Maine Entrepreneurs See Big Potential in Seaweed
Alexa McGovern first read about the potential health consequences of microplastics when she was pregnant. When her daughter was eight months old, McGovern was diagnosed with breast cancer, with no family history or genetic predisposition. She remembers her doctors saying environmental factors could have played a role.
"I just kept orbiting around this toxin problem, and thinking about how materials can either aid or abet that problem," she said.
McGovern has long been interested in seaweed farming, and in 2023 she founded Dirigo Sea Farm...
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