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Who Can Americans Trust with Food Safety?
Salmonella, E. coli, and listeria are invisible invaders, making supermarkets a scary place. Behind a facade of bright packaging and colorful produce lurks the possibility of bacterial infections that can […]
Opt in for Safety with a Research-grade Tabletop Autoclave
We like to assume that if we haven’t heard about a food safety problem, that’s because no problem exists. Unfortunately, in the absence of rigorous testing, we simply have no […]
Solar Autoclaves Harness the Power of the Sun
The locations may be remote, with challenging terrain and weather and no electricity, but the available tech is anything other than backwards. Researchers, students, and instructors at the Massachusetts Institute […]
Legionella Research Can Afford No Shortcuts
Legionella has an old-fashioned ring to it, but this bacterium is causing pneumonia outbreaks (Legionnaires’ Disease and Pontiac Fever) in modern, urban areas like Brooklyn and Chicago. Spread by infected water vapor […]
Education Is Our Best Defense
Nobody likes sloppy science. At best, results are untrustworthy; at worst, they can be deadly. It was revealed earlier this year that a US Army lab was improperly irradiating anthrax […]
Food Processors, Quality Assurance, Sterilizers, and Consumers
Jeni’s Splendid Ice Cream voluntarily recalled products and closed retail scoop shops in April 2015 after listeria was found in a random sample. The FDA promptly conducted a ten-day inspection, concluding […]
“Not-so-Affordable” Autoclaves
There are a good number of tabletop autoclaves on the market positioned as “affordable” benchtop laboratory autoclaves. Typically priced below $10,000 and often sold by reputable dealers, these look like […]
Thermal Paper Printers: Less Healthy, More Hassle
For labs that need to maintain hard-copy records of each sterilization cycle, a built in printer has long been a sought after autoclave accessory. Unfortunately, many autoclave manufacturers favor thermal […]
California Mega Drought: Brief Blip or Decade-Long Diaster?
For the last six months hundreds of rural Californians have lived with dry taps, inflatable toilets, and not a drop of hot water. They eat fast food instead of cooking, […]
Ebola: Serious but No Cause for Panic
A second Ebola case was announced this week in Texas-the first ever confirmed transmission of the virus within the borders of the United States. This seems like dire news. And although […]
Priorclave Installation Recognized for Dramatic Energy Savings at York University
Laboratorytalk has praised Priorclave for their recent laboratory installation of a 450 liter autoclave in the Biology Department at York University. The installation has helped to cut energy costs and […]