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ArticleWaste management (New York, N.Y.)2024

Use of semi-permeable bag materials to facilitate on-site treatment of biological agent-contaminated waste.

Paul Lemieux, Abderrahmane Touati, Jonathan Sawyer, Denise Aslett, Shannon Serre, Behnam Pourdeyhimi, Pierre Grondin, Timothy McArthur, Ahmed Abdel-Hady, Mariela Monge

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Article in Waste management (New York, N.Y.), 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

  1. Fate and transport of viableJournal of the Air & Waste Management Association (1995) · 2024
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors.

Paul LemieuxCenter for Environmental Solutions and Emergency Response, Office of Research and Development, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, NC, United States. Electronic address: Lemieux.paul@epa.gov.
Abderrahmane TouatiJacobs Technology Inc., Research Triangle Park, NC, United States.
Jonathan SawyerJacobs Technology Inc., Research Triangle Park, NC, United States.
Denise AslettJacobs Technology Inc., Research Triangle Park, NC, United States.
Shannon SerreCenter for Environmental Solutions and Emergency Response, Office of Research and Development, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, NC, United States.
Behnam PourdeyhimiThe Nonwovens Institute, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, United States.
Pierre GrondinThe Nonwovens Institute, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, United States.
Timothy McArthurScience Systems and Applications, Inc., Lanham, MD, United States.
Ahmed Abdel-HadyJacobs Technology Inc., Research Triangle Park, NC, United States.
Mariela MongeConsolidated Safety Services, Inc., Research Triangle Park, NC, United States.

Funding

EPA 68HERC20D0018Intramural EPA EPA999999
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Clean up following the wide-area release of a persistent biological agent has the potential to generate significant waste. Waste containing residual levels of biological contaminants may require off-site shipment under the U.S. Department of Transportation's (US DOT) solid waste regulations for Category A infectious agents, which has packaging and size limitations that do not accommodate large quantities. Treating the waste on-site to inactivate the bio-contaminants could alleviate the need for Category A shipping and open the possibility for categorizing the waste as conventional solid waste with similar shipping requirements as municipal garbage. To collect and package waste for on-site treatment, a semi-permeable nonwoven-based fabric was developed. The fabric was designed to contain residual bio-contaminants while providing sufficient permeability for penetration by a gaseous decontamination agent. The nonwoven fabric was tested in two bench-scale experiments. First, decontamination efficacy and gas permeability were evaluated by placing test coupons inoculated with spores of a Bacillus anthracis surrogate inside the nonwoven material. After chlorine dioxide fumigation, the coupons were analyzed for spore viability and results showed a ≥6 Log reduction on all test materials except glass. Second, filters cut from the nonwoven material were tested in parallel with commercially available cellulose acetate filters having a known pore size (0.45 μm) and results demonstrate that the two materials have similar permeability characteristics. Overall, results suggest that the nonwoven material could be used to package waste at the point of generation and then moved to a nearby staging area where it could be fumigated to inactivate bio-contaminants.

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Bacillus anthracisSolid WasteDecontaminationSpores, BacterialSolid WasteAnthraxBiological incidentOn-site treatmentOutdoor releaseWaste management

Identifiers

PMID38422682
PMCPMC12345376

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