All-Soy Ink Splashes Into Print
Think about the telltale signs of reading the morning newspaper. Yes, we're talking about black, messy ink that rubs off on your hands. It could be a thing of the past thanks to new inks made with a 100-percent soybean oil base developed by ARS scientists in Peoria, Illinois.
Chemist Sevim Erhan expects a wide and immediate use of both black and color soybean oil inks because "not only can they be made at a lower cost than petroleum-based inks, ...