or cellulose viscose, used to produce such products as rayon textiles and tires, cellophane, and everyday kitchen sponges. Paul Blanc uncovers the grim history of a product that crippled and even served a death sentence to many industry workers while also releasing toxic carbon disulfide into the environment. Viscose, an innovative and lucrative product first introduced in the early twentieth century, quickly became a multinational corporate enterprise. Blanc investigates industry practices from the beginning through two highly profitable world wars, the midcentury export of hazardous manufacturing to developing countries, and the current "greenwashing" of viscose as an eco-friendly product. Deeply researched and boldly presented, this book brings to light an industrial hazard whose egregious history ranks with those of asbestos, lead, and mercury.
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