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Sustainable barnacle-repelling paint could help the shipping industry and the environment

By American Chemical Society Guillermo Blustein, Ph.D.—— Bio and Archives--April 30, 2014

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Barnacles might seem like a given part of a seasoned ship’s hull, but they’re literally quite a drag and cause a ship to burn more fuel. To prevent these and other hangers-on from slowing ships down, scientists are developing a sustainable paint ingredient from plants that can repel clingy sea critters without killing them. The report appears in the ACS journal Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research.

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