Still, some critics said more studies on a wider array of textiles and clothing chemicals were needed, including a closer look at the effects of cumulative exposure.
Polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) is a synthetic, semi-crystalline polymer with a wide array of commercial uses ranging from textiles and packaging to medicine.
The designs also make reference to a wide array of decorative art traditions, including the Persian textiles quoted, or at least paraphrased, in the example above, and the East Asian motif of a koi, below right, floating sleepily in a luminous lily pond.
Additive BFRs, such as polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs), are used in polyurethane foam, textiles, and a wide array of polymer-based products, where they are simply blended into the polymers and therefore can easily leach out of the products (Alaee et al. 2003).
The Brazilian sanctions were to include $591 million in higher tariffs on a wide array of goods, including autos, pharmaceuticals, medical equipment, electronics, textiles and wheat.
This year, the United Nations Security Council unanimously adopted three of the strongest sanctions resolutions in history, including bans on a wide array of North Korean exports such as coal, iron, seafood and textiles.
The Art of the Americas Gallery focuses on one aspect of this vast collection – the ceramics, metalwork, jade and textiles from Mesoamerica – and highlights a wide array of Maya cylinder vases.
She helped to develop the Textiles and Clothing Department so that it encompassed a wide array of subject matter, by increasing the curriculum from three courses to over twenty-five.
Since then, she has developed a wide array of innovative products for companies like KnollTextiles and Tandus Flooring, and she continues to experiment with unusual materials and applications, creating textiles out of fiber optic filaments, stainless steel, pieces of balloon and leftover packaging from cheese.
