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How stay-at-home mom, Debbie Greenspan, developed the first eco-friendly antimicrobial doormat
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DC where we have a day after Mother's Day a mom who has a -- in events and hi -- -- I doctored doormat re -- Greenspan.
Hi -- nice to nice to be here -- -- Candice CUS superb invention let me get my and I have one right here so it's basically it looks like to me.
Patting you put over your -- and if you like your feel like two time none -- You analyst germs off.
Actually the doormat is designed to read AA anti microbial formula that is.
Permanently.
Imbedded it is of impregnated into the aren't on the entire surface of doctor doormat.
The bottom of the -- is made of natural it's -- stand materials which are rapper in hand and when you place doctor -- at every instance of your home.
It provides a wonderful.
Level.
Protection for your home environment and hand.
And the anti microbial chemistry as a -- permanently bonded to the entire surface of the doormat.
Gray and added you -- -- this idea is having kids and you know it kind of it's funny I don't have -- -- I actually created doctor -- because -- concerned about keeping my home as healthy and clean as possible -- my feeling.
-- became a first time mom in 2002.
Mechanic course like all children my baby is crawling on the floor and putting everything into her mouth.
But it but I've had a lifetime of suffering allergies -- -- so -- I thought I was pretty equipped I know more than the average person.
Of how to clean up my home environments is really for me so I can bring you -- but having a child changes the whole dimension.
My perspective -- it was all about my family and so of course when I go ahead sorry we'll visit we're looking at this red.
Doctor doormat right now do they come in other colors stories at all -- brick kind of read.
They into.
There there's chocolate brown charcoal gray a peacock blue and the autumn ran -- well and what's the price point.
The impact I have -- right here even act.
Pretty up the price point is -- about 25 dollars for the apartment side is OK and about 45 dollars for the house side.
-- and -- can we buy them on your website right you can get a DR doormat dot com there are a dozen web sites just Google let him we're really excited because for the first time in nine years I was able to break through to the retail world.
And Bed, Bath & Beyond stepped up -- was really excited about the product that's so you can find it in thirty Bed, Bath & Beyond stores in Canada.
And about 200 stores from coast to coast in the United States.
Yet and with allergy season being you know I have everything wrong with me it except for I don't have allergies and I'm fortunate that I hope -- -- -- -- -- but.
If that allergy season right now.
According test everybody.
I speak to you so the timing of this story is is pretty interesting as well so I'll see you profitable cracked.
Well actually I just re launched as you know I've done this for nine years -- right tested two years of time to do all the resurgent.
Literally jumped into.
The the world to live in -- reaching out tax spirits.
And you saw yourself the region behind and -- -- yanking on day at the media relations and and marketing I think.
Everything help from drastic.
It was literally we're we're compassion.
-- it's.
It's so much more -- -- -- business prior to that -- had very rich and fulfilling career so this was really a chance for me as a mom to.
You know create something that I really believe them and I think people have.
It's it's an issue that is so under.
-- overlooked and underestimated in terms of what a doormat the implications of what a dramatic and yes so the researches uncovered a whole.
Wealth of information that I was completely unaware of and felt.
A responsibility to take action and you know really share -- -- as many people as they -- and so.
It's for me the mission is to create a sea change in how our culture.
Gets their -- around this issue of how to manage your home environment.
We have a lot of our live chat -- we have viewers -- Writing and and and Vincent de Campos says he says too -- sterilization of our environment is why we have so many allergies and other immune disorders.
We are weakening our immune system.
With stabilization very very good point and I will tell you that in the world of anti microbial formulas are right there are hundreds if not thousands of -- us.
And it was very important to me especially being an allergy sufferer to select something that I mean you know.
Had thirty over thirty years.
A practice in the field used on so many products including household product -- Is registered and to register with the EPA among a number of other organizations.
Around the world.
To be safely used for this particular.
-- -- so what I did was select an anti microbial but does not.
Please -- microorganisms.
Instead it disables the odor causing microorganisms.
Through a physical mode of contact.
Very much like popping a balloon with a -- Right and -- And have you noticed and -- differences significant difference in your -- -- is after using your product in your own you know I think -- I do I think of doctor -- as one of the most valuable home environmental tools that you need in your tool belt.
I really believe that allergy is there -- it's a very multifaceted disease and there's so much more to this than allergies -- Things that I uncovered in my research directly linked the street -- and the things we -- -- homes.
We is child development issues cancer really is really shocking the things that I am covered it was -- -- researched and -- -- she just started.
Finding all of his.
There is highlighted points and make you go oh my gosh if only we -- that yes I can't you know I think that everyone needs to -- and going back to your question for this person that read them yet they're all -- -- not equal the one.
-- shows I knew would be perfect for my found way.
Because number one it does not -- into the environment.
It doesn't bleed into the environment as you can see the -- as a dry surface yet but it's impregnated into the arm so imagine a microscopic layer of like soldiers.
Standing at attention thousands if not millions of them on your dorm I'm working for your 24/7.
And it's as if it's it's a microscopic a layer of Sorensen spikes some microbes are single cell living organisms that are negatively charge.
And the man is is treated with -- the treatment actually creates a positive bio static barrier and -- Asher shoe comes down on the surface.
The it penetrates the cell membrane the -- very much like.
Popping a -- of the balloon again and its long lasting so it continues to work over time it's wonderful.
Are right Vincent de camp -- do you like get these answer to that with Eddie Greenspan the inventor of doctor doormat.
I'll -- website WWW -- DR doormat dot com thank you so much for coming on and congratulations TO.
And they -- let's -- is really thank you very much him thanks some.
