Talk:Polyester/Archives/2015

Re: Health Effects

Formaldehyde gas and other toxic chemicals never leave the plant.

Polyester clothing doesn't interact with your body; plastic atoms don't enter anymore your skin by simple contact than cotton or wool atoms.

Phtalates and other unfixed agents may be more of a problem though, with several studies indicating adverse consequences on health, but you will never get a definitive answer to your questioning.

- The long-term effects of a substance or activity on human health are extremely difficult to measure accurately, whether it concerns phtalates, red wine, animal meat, or cocaine. The first reason is that you'd need identical test subjects with only the factor changing, and humans never are -- or stay -- identical, the second reason is that you'd need to follow these test subjects for decades.

- While doing that is possible, it would require enormous amounts of money and human efforts (twins in a closed and controlled environment studied for 60 years), and at this time no organization or corporation is interested.

There isn't a problem simply with phtalates, there is a problem with all modern technology, whose health effects are globally unknown. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 93.182.171.140 (talk) 03:19, 12 May 2012 (UTC)

Well, wool can cause nasty rashes too, so that's not an argument against the fact that polyester can cause nasty rashes. 108.48.94.155 (talk) 23:11, 9 September 2015 (UTC)

History section desperately needed

I see this has been frequently requested. It's essential. Please could someone knowledgeable provide a history section? When was it developed. By whom> Where? How? etc etc — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.164.124.57 (talk) 11:02, 20 October 2015 (UTC)