Photos of oil-soaked birds suffering as a result of the Gulf oil spill are horrifying. Most of us look at them with pity and shame. But at least one researcher looked at these sad, oil-slicked birds and marveled at the way feathers soak up oil. Then he acted on that observation.
Click here for a story on how chopped feathers from the poultry industry might be used to clean up this vast oil slick. Earlier in this blog I posted a potential solution proposed by farmers of using straw to clean up the mess. Here is yet another agriculturally produced solution.
Another farmer solution to oil spill cleanup
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