Product Watch: EasyDECON

1/3/2018 (Permalink)

Welcome to Product Watch! Today we’ll be discussing EasyDECON.

Hello and welcome to the first edition of Product Watch!  This is where we will aim to inform you, our reader, about interesting products in the remediation and construction industry. For this inaugural post we are going to learn about a product called “EasyDECON”.

"EasyDECON", also branded under the name “Crystal Clean”, is a decontaminate/disinfectant offered by Intelagard.  It was originally developed in response to the Tokyo train scare of March 20, 1995.  After which it was commissioned by the U.S Department of Defense and developed by the workers at Sandia National Laboratories in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

It has since been used by the U.S. government in the 2001 anthrax scare; as well as the Ebola virus pandemic in 2014.  It even found its way into cleanup crews’ equipment for the Boston Marathon bombing.

Currently the U.S. Special Forces/Special Operations units use it to assist them with the destruction of biological and chemical weapons in all areas of the world. Other government agencies, such as the FBI, also use "EasyDECON" as their main decontaminate product.

"EasyDECON" is used by the government due to its greater effectiveness when compared to more common bleach products.  Not only does it allow better penetration into porous materials it also requires less applications to fully remediate an effected area.  Perhaps the most unique thing about "EasyDECON" is it’s ability to be utilized in 3 different states of matter which includes: liquid, foam, and fog.  This help to increase effectiveness of the product for all different type of jobs.  For example, when dealing with an area that has a lot of airborne mold, using the solution in fog form is most effective for remediation.

Not only is "EasyDECON" being used by the government for its originally intended purpose, to help in response to biological and chemical terror attacks, it has more recently gaining use with more local tasks.  For example firefighters are using it to disinfect their protective suits, aka bunker gear, of cancer causing toxins.  This hints at the ability to help in cases of fire remediation.  Additionally, it is more effective than bleach in mold remediation, as well as more efficient as it requires fewer applications for remediation. Both of these hint at the possibilities this product could have to cross over into the commercial/residential remediation industry.  It’s quite possible "EasyDECON" could become a go-to product in the remediation industry. 

Stay aware and keep watch, until next time!