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Indian minister praises tanning developments

27/04/2015

India’s Minister for Science and Technology, Dr Harsh Vardhan, has praised recent developments from the Central Leather Research Institute including a biodegradable dispersing agent and an “enzymatic intervention” for opening fibres. The CLRI says its dispersing agent enables the chrome tanning of leather with just half the normal water, which...

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