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100 1 Blanc, Paul D.,|d1951-|0https://id.loc.gov/authorities/
names/n2006026542|eauthor.
245 10 Fake silk :|bthe lethal history of viscose rayon /|cPaul
David Blanc.
264 1 New Haven :|bYale University Press,|c2016.
300 1 online resource (xiv, 309 pages)
336 text|btxt|2rdacontent
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504 Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-288) and
index.
505 0 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.
520 When a new technology makes people ill, how high does the
body count have to be before protectives 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.
588 0 Print version record.
590 eBooks on EBSCOhost|bEBSCO eBook Subscription Academic
Collection - North America
650 0 Rayon industry and trade|0https://id.loc.gov/authorities/
subjects/sh85111605|xHealth aspects.|0https://id.loc.gov/
authorities/subjects/sh00005598
650 0 Rayon|0https://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85111604
|xToxicology.|0https://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/
sh2002007679
650 0 Viscose process.|0https://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/
sh85143856
650 7 Rayon industry and trade|xHealth aspects.|2fast|0https://
id.worldcat.org/fast/1090472
650 7 Rayon industry and trade.|2fast|0https://id.worldcat.org/
fast/1090468
650 7 Rayon.|2fast|0https://id.worldcat.org/fast/1090464
650 7 Viscose process.|2fast|0https://id.worldcat.org/fast/
1167820
650 7 TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING|xTechnical & Manufacturing
Industries & Trades.|2bisacsh
650 7 Toxicology.|2fast|0https://id.worldcat.org/fast/1153364
650 7 TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING|xTextiles & Polymers.|2bisacsh
655 4 Electronic books.
776 08 |iPrint version:|aBlanc, Paul David.|tFake silk.|dNew
Haven : Yale University Press, ©2016|z9780300204667
830 0 ebscodelete 2020-10-19.
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restricted to current Rider University students, faculty,
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