Lisa Gautier and her partner Patrice Gautier founded Matter of Trust in 1998 with the hopes of being able to tackle environmental issues. They soon met up with Phillip McCrory, a hair-dresser from Alabama, who had the idea for hair mats being a useful tool for oily-cleanup when he'd seen an otter being rescued from the Exxon Valdez spill in Alaska with its fur matted in oil.Continue ReadingTags:
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Human hair is being used to clean up oil spills
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Multi-functional "superfoam" soaks up oil spills and kills bacteria
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Scientists at the University of Georgia have created a "superfoam" with two very valuable potential applications. It could be used not only to clean up oil spills, but also to keep infections from occurring at medical implant sites.Continue ReadingCategory: Materials, ScienceTags: University of Georgia, Oil, Pollution, Graphene, Antibacterial
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