These crabs on your mattress won't make you crabby
How one Pacific Coast startup is turning seafood waste into a cost-competitive natural purifier for textiles and more.
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How one Pacific Coast startup is turning seafood waste into a cost-competitive natural purifier for textiles and more.
Post date: Tue, 07/27/2021 - 7:08pm Most people are unaware that the yarns and fabrics that make up our carpets, clothing, car seats, mattresses, even mop heads, are coated with chemicals and metals such as copper, silver and aluminum that act as fire retardants, odor preventers, antifungals and anti-microbials. Now, crab shells from Alaska are providing the same safeguards in a bio-friendly way. The metals and chemicals are being replaced by all-natural Tidal-Tex liquid treatments derived from chitosan molecules found in the exoskeletons of crab shells. The bio-shift stems from a partnersh...