by Graeme Luey | Sep 19, 2020 | News
Beamsville, Ont.-based Clean Works, a produce sanitization firm, has gone from working with fruits and vegetables to manufacturing mobile units that can sanitize N95 masks amidst the COVID-19 pandemic. Having worked in the agricultural sector for four years, Clean...
by Graeme Luey | Sep 19, 2020 | News
Developed by food scientist Keith Warriner and a Niagara-area company, the “clean flow” technology enables health-care facilities to decontaminate much-needed N95 masks for safe reuse. He said proper sanitation is important for reusing personal protective equipment...
by Graeme Luey | Sep 19, 2020 | News
As the province deals with a shortage of personal protective equipment, a professor at the University of Guelph has turned to food science as a means of boosting supply. According to a release sent out April 20, Professor Keith Warriner and Niagara-area company Clēan...
by Graeme Luey | Sep 19, 2020 | News
If needed, frontline health care workers in Bruce and Huron Counties and Bruce Power will be assured of safe personal protective equipment (PPS) thanks to a new partnership between the counties and Bruce Power. Bruce County, Huron County and Bruce Power have purchased...
by Graeme Luey | Sep 19, 2020 | News
Mark VanderVeen and his team at Clean Works were determined to work at all hours, even over Easter weekend, to get their sanitization equipment out to front-line workers. VanderVeen, the president and CEO of Clean Works, has been in constant communication with...
by Graeme Luey | Sep 19, 2020 | News
Matt Holmes Speaks with Mark VanderVeen – President Clean Works regarding being approved to clean masks. Click to listen to interview on iheartradio: https://www.iheartradio.ca/610cktb/audio/covid-19-beamsville-company-approved-to-clean-masks-1.12160670
by Graeme Luey | Sep 19, 2020 | News
The University of Guelph says a device meant to decontaminate fresh produce is now being used to sanitize N95 masks for health-care workers during the coronavirus pandemic. The technology, developed by U of G food scientist Keith Warriner, recently received approval...
by Graeme Luey | Sep 19, 2020 | News
Mark VanderVeen and his team at Beamsville, Ont’s Clean Works were determined to work at all hours, even over Easter weekend, to get their sanitization equipment out to front-line workers. VanderVeen, the president and CEO of Clean Works, has been in constant...
by Graeme Luey | Sep 19, 2020 | News
It’s the end of another week and here at CBC Kitchener-Waterloo’s The Morning Edition, we continue to highlight our community’s helpers who are stepping up during the COVID-19 pandemic. We had some great stories this week including one about a...
by Graeme Luey | Sep 19, 2020 | News
Sir Isaac Newton discovered the law of gravity when a falling apple hit him on the head. Now, as the health-care industry scrambles, an enterprising fruit farmer has discovered a smart way to resolve the shortage of masks. Using technology built to protect consumers...