Potentially Safer, Greener Alternative to BPA Could Come From Papermaking Waste
Sunday, March 16, 2014 - 17:56
in Physics & Chemistry
A waste product from making paper could yield a safer, greener replacement for the potentially harmful chemical BPA, now banned from baby bottles but still used in many plastics. Scientists made the BPA alternative from lignin, which gives wood its strength, and they say it could be ready for the market within five years. They described their research here today at the 247th National Meeting & Exposition of the American Chemical Society.