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A special thanks to mechanical engineer Etieno Isaiah, B.Eng., for reviewing our product designs, Tim McQueen, Chief Operating Officer at Ozone Waste Solutions, for giving relevant information about ozone sterilization, and Dr. Jose Derraik from the University of Auckland, New Zealand and all other researchers we consulted for our PPE decontamination protocol
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