Her mother retired as a draftswoman for Wallace & Tiernan, a maker of water purification systems that was in Belleville, N.J.
She advised against buying stock in financial firms and urged him to consider investing in utilities or water purification systems.
The company, based in East Hills, develops and makes filtration and purification systems for industrial, scientific and utility customers.
It also plans to spend more than $50 million on improved wastewater purification systems for its nine ships.
The offer from Millipore, whose products include water purification systems used in laboratories, represented a 35percentt premium to Serologicals' closing share price on Monday.
Unlike other ozone-generating purification systems, the AirSafe 3000 uses ultraviolet rays and greatly reduces the harm to people with respiratory ailments like asthma.
The only defence against a biological attack is distribution of masks and installation of filtration and purification systems into public buildings - which doesn't need billions of research dollars.
An airlift due to arrive on Tuesday will include water purification systems, storage equipment and sanitation supplies.
Even companies that don't need to invest in their own water purification systems can see a jump in water bills if their local agencies need to spend more money monitoring, treating, and restoring salt-stricken watersheds.
The Mandarin Oriental, Miami (305-913-8288, www.mandarinoriental.com/miami) unveiled 16 "spa lifestyle rooms" in January, touting wellness in their air purification systems, special cleaning procedures, yoga mats, wellness balls, dumbbells and healthful snacks, including dried fruit and green tea.
