Has it really been 20 years since we started Jancast.com? Mark and I discussed the news about Bird Flu and other dangerous pathogens. We also review some of the past shows over the last 20 years, including show # 1 from September 14th, 2005.

In this Jancast episode, we talk about the coming ISSA show in Las Vegas (booth # 3853). We discuss Bullen's introduction of some new groundbreaking products that connect with the subjects of some of our previous shows: Healthy buildings, healthy people—this is the vision.

February 6th, 2025

Special guest Laurie Sewell, the current ISSA president, as well as Servicon.

We talk about our ISSA past history and the future. Will M&A continue, what are the supply chain issues, and how can we use Dungeons and Dragons experience in running a business? Sewell’s involvement with the International Sanitary Supply Association (ISSA) spans several decades. She joined Servicon full-time after college and became actively engaged with ISSA, serving a three-year term on the ISSA Board of Directors as a Distributor Director from 2000 to 2002 (Scott was district director 2001-2003 and Mark was 2013-2015). At the end of the show you can hear the complete Jancast anthem

Norovirus news, Jancast theme song, and it has been 5 years since the start of the pandemic; what is new for 2025, and what does it mean for the cleaning industry?

Originally published on January 27th, 2025

Mark and I review the 2024 list of Jancast episodes and talk about the direction the show has taken this year and the focus on science-based cleaning processes and procedures. From electrostatic sprayers that don't work to which is worse, toilet or carpet bloom?

We are back after a lot of travel and events and we spend some time reviewing the current state of the ISSA show. We review the venue, the food, the show itself, the leads and should you take a red-eye on your return home

Healthy buildings, healthy people—this is the vision

In this episode, we dig deep into the proposed project between ISSA, Penn State, and CUNY Medicine that will provide technical assistance to business sectors to develop a university-trade association-stakeholder partnership that increases the knowledge, demand, and use of the EPA’s more than 1,900 Safer Choice labeled products.

Our guests joining Mark and me are Dr. Gavin Macgregor-Skinner, Senior Director of the Global Biorisk Advisory Council® (GBAC), a Division of ISSA, and Dr. Omrana Pasha-Razzak who is a Professor at the Community Health and Social Medicine (CHASM) Department at CUNY Medicine.

This is the intro show that is only 6 minutes long but it spells out what we stated the show and what we talked about covers