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Nature and Environment

Shoe leather free of toxins

February 21, 2016

Tanning shoe leather with barrels full of water and chromium sulfate poses a hazard to tanners, shoe wearers and the environment. Two new alternatives involve tanning in highly pressurized CO2 in special drums and using rhubarb root extract.

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