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Has Your School Built a LEED-Certified Lab Yet?

Many university labs are faced with the debate to build new or renovate. Buildings that predate the 1990s can be an uphill battle for lab renovations, given low ceilings, small […]

Don’t Flush Your Lab’s Budget — Recycle Water to Save Money

Labs that use animals in their research do A LOT of cage washing — and that’s not just water down the drain, but money too. Ditto with single pass water […]

Priorclave North America Announces New President, New Directions

Priorclave North America (PNA) is pleased to announce that Barbra Wells has been named their President and CEO. Wells had served for the last year as PNA CEO, spearheading the […]

The FDA Goes to Bat for Public Health

Major American food manufacturer ConAgra was slapped with the US\’s largest criminal food safety fine on December 13, 2016. ConAgra has been ordered to pay an $8 million fine and […]

Food Safety Inspection Is the Front Line of Public Health

Check your reservations; tonight might be a night to dine at home. A few minutes of googling can save you a long, dark night (try searching “restaurant inspection reports” and […]

Pet Food Manufacturers Avoid Recalls with Good QA

Pets are part of the family: We buy them comfortable beds, fun toys, treats from bakeries, and the best food we can afford. Unfortunately, the shortcuts taken by some pet […]

Lightbulbs Alone Aren’t Going to Save Us 20% by 2020

Universities, like homeowners, are saving money on their energy bills by switching to LED bulbs. Kansas University recently replaced 4,500 bulbs across campus, an effort that’s expected to net the […]

The US Is Running Out of Water

States are running out of water and it’s not just the arid ones out west, with wildfires and water restrictions. A recent GAO report found that 40 out of […]

US Plumbing Code Needs a 21st-Century Makeover

Most of us carry supercomputers in our pockets all day — the better to check Facebook for your sister’s latest cat video — but the plumbing systems we rely on […]

100 Autoclaves and Counting!

Five years ago we set out on a mission: to deliver the best laboratory autoclaves and services in North America. Today, we’re proud to announce we’ve completed an important milestone […]

In the Wrong Hands, Jet Dryers Do More Harm than Good

What’s grosser than gross? Turns out it may not be that guy who didn’t wash his hands after using the restroom. A new study published in the Journal of Applied Microbiology […]

Food Truck Food Safety: On the Road to Redemption

Can you trust the nosh you buy from food trucks? Once known as “roach coaches,” the twenty-first century marks a new era for food trucks. But have they shed their bad reputation […]