Legacy Strategies for Better Indoor Air — And a New One: Proximity Air Cleaning (PAC)
According to the US EPA, there are three main ways to protect IAQ. They are, in order of importance: Source Control: That is, eliminate or control the source of pollution. Ventilation: Bring in fresh and exhaust stale air (goal: five [...]
EPA Registers Air Sanitizer That Kills Viruses
On September 30, 2022, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) registered the first ever product for use against bacteria and viruses in air in residential and commercial areas. It is a 14% dipropylene glycol aerosol product. Below is the approved master [...]
Hygienic Green Cleaning – The Next Wave
By John Downey In the past two decades the concept of “green” cleaning has progressed from the fringe to the mainstream. Many cleaning professionals who once looked skeptically at “environmentally friendly” chemicals and practices now embrace it because many green-cleaning [...]
Sanitation in a Pre- and Post-Pandemic World — How to Clean and Measure Outcomes for Health
Sanitation in a Post-COVID-19 World, or in any infectious-disease related future that awaits us, includes transcending cleaning for appearance or asset protection for loftier goals that protect health.
Safer Far-UVC Kills Airborne SARS-CoV-2
Scientists have reported Far-UVC light is an effective way to kill airborne SARS-CoV-2 in a room-sized lab chamber (March 2022, Nature) without the health and safety risks of exposure to typical UV — a finding that could make wearing masks [...]
Sanitation in a Post-COVID-19 World
Sanitation in a Post-COVID-19 (C19) World, or in any infectious-disease related future that awaits us, means transcending facility appearance or asset protection for loftier goals that protect health. It also requires vision. While sanitation once meant removing dirt you [...]