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Genencor International, Inc. (PaIo Alto, California) has announced a new line of decontamination enzymes to combat nerve gas agents and organophosphate-based pesticides. Genencor's DEFENZTM line of enzymes was introduced to first responders at the FireRescue Conference and Expo in Las Vegas, Nevada, in November.
Exclusively licensed from the U.S. Army Edgewood Chemical Biological Center (ECBC), Genencor states that DEFENZ enzymes are capable of breaking down certain organophosphate type materials...