Textiles Play Role In Gulf Oil Spill Clean-up Efforts

Textile materials are being used in some interesting ways in the efforts to soak up oil approaching the shores of the Gulf of Mexico in the wake of the explosion and sinking of BP’s Deepwater Horizon oil rig off the coast of Louisiana late last month. Textile World received reports of two such efforts just this week — one more high-tech and one less so, but also having potential to help minimize the effects of the spill on the coastal ecosystems.