Bio-Recovery Leads Cleanup of Ebola Spaces in New York
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As soon as New York received confirmation that a young doctor just returning from West Africa was infected with Ebola, a Long Island clean-up crew was ready to roll.
Bio-Recovery Corp., previously used by then-Mayor Rudy Giuliani to remove Anthrax-tainted mail from buildings in 2001, had been preparing for decontamination efforts for weeks, according to Sal Pain, who said he is the company’s chief safety officer. When New York City’s first Ebola patient was diagnosed, it got the chance.