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EcoQuest Receives Tokens of Appreciation from Department of Defense
Greeneville, TN — EcoQuest International, an indoor environmental technology company, recently received two Department of the Army DSS-W coins in appreciation for the donation of air purification equipment following the attack on the Pentagon on September 11

EcoQuest International Awarded Certified Space Technology Status
Colorado Springs, CO — The Space Foundation announced today that EcoQuest International’s Fresh Air purification product has been officially recognized as a Certified Space Technology™.
Fresh Air by EcoQuest uses technology originally developed in cooperation with NASA to clean the air in the spacecraft by removing airborne pathogens. Titanium Dioxide (TiO2), a photocatalytic substance, was discovered to reduce hydrocarbons in enclosed spaces. The Fresh Air product uses a similar application of TiO2, in a UV activated photocatalytic system, to effectively purify the air indoors.

Air Purifiers from EcoQuest Used to Ward Off Bugs in UK Hospital
BBC has reported that a hospital in Somerset, England, has installed machines manufactured by EcoQuest to combat airborne bugs, odors and pollutants.
Cleveon Hospital wants to keep its record of never having had a case of MRSA (Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus), a sickness that patients sometimes catch in the hospital. To do this, they installed EcoQuest International’s Fresh Air purifies. Studies at Kansas State University have proven that the Fresh Air kills up to 99.99% of germs on surfaces.

Fresh Air by EcoQuest Reduces Preschool Absenteeism by 75%, CBS News Reports
A unique air purifier, Fresh Air by EcoQuest, has helped reduce absenteeism from illness in a Pennsylvania preschool, as reported by CBS Station 21 in Harrisburg.
“Since we installed the system, absenteeism from illness went down more than 75% according to school logs,” said Shannon Murphy, director of Goddard School, a preschool and daycare in Mechanicsburg.

Norovirus on the Rise—EcoQuest Products Support CDC Wellness Strategies
USA Today recently reported the Center for Disease Control’s release of a strategy for combating the increasing incidents of stomach flu in the U.S. These strategies involved, amongst other things, decontaminating linens and keeping surfaces decontaminated. EcoQuest’s Fresh Air and LaundryPure products support those strategies.