Avain flu worries send NanoMask sales flying
Growing concern over avian flu has helped send sales of Emergency Filtration Products Inc.' s
NanoMasks and filters soaring. Over the next two years, the company expects to ship over one half million masks and almost ten million filters.
" Over the past few weeks we have experienced a strong increase in orders for the NanoMask, which we believe is due to the growing threat of a possible avian flu pandemic, " said Douglas K. Beplate, President, EFP. " As a result, and due to a number of
potentially large orders from a number of medical products distributors in the United States and abroad, we are gearing up production capacity to meet the growing demand for the NanoMask. " To meet demand, the company is opening an new plant in Nogales, Mexico.
EFP's 2H Nano-Enhanced Environmental Mask, the NanoMask, relies on the company's core 2H Technology filtration system, which utilizes a combination of hydrophobic and hydrophilic filters able to capture and isolate bacterial and viral microorganisms with efficiencies of 99.9%. EFP bills the NanoMask as the first face mask in the world to utilize nanotechnology enhanced filter media to effectively isolate and destroy viral and bacterial contaminants. Photo by Bogdan Cristel. more @ emergencyfiltration.com
In as much as the debate over the environmental risks of nanotechnology is concerned, I still believe that nanotech has a lot to offer us. For me, it is meant to stay.
December 21st, 2005 at 3:17 pm