Sandia has developed a decontamination foam that renders all typical chemical and biological agents harmless. Nontoxic to humans, the foam can be sprayed quickly over wide areas. Sandia has licensed the foam technology to a number of commercial firms, which are developing it for uses in such contexts as mass decontamination, spills, and hospitals. The foam has also been deployed as a preventive measure at presidential debates and a political convention.
Small systems that look like a twin-canister fire extinguisher are already on the market and could well become standard issue for police, fire, and emergency vehicles. Authorized licensees include MODEC, Inc. and EasyDECON™ solution for first responders.
Learn more about the Sandia Decon formulation for mitigation and decontamination of CBW agents.
Decon foam would likely stop a SARS virus quickly.
U.S. Army Central Command selects chem-bio decontamination formulation developed at Sandia.
Sandia’s decontamination foam may be tomorrow’s best first response in a chem-bio attack.
