Confronting chlorine.(bleaching techniques )

E | May 1, 2004| | Copyright

TO ACHIEVE ITS PEARLY WHITE COLOR, most paper goes through a bleaching process that uses some of the world s more toxic chemicals. Assuming we can't live without bright white paper, does it have to be bleached with chlorine, or are there feasible alternatives?

Paper is traditionally bleached with chlorine and chemicals derived from it (such as chlorine dioxide). The process also removes lignin, a component of wood fiber that can eventually turn paper yellow. Archie Beaton, executive director of the Chlorine-Free Products Association, says that chlorine produces ...

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