EU RESEARCH PROJECT DEVELOPS NEW TEXTILE INSECTICIDES
February 1st, 2012
BY KEITH NUTHALL
A EUROPEAN Union (EU) research project is choosing insecticides for integration in specialist textile products. The Inseplatex project will help make insect-killing "clothing for professional use (forestry, military, volunteer workers, etc.)", maybe identifying special textile insecticides for "critical situations (refugee camps, humanitarian crises, earthquakes, etc.)." It will develop special manufacturing methods for incorporating biocides into different textiles, said the European Commission. The project is coordinated by ...
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