A gallon of prevention? After 11 years of R&D, a New York biotech company gets EPA approval to...

With colors such as "serene harbor" and "twilight sentry" and a price tag of $69 per gallon, Caliwel could easily be mistaken as the newest designer paint collection to hit the market. But there's more to this coating than meets the eye. Caliwel goes beyond aesthetics; it battles bacteria, viruses and fungi.

After more than a decade of R&D, Alistagen Corp., a New York, NY-based biotechnology company, has received EPA retail clearance to sell its non-toxic anti-microbial surface coating. According to Alistagen, independent lab tests showed that Caliwel is 99.9% effective