Bios
Allison Janse is a trade book editor and freelance writer. She feels lucky to call south Florida home because she can justify bulk purchases of sanitizing products to early hurricane preparation.
She lives with her husband, who, after seven years of marriage is showing slight germ freak tendencies. Their two children are proof that being a germ freak is not likely a genetic trait.
Charles Gerba, Ph.D., is an internationally renowned environmental biologist who made his reputation in the 1970s by opening scientists' eyes to the dangerous organisms in our groundwater.
His lab created the first test to detect the parasite cryptosporidium in water, changing the way munipalities treat our drinking water. He is a professor at the University of Arizona where he oversees cutting edge studies in the department of Soil, Water & Environmental Science. He lives with his wife in Tuscon, Arizona.
