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Home / Communications / 2021 / March / 04 / Episode 17: Introducing the CanMask!

Episode 17: Introducing the CanMask!

March 4, 2021

https://soundcloud.com/ubc_blue_and_goldcast/episode-17-compostable-masks

I’m joined by UBC engineering professors Johan Foster and Orlando Rojas who have been working with a multidisciplinary team of researchers and scientists to design what may be the world’s first fully compostable and biodegradable medical mask—the CanMask. 

Download the transcript here.

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