Rub-A-Dub-Dub If you like to sanitize, scour, scrape, scrub, shampoo, shine, soak, soap, sponge, spruce up, sterilize, straighten, swab or sweep, there is good news for you: the Association of Specialists in Cleaning & Restoration offers a one week Certified Restorer class that covers toxic contamination, allergic response, water damage and insurance. A good idea, but would you tell your kids you’re a “Certified Mold Professional”?

Influenza Peddling Singapore's Ministry of Health released its contingency plan describing how the Lion City will handle an influenza epidemic. MoH is stocking up on antiviral oseltamivir, or Tamiflu®, as it thinks up to 500,000 people in Singapore could become infected and up to 2,000 could die. In our experience, multinational companies are eager for help, and to help, with ‘bird flu’ contingency planning, and we hope MoH will reach out to the corporate private sector for support and advice.