It is important to note that chlorine dioxide is NOT chlorine—the chemical commonly used by cities to disinfect municipal water, kill germs and bacteria in pools, and used in the home to whiten laundry (bleach). Chlorine destroys bacteria by creating new substances that kill bacteria. These new substances create health problems. Chlorine dioxide does NOT combine and does not create new unhealthy substances! Once pathogens are destroyed, what remains is simply washed out of the body through elimination. The reaction does create a TINY amount of salt that even people who are sensitive to salt can tolerate.
Sodium chlorite has been used for many years as a water purification product. When activated with citric acid MMS turns in to chlorine dioxide, and when digested MMS releases chlorine dioxide into the body. Chlorine dioxide is the most powerful killer of pathogens of all kinds known to man. In the UK, the Building Services Research and Information Association (BSRIA) has recommended CIO2 as the best available technology for control of Legionella in hot and cold water systems.
Chlorine dioxide (ClO2) is a very effective and safe biocide. Chlorine Dioxide is an oxidising biocide and destroys bacteria through the disruption of protein synthesis. Unlike chlorine it does not react with water and does not continue to react with bacterial cell contents after the bacteria has been destroyed. It is important not to confuse Chlorine Dioxide with other chlorine based products as they are not the same and act in a different way
Advantages of Chlorine Dioxide;
Chlorine Dioxide has a very rapid kill rate and has a very broad spectrum of effect. It is highly effective at destroying bacteria such as legionella, salmonella and shigella as well as chlorine resistant species such as cryptosporidium. Chlorine Dioxide is also very effective against yeasts, viruses, moulds, amoebae, algae and giardia cysts.
It is very effective at destroying biofilms which form on the sides of storage tanks and pipelines. Biofilms shelter bacteria from turbidity and attack from chlorine as well as providing a rich nutrient source for further bacteria to reproduce unchecked. In addition to the broad spectrum of effect Chlorine Dioxide has the following advantages :
* Bacterial resistance cannot be built up
* More effective and less hazardous than alternatives (Chlorine, PAA)
* Effective at very low concentrations as little as 0.5ppm
* Non-toxic and Biodegradable
* Non-corrosive in diluted working solution
* Highly effective against Biofilms
* Does not form carcinogenic by-products (Chlorine does)
* Breaks down phenols
* Chemical residual is persistent
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