Chinaās algae invasion which threatened sailing events at the 2008 Olympic Games shows no sign of subsiding anytime soon with new blooms of the slimy green sea plant washing up summer after summer.
One Qingdao based company has found a silver lining to the nasty green cloud and are planning to use the natural nuisance to make protective clothing from it for fire fighters and medical personnel as early as next year.
The new environmentally friendly clothing fibre was created at Qingdao University with financial backing from Qingdao Xiyingmen Group. Due to the algaeās natural resistance to fire and electromagnetic waves safety clothing for a number of specialist service can be made at a lower financial and environmental cost.
