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Bill Luallen

Bill Luallen is the Director of Technical Services for XL North, a division of Textile Rubber and Chemical Company. He is the current IICRC CCMT TAC Chair and also the former Vice Chair of the RFMT. He participates on many panels and boards including the CRI 204/205 Carpet Maintenance and Cleaning Standards. When Bill is not traveling to work with customers or talking on the phone, he spends all his down time with his wife Cynthia of 30 years, outside enjoying this beautiful world.

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March 26, 2020 – COVID-19 Update

Because the Coronavirus pandemic situation is constantly evolving, we want to remind our customers, partners, distributors, and end users that Vital Oxide is on the EPA List N of Disinfectants for Use Against SARS-CoV-2, the novel coronavirus that causes the disease COVID-19.

January 20, 2020 – Original Post

The Coronavirus outbreak has been prominent in the news lately. As concerns about the virus grow here in the U.S. and abroad, XL North reached out to our partner Vital Solutions for a statement about the virus and Vital Oxide’s effectiveness against it. From Vital Solutions GM, James Parker Burnett:

“We do not know of any domestic product that can make direct claims, as testing is not available in the US. We do fit the emerging pathogen requirements for viruses showing efficacy against envelope and non-envelope virus, both large and small. As the 2019-nCoV is in the coronavirus genus and we currently have efficacy on Feline coronavirus, Strain WSU 79-1683, ATCC VR 989** Canine coronavirus Strain 1-71, ATCC VR-809** we feel we will be effective against this strain as well.”


Additional Resources

Here are some additional resources to better educate you and your team on the virus and its prevention.