GLYCOSURF, INC.

Bioinspired Green Glycolipids as Fugitive Dust Mitigation Agents

GLYCOSURF, INC. is a business in national institute of environmental health sciences based in Salt Lake City, UT, founded in 2013.

Profile

Ambient air pollution significantly contributes to the global disease burden, leading to increased morbidity and mortality. In 2019, particulate air pollution alone contributed to over 4 million premature deaths. Mineral dusts, a component of atmospheric particulate matter, affect global biogeochemical cycles, pollute water bodies and air masses, and impact global systems. Dust poses both physical and health hazards, the latter particularly affecting cardiovascular and respiratory health. Mining activities generate dust at various stages, including excavation, blasting, stockpiling, crushing, grinding, and transport. Dust from mining operations, both modern and legacy, serves as an exposure route for other contaminants like arsenic and lead. To safeguard human and environmental health from mining-related dust, innovative and health compatible technologies are essential to mitigate dust emissions. Research in Phase I demonstrated that glycolipid surfactants are effective dust suppressants, matching or surpassing currently available products. Despite the availability of various dust suppression products, market opportunities exist for new technologies to address their disadvantages, such as corrosiveness to machinery, potential risks to human health from hazardous components, and short-term effectiveness due to susceptibility to disruption by environmental factors like strong win

Its activity falls under national institute of environmental health sciences; the profile below is assembled from public directory data.

Its base of operations is Salt Lake City, UT.

Directory data places it at the SBIR/STTR stage.

Recorded headcount: c_00001_00010 employees.

It has disclosed roughly $529K in funding.

Website: www.glycosurf.com