“I had to go to the doctor several times,” says Sanaur Rahman, a leather chemical engineer who had to quit his job at a leather tannery. “There was no ventilation in my plant, we were breathing ...

tanning - the skin fuses with the chemicals - the skin becomes leather alum tawing (mineral tannage) - alum mixed with salt and fats - not securely attested in Ancient Egypt, but used in the Roman ...

Meanwhile, Pangea Verita is a compostable semi-aniline leather made with an alternative metal-free tanning process. It has 45 ...

Nearly 5sqft of leather goes into making a pair of shoes and the process leaves more than 70 grams of chemical-laced soslid leather waste.

Zirconium Tanning Agents are specialized chemicals used in the leather tanning process, offering benefits such as reduced environmental impact and improved leather quality. They provide superior ...

Some leather sold as "buckskin" may now be sheepskin tanned with modern chromate tanning chemicals and dyed to resemble real buckskin.

“I’ve to look at global raw hide prices, imported leather tanning and finishing chemicals, leather machinery and most importantly, how to produce leather. “To me, this is much more ...