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May 15, 2013
DailyMe - scientists at Texas Tech University report that unprocessed raw cotton may provide the ideal clean-up solution for crude oil spills.Seshadri Ramkumar and his colleagues studied the properties of low micronaire...
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May 15, 2013
Ecologically friendly discovery is joint effort between Texas Tech University, Cotton Incorporated.
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May 15, 2013
Oil Spill Solutions - In contrast to synthetic sorbents, raw unprocessed cotton with its high crude oil sorption capacity and positive environmental footprint make it an ecologically-friendly sorbent for oil spill cleanups.' Ron Kendall, director emeritus at TIEHH
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May 15, 2013
CNBC - NEW YORK, May 15, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Research conducted at the Nonwovens and Advanced Materials Laboratory at The Institute of Environmental and Human Health (TIEHH) shows that low-grade cotton is highly effective at absorbing crude oil spills. The study, published in the most recent issue of the American Chemical Society journal Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, reveals that one pound of low-micronaire cotton can absorb more than 30 pounds of dense crude oil.
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