The article misrepresents the demand for TCF paper products and the growth of TCF pulp bleaching technology. Critical analysis of the publication and important data, available to, but not included by the author, paints an entirely different picture. This is easily determined by adding up the production capacity presented and comparing it to current worldwide output of TCF pulp. This is a sweeping generalization that is not based on the facts. If one simply examines the European paper production figures, it is clear that Europe favours ECF over TCF by an overwhelming amount.
Brightness preference is by no means uniform in Europe.
In addition, if by personal products, the author means disposable diapers and feminine hygiene products, the market situation is misrepresented. There are little or no disposable diapers and feminine hygiene products on the European market manufactured from TCF chemical pulp. In addition, one mill listed is a pilot plant, one mill has been shut down for two years, and a further three have never produced TCF pulp. This is simply not supported by production figures from those two countries. The US government has never made such a statement.