When John Hanby received his * Patent Number 4, 992, 379, for the Hanby method in February 1, 1991, Hanby Environmental Laboratory Procedures, Inc was founded by Barbara Hanby, a100% woman-owned corporation, to promote this method by licensing the rights to manufacture and market this new patent from the inventor, John Hanby. H.E.L.P., INC is strategically located in the suburbs of Houston, in close proximity to much of the petroleum related activity in the United States. In addition to serving customers throughout the United States, the Company offers its full product line to customers throughout the world. " The U.S. EPA has been documenting our methodology as an assessment tool, remediation monitor and leak detector tool since our first EPA publication in 1990: 'Field Measurements -Dependable Data When You Need It', " says John Hanby.