San Diego Firm to the Rescue.Business Editors & Health/Medical Writers SAN DIEGO--(BW HealthWire)--Feb. 22, 2000 Barrier Products LLC (Logical Link Control) See "LANs" under data link protocol. LLC - Logical Link Control , a local San Diego San Diego (săn dēā`gō), city (1990 pop. 1,110,549), seat of San Diego co., S Calif., on San Diego Bay; inc. 1850. San Diego includes the unincorporated communities of La Jolla and Spring Valley. Coronado is across the bay. firm, is the finger in the dike Dike, in Greek religion and mythology Dike: see Horae. dike, in technology dike, in technology: see levee. dike Bank, usually of earth, constructed to control or confine water. for the transportation and containment of hazardous cargo. While San Diego County Emergency Preparedness Responders rap up the first Regional Bio-Terrorism Conference and a major airline writes a check for $8 million to settle charges involving the transportation of hazardous cargo, San Diego entrepreneur, Edward McWilliams, has spent the last five years developing and perfecting a process that would insure the safety of people on the ground and in the air from exposure to airborne infectious diseases infectious diseases: see communicable diseases. from human and animal remains as they are transported. McWilliams originally designed his product in response to a deep concern that Dr. Brian Blackborne, the San Diego county Medical Examiner A public official charged with investigating all sudden, suspicious, unexplained, or unnatural deaths within the area of his or her appointed jurisdiction. A medical examiner differs from a Coroner in that a medical examiner is a physician. , had expressed regarding the safety of his employees, especially during incidents such as the 1999 mass death of the Heavens Gate Cult. Blackborne was aware of the potentially lethal effects of vapors and fluids associated with the transport and storage of human remains and wished to offer a higher level of protection to his staff. Now airborne pathogens like tuberculosis, and other lethal vapors, like chlorine, can be contained with absolute safety. Yvonne Williams, operations administrator at the San Diego County Medical Examiner's office, confirms that McWilliams' product is "a great step in universal precaution because we no longer have the noxious noxious adj. harmful to health, often referring to nuisances. odors Odors anosmia Medicine. the absence of the sense of smell; olfactory anesthesia. Also called anosphrasia. — anosmic, adj. halitosis bad breath; an unpleasant odor emanating from the mouth. or spillage of body fluids that are an environmental hazard 'Environmental hazard' is a generic term for any situation or state of events which poses a threat to the surrounding environment. This term incorporates topics like pollution and Natural Hazards such as storms and earthquakes. ." McWilliams recently was the only major exhibitor with an absolute containment product on display at the Western Regional Bio-Terrorism Conference as he is constantly in search of new markets for his unique invention. In use already at several clean-up sites, the Bio-Seal product is slowly getting recognition for protecting handlers from unknown hazards, transported daily in the cargo compartments of major airlines and trucks. The Bio-Seal System is a patented process for the absolute containment of hazardous fluids and gases associated with the long term storage of human remains. Bio-Seal is also completely and easily disposable. Barrier Products LLC is located at 8195 Ronson Road, Suite D, San Diego, 92123. For additional information contact Edward McWilliams, president at 858/569-9868. Fax: 858/569-9867 E-mail: bioseal@earthlink.net Internet: www.bioseal.com. |
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