Texas Tech University Releases Video on Oil Absorbency of Fibertect Pad

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A new video by The Institute of Environmental and Human Health at Texas Tech, now available online as a CNN ireport, shows how a wipe called Fibertect makes an excellent sponge to mop up oil released into the Gulf of Mexico by BP's exploded Deepwater Horizon rig. If made into booms, it would not only absorb 40 times its weight in oil, but also detoxify much of it. The U.S. military uses the Fibertect wipe, made of nonwoven cotton with an activated carbon core, in its decontamination kits to remove chemical and biological warfare agents.