Broadcast Newsline: June 12, 2009

The process used to create nonwoven toxic chemical decontamination wipes recently received a patent from the U.S. Patent and Trademark office.

This week’s Cotton Newsline is 3 cuts.  All cuts are Ron Kendall, Director of the Institute of Environmental and Human Health at Texas Tech University.

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The process used to create nonwoven toxic chemical decontamination wipes recently received a patent from the U.S. Patent and Trademark office.  According to Ron Kendall, Director of the Institute of Environmental and Human Health at Texas Tech University, receiving the patent means the university has secured the intellectual property protection for the decontamination wipe’s technology.

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Kendall says the multilayered fabric structure of this decontamination wipe lends itself to the use of cotton as one of the absorbent layers.

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Kendall says the success of this technology has set the stage for future products.

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