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Urgent Need to Ban many Chemical Dyes

A report in the times of India today described how chemical dyes used in the textile industry are destroying the environment, rivers, farms, ground water and human health It is possible to treat the discharge from this industry but the process is very expensive and not easy. On the other hand, it is much easier to return to natural dyes that are not harmful. Once the harmful chemical dyes are banned, humans are innovative enough to come up with alternatives. There is also something elegant in a fabric in natural colors that is left as it is without dying; they make an elegant fashion statement. with a just a small colorful accessory just as a rose bush looks elegant with even a single colorful rose. Perhaps humans may then not find as many vivid colors to dress in but, Better it is to enjoy a healthy environment and healthy life than to die of ill health, cancers and deprivation dressed in vivid colors of the birds. According to F M D Chequer et al.,...