Chief Enginer, Magazine, June 2021 In late January 2020, the first reported cases of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (COVID-19) were confirmed in the United States. By mid- March, New York State was overwhelmed by the effects of the virus, and in response to the dire conditions it was facing, the state issued an order…
Building Design & Construction, March 31, 2021 As more is known about COVID-19, preventive measures continue to emerge and compete. The engineering firm NV5, which provides third-party verification on WELL v2 projects for the Green Business Certification Institute, has been recommending to its clients Safe Traces, a solution that uses DNA-based sprays and sensors to…
Fox 5 KVVU-Las Vegas, February 4, 2021 Las Vegas shows are gearing up for a potential return to the stage, and a new anti-viral air treatment could be instrumental in filling up local venues. The air treatment would be used in essential businesses, and at least one Las Vegas producer hopes it will help them…
The Daily Mail UK, February 3, 2021 A ‘game-changing’ chemical that could be pumped into schools, theatres and restaurants to remove coronavirus should be urgently trialled, Andrew Lloyd Webber said yesterday. The theatre impresario revealed that his team has spent months lobbying ministers to investigate whether triethylene glycol (TEG) could be used to help open…
Las Vegas Sun, February 2, 2021 Triethylene glycerol is a colorless, odorless liquid used in myriad ways including as a finishing agent for different textiles and as an ingredient in lubricants and wallpaper stripper. But that makes it sound like a dangerous chemical compound. It’s also commonly used to produce the artificial fog prevalent at…
Tennessee Star, January 28, 2021 The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will allow Tennessee to use technology that reportedly kills over 98 percent of airborne COVID-19 particles. The emergency exemption request was approved under Section 18 of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA). The antiviral air treatment, Grignard Pure, is composed of Triethylene Glycol…
FOX 17 Nashville-WZTV, January 27, 2021 The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has approved a tool for use in Tennessee to combat airborne COVID-19 transmission. The EPA approved and emergency exemption for the tool on January 15, which can best be described as a fog machine which disperses an antiviral mist indoors, mixing with the air…
Metro Magazine, June 24, 2020 Luminator Technology Group will provide the “Grignard Pure” air treatment solution by Grignard Company in its portfolio of on-board technology for mass transit operators focused on keeping passengers, operators, and other transit employees safe from spread of the virus. Once Grignard Company receives governmental approvals, Luminator will begin in-market distribution…
WLWT5, Cincinnati, May 22, 2020 Great American Ball Park will serve as a beta site for what’s being called an aerosol viricide, which supposedly kills airborne coronavirus particles. The Cincinnati Reds have agreed to be a testing site for Gignard Pure, which claims to have an effective viricide tested by independent labs across the nation.…
FOX-19 Cincinnati, May 21, 2020 Great American Ball Park will serve as a test site for an antiviral meant to mitigate the spread of the novel coronavirus. Grignard Pure is an “aerosol viricide” that neutralizes coronavirus in the air. It has been tested by independent labs and proven effective at safely inactivating airborne virus particles,…