Posts

Showing posts from May, 2024

Still Wrapped in plastic?

Image
  How will it be when you wrap yourself in plastic?  Obviously, no one even wants to imagine that suffocation. What  if i say, the synthetic fabrics you wear is a cousin of plastic! Maybe they are: Affordable,  Cheap, Easily available, wrinkle free, Good elasticity,.. Is all these properties enough for being our second skin? Before we delve into the issues, let's have a short brief on synthetic fabrics History Dates back to early 1800s, with the original goal to mimic natural fibers, especially the silk fabric. Silk was considered to be a labor oriented and expensive material, so there was a search for a cheaper alternative to silk. This process started with chemically modifying the bark of trees and this led to the invention of ' modern day Rayon' . In 1924, viscose solution of xanthamate was found and this liquid was used in the production of rayon. We all are aware of the term ' Viscose Rayon ' used popularly nowadays. It was considered as the 'artificial si...