The sterilizing and deodorizing agents target bacteria, odors, toxic substances, etc. and are made from silver as metal particles and titanium dioxide as ceramic particles by (1) thermal bonding or (2) pressure bonding or (3) thermal/pressure bonding and mixing the resultant with hydroxyapatite as an adsorptive material. The agent can be mixed with ink, bonding agents and paints and applied to a variety of substrates.
Moyasar T. Yahya - Tucson AZ Charles P. Gerba - Tucson AZ
Assignee:
Research Corporation Technologies, Inc. - Tucson AZ
International Classification:
C02F 150
US Classification:
210764
Abstract:
A water disinfection system is disclosed. The system comprises a permanganate in a concentration of up to about 15 mg/L, copper ions in a concentration of up to about 900. mu. g/L, and silver ions in a concentration of up to about 90. mu. g/L. In addition, a method for disinfecting water utilizing this system is described.
Harry Buckholtz - Lewiston NY, US Ronald Richardson - Hemet CA, US Akrum H. Tamimi - Tucson AZ, US Charles P. Gerba - Tucson AZ, US
International Classification:
C05G 3/00
US Classification:
71 11, 422187
Abstract:
The present invention describes a process involving a new method of use for methyl isothiocyanate (MITC)-generating compounds in the treatment of organic waste material to reduce vector attraction. The present invention results in waste that is more suitable for use as a fertilizer and meets the standard for vector attraction reduction (VAR) as established by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. The method includes the application of MITC generating compounds, such as metam sodium, to organic waste material, resulting in the generation of MITC. The MITC generated by the process of the present invention results in a loss of attraction for organic waste material normally experienced by disease-transmitting pests such as flies and rodents.
bacteria is one that we tend to keep the closest: the cellphone. While research has varied on the number of germs found on the average cellphone, Charles Gerba, a microbiologist at the University of Arizona, found in 2012 that the average cellphone carried 10 times more bacteria than most toilet seats.
Someone called it the two-by-two rule, said Charles Gerba, an environmental microbiologist at the University of Arizona in Phoenix, who has also done research on passenger jets and was not involved in the new study. Two seats in front of you and two people on either side.
Date: Mar 20, 2018
Category: Health
Source: Google
New GOP health plan could raise premiums; no vote scheduled
A 2011study by the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine found fecal matter on 1 out of every 6 smartphones. University of Arizona microbiologist Charles Gerba went even further with his research, which found that cellphones carry 10 times the bacteria of most toilet seats.
Date: Apr 05, 2017
Category: Health
Source: Google
iPhones and other every day items that are dirtier than a toilet
possibly. Researchers at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine found fecal matter on one out of every six smartphones in a 2011 study. Add to that the work of Charles Gerba, a famed University of Arizona microbiologist who found cell phones carry 10 times the bacteria of most toilet seats.
Date: Mar 25, 2017
Category: Health
Source: Google
The Dirtiest Things In The Home Don't Include The Toilet
the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine found that one out of six smartphones contain fecal matter. In a separate study, Charles Gerba, a microbiologist from the University of Arizona, discovered that cellphones contain 10 times more bacteria than toilet seats, Chicago Sun Times reports.
Consider that University of Arizona researcher Charles Gerba tellsNews.authat the average household remote has a bacteria count of 17,000 per square inch. In contrast, hotel remotes, according to Travelmaths study, rated as such: three-star hotels have an average of 232,733 CFUper square-inch; fo
Date: Jan 20, 2016
Category: Health
Source: Google
5 things you still may not know about colds and the flu
The cold virus lives in the nose and throughout the day and people mindlessly touch their faces. Thats how about a third of people end up with a cold virus on their hands, says Charles Gerba, professor of microbiology and environmental sciences at the University of Arizona. So its wise to skip the
Most people (at least during flu season) are careful about touching stainless steel poles on subways and buses, but dont often think about subway turnstiles and bus ticket machines that are arguably touched by even more people, says Charles Gerba, a microbiologist at the University of Arizona. The