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We have noted thatUltraTouch insulation from recycled cotton is great stuff,but I still get upset when I see theirpictures of kids putting their heads on it; it has borax, a known respiratory irritant, added as a fire retardant and to keep out vermin. All cellulose insulations do.

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Sometimes I get it wrong in this gig, but rarely have I been so consistent as I have been in my coverage ofUltratouch Recycled Denim Insulation. I had to retract about half my post inPlanet Green,when I complained that shipping old jeans all over the country wasn’t exactly green; Bonded Logic, the manufacturer, contacted me to say no, it is almost all post-industrial scrap from factories, diverting 300 tons of it from the landfill every month. Campaigns like tho…Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Mike recently wroteSpace-Age Tech Coming to a Building Near You: Aerogel as InsulationIt is true that it hasn’t been used much as conventional insulation in solid walls, but because it is translucent, it has been used a lot in applications where architects want natural light and a high level of insulation.KalwallputsCabot’s nanogelaerogel between two layers of fiberglass panels and gets R-20 out of a translucent wall, which is certa…Read the full story on TreeHugger
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