The Vireo Advisors blog brings you the latest news and developments in safe, sustainable and bio-based materials and products including novel foods and sustainable nanomaterials.
New Surgo analysis identifies highly vulnerable US rural communities as COVID-19 testing deserts
The Surgo Foundation has released an analysis that shows that 64 percent of all rural US counties do not have testing sites available for COVID-19, leaving 20.7 million Americans without access to testing.
Could band and choral activities be safe school activities during COVID-19?
Singing and playing the clarinet, flute, French horn, and trumpet produces aerosols that carry the COVID-19 virus. Researchers at the University of Colorado found that aerosols remain airborne for extended periods of time, varying in time length due to different amounts being released by different instruments.
Two hairdressers with COVID-19 did not infect their clients because they wore masks!
In May, 2020 a stylist from Springfield, Missouri began exhibiting symptoms of COVID-19 but continued to work with clients for 8 more days.
Vireo Publishes “Translating Scientific Advances in the AOP Framework to Decision Making for Nanomaterials”
Vireo Advisors, as part of a collaboration with SmartNanoTox, a leading EU-funded nanosafety consortia published “Translating Scientific Advances in the AOP Framework to Decision Making for Nanomaterials”; available in the journal Nanomaterials.
Vireo Presenting at TAPPI Nano 2020 Virtual Conference July 22
Dr. Jo Anne Shatkin is an invited speaker to this year’s TAPPI Nano 2020 Virtual Conference!