Dr. Jo Anne Shatkin is an invited speaker to this year’s TAPPI Nano 2020 Virtual Conference!

Lifestyle design company, Marimekko, and sustainable fiber company, Spinnova, have developed sustainable fabrics from wood-based fibers featuring bold, iconic designs.

Researchers are using studies such as this review of data from 24 studies (which examined the blood and urine samples of e-cigarette users to show that e-cigarettes are a source of exposure to a long list of metals, including lead and arsenic) to estimate metal exposure of e-cigarette users.

A group of researchers at the South China Agricultural University in Guangzhou have discovered that the gut microbiome of humans can be changed by a livestock farm’s environment.

French company, Carbios, has discovered an enzyme that can effectively break down plastic within an hour.