BOCA RATON, FLORIDA — April 14, 2005 — John Y. Mason, President and CEO of Bio∙ONE™, a Sabre/Giuliani Company, announced that the final anthrax decontamination in the country will begin today at the former AMI building. The building is the site of the first recognized anthrax incident in 2001.
The decontamination of photos from a photo library, formerly owned by American Media, Inc., will be the largest document decontamination ever. Half a million photographs will be decontaminated at one time. The photographs had been boxed up, sealed and stored in the basement of the former AMI Building, awaiting a decision on their disposition.
Bio∙ONE™ plans to make the former AMI building its headquarters. A re-opening even, planned for June, will include an announcement regarding the company's future plans for the building. Former New York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani will attend the re-opening and be among the first to enter the building.
Bio∙ONE™ began the former AMI building decontamination in March, 2004 and completed it in July, 2004. The building decontamination was the fastest and least expensive done to date.
Bio∙ONE™ uses a unique chlorine dioxide-based technology and has extensive experience cleaning up anthrax-contaminated buildings with no residual toxicity. The company was responsible for the decontamination of multiple buildings on Capitol Hill, including the Hart Senate Office building, as well as major postal facilities in the District of Columbia and New Jersey.
The American Media Inc. building was the first place where anthrax was discovered in October 2001. This contamination resulted in the death of an AMI photo editor, Robert Stevens. The building has remained under quarantine since. David Rustine, a Boca Raton based developer, purchased the three-story, 67,500-square-foot building in April 2003, with the goal of restoring it as a safe workplace.
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Jeffrey MacIntyre Bio∙ONE Solutions LLC (703) 485-4588 Debbie Abrams Sunny Mindel |
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