Nabanita Das, a student in the University of Maine's School of Forest Resources, puts drops of oil ontp a paper plate with a pulp-based coating to show how it prevents the oil from soaking in. Das and a group of University of Maine, Orono, researchers are developing alternatives to the unhealthy PFAS coatings that had been used to keep oil from soaking into single-use paper plates.Linda Coan O'Kresik / BDN
Bangor Daily News: Maine scientists are testing tree pulp and seaweed as PFAS alternatives
Scientists in Maine are investigating tree pulp and seaweed as possible substitutes for PFAS chemicals. Learn more about it in an article by the Bangor Daily News .