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Rayon is still incredibly toxic to produce because of the process.
by techntoke 6y ago
Rayon is still incredibly toxic to produce because of the process.
- kortex 6y agoHow so? Carbon disulfide is rather nasty, but it's straightforward to recover most of it. TLV is 10 ppm, while the effluent air from Teepak is 100 ppm [0], meaning you could spend hours a day with just over a 10:1 dilution of the factory exhaust. And there are lots of efforts to get those emissions way lower. If it means less microplastics, I'm all for it. [0] https://www.osti.gov/biblio/5518183 https://www.osti.gov/biblio/5518183
- joveian 6y agoTencel brand is a closed-loop version of the lyocell rayon process.