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← HistoryWhich risk increased sharply when Byzantine silk production utilized water-powered draw looms?
A)Localized environmental dyeing contamination✓
B)Increased cost raw silk import
C)More frequent textile pattern errors
D)Greater reliance foreign silk dyers
💡 Explanation
Localized environmental dyeing contamination increased because water-powered mills allowed for increased throughput and chemical use, overwhelming waste processing, therefore dye runoff became concentrated in specific areas, rather than being diluted as previously.
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