1993
EBPI (Environmental Bio-Detection Products Inc.) was formed under BEAK Consultants International an environmental professional service and technology development company. Its mission was to employ many of the technologies emerging from new sciences in the biotechnology area to evaluate the health of the natural environment. Over the next decade, the company carried out a number of consulting contracts addressing the environmental aspects of the emerging biotechnology industry and began development on a number of technologies including the Coli-Plate, Toxi-ChromoTest Kit, SOS-ChromoTest Kit and the Muta-ChromoPlate Kit (TA98, TA100) for research purposes.