Re:InventWood is about to mass-produce wood that's stronger ...
by koverstreet on Monday May 19, 2025 @08:36AM
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I'd rather live next to a leaky paper plant than a teflon plant any day.
Re:InventWood is about to mass-produce wood that's stronger ...
by itsbenweeks on Monday May 19, 2025 @09:42AM
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I wouldn't. The numerous miscarriages that my grandmother had while living in a mill town, and the cancer diagnoses that followed family who worked at the mill taught me to stay upstream of mill towns.
Re:InventWood is about to mass-produce wood that's stronger ...
by zoklet-enjoyer on Monday May 19, 2025 @12:13PM
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Visit Int'l Falls, MN. They have a paper mill and then there's another one on the other side of the river in Canada. It's foul
Re:InventWood is about to mass-produce wood that's stronger ...
by gertop on Monday May 19, 2025 @11:55AM
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I think it's clear that you're not familiar with how often paper mills have poisoned the nearby populations.
This process will need to regenerate almost all of that sodium hydroxide and sodium sulfite, or it's just peracetic paper again.