Posts published in “Informational”

Rich Cholodofsky writing in Trib Live describes the Westmoreland, PA Municipal Authority approving $31M for water treatment facility upgrades including UV disinfection system – a 70% jump in expected costs. The Municipal Authority of Westmoreland County will spend $31 million to expand and upgrade a water treatment plant near Connellsville — a 70% jump in the cost estimated when it was initially approved 27 months ago. Originally expected to cost about $18 million, the project’s price jumped in the intervening three years because of inflation and a lack of contractors available to do the work, officials said. Announced in 2020,…

Kelsey Simpkins writing for University of Colorado at Boulder about Dr. Mark Hernandez’s Covid-19 research and the first interdisciplinary bioaerosol lab in the country with UV light for disinfection between testing protocols. As one of the first interdisciplinary bioaerosol labs established in the U.S., the Environmental Engineering Microbiology and Disinfection Lab at CU Boulder is home to one of the biggest bioaerosol chambers in the country at an academic institution. At about 350 cubic feet (10 cubic meters), it provides a large experimental space that realistically mimics the indoor environments people live, work and play in every day. While…

Kathe Tanner reports in the The Tribune that Morro’s Bay, CA water treatment facility is months ahead of schedule and embodies reverse osmosis and an advanced ultraviolet oxidation processes. Morro Bay officials celebrated the start of operation for the city’s $160 million wastewater treatment facility — months ahead of a state-imposed deadline — on a chilly, rainy Thursday morning. The Morro Bay Water Resources Center is the largest municipal project in the city’s history, Scott Collins, Morro Bay’s outgoing city manager, said at Thursday’s ceremony. Located at 555 South Bay Blvd. south of town, the new sewage treatment facility…

Industry giants PURO UV and Johnson Controls have partnered up to research far UV-C’s safety and efficacy. The three companies hope to expedite product adoption through an evidence-based approach. In an effort to bring filtered far UV-C solutions closer to customers, stakeholders, regulators, and scientists, IAQ (indoor air quality) improvement leader, Johnson Controls, and UV innovator, PURO UV, will assess the positive and negative effects of the technology through collaborative, first-of-its-kind testing. The studies will start over the following three to six months in the scientific facilities of top-ranked US universities and certified laboratories. The research will crystallize the…

News release from Speco Inc. in Yahoo Life about their “…world’s first dual air purifier and sanitiser machine” embodying among others Ultraviolet light. Speco, an award-winning smart hygiene company, is pleased to announce the launch of the world’s first smart sanitiser, the Speco Ion, a revolutionary ambient sanitisation machine that automates hygiene maintenance. Speco’s award-winning antiviral coating, was developed since 2019, has been used widely throughout commercial buildings and offices during the COVID-19 pandemic. Generally, cleaning solutions are applied manually on surfaces by hand or sprayed through aerosols, a tedious, labor-intensive and time-consuming procedure. The Speco Ion was specially…

Rachel M. Speer et. al. (Cold Spring Harbor Labs) article posted at BioRxiv about the mechanism for the co-carcinogenesis of skin cancer from UV light with arsenic ingestion/skin application. Full text available at: https://tinyurl.com/2nph5y5m doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2023.02.22.529578 ABSTRACT Environmental co-exposures are widespread and are major contributors to carcinogenic mechanisms. Two well-established environmental agents causing skin cancer are ultraviolet radiation (UVR) and arsenic. Arsenic is a known co-carcinogen that enhances UVR’s carcinogenicity. However, the mechanisms of arsenic co-carcinogenesis are not well understood. In this study, we utilized primary human keratinocytes and a hairless mouse model to investigate the carcinogenic and mutagenic properties…

Margaret Christopherson in the Lafayette Journal and Courier writes about Erin Easter as director of development proposing funding for ultraviolet disinfection devices in city building HVAC systems. At this week’s West Lafayette Board of Public Works and Safety, Erin Easter, director of development, presented to the board a request “to seek proposals from qualified contractors to provide ultraviolet lights and installation services for city-owned HVAC systems.” According to the request for proposals document, the ultraviolet air purification systems would sanitize the air, removing “spores, bacteria, viruses and mold.” This would overall reduce the exposure to volatile organic compounds and help…

News release from BioUV, a UV water treatment and disinfection company, that its majority shareholder EURL BGH is selling all of its shares in the company. PRESS RELEASELunel, 28 February 2023, 5:40 p.m. Launch of the sale of 1,395,962 shares in BIO-UV Group initiatedby its majority shareholder, Benoît Gillmann Proposal to change BIO-UV Group’s governance structurewith the appointment of Laurent-Emmanuel Migeon as Chairman & Chief Executive Officer▪ Acquisition of a 0.30% stake in BIO-UV Group by Laurent-Emmanuel Migeon as part of the transaction BIO-UV Group (Euronext Growth® – FR001334549 – ALTUV), a specialist in water treatment and disinfection using…

Allied Analytics promotion for their market study of UV disinfection in North America posted in Newswires. Key findings of the study – By country, the U.S. is projected to grow at the highest CAGR of approximately 19.9%, in terms of revenue, during the forecast period.– By end-use industry, the residential segment is expected to hold the highest share by end of 2028.– By system, the robotic spraying segment is anticipated to grow with a CAGR of 4.9%, in terms of revenue, during the forecast period.– By marketing channel, the direct marketing segment is anticipated to grow with a CAGR…