A US-based inventor is conferring with distributors & cleanup specialists to supply them with InsulSorb© materials, a product designed to minimize ecological damage to the Gulf waters & wetlands that utilizes loose fiberglass wool from CertainTeed Corp. Specializing in the development of high volume sorbent materials & booms, Jeff Brelsford, president of S. Squared, Inc. had the idea of treating fiberglass insulation rendering it hydrophobic. Specifically, patent-pending InsulSorb is designed to repel water & absorb toxic or hazardous materials such as oil, antifreeze, gasoline & other pollutants from bodies of water, garage floors & roadways. InsulSorb consists of unbounded, shredded fiberglass blowing wool particles that may be sprayed from an aircraft or boat over water, or by a vehicle on land to rapidly absorb toxic or hazardous materials.
