Study Shows Marble, Granite, Engineered Stone Have Same Level of Cleanability

March 02, 2006

MINNEAPOLIS, March 1 /PRNewswire/ -- A new study comparing the cleanability of four widely used countertop materials showed that granite, marble and engineered quartz surfaces are all easily cleaned to meet FDA surface sanitizer criteria of 5-log reduction pathogens on the surface. The Hospitality Institute of Technology and Management in Minneapolis, MN conducted the study, comparing Dakota Mahogany Granite from South Dakota, Uba Tuba Granite from Brazil, Carrara White Marble from Italy and Snowdon White Engineered "Stone" by Cambria.

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