The Chlorine Dioxide Molecule
Is it really as powerful as they say?...
Well, you may be Surprised...
Chlorine Dioxide has Been Used Safely in Water Treatment Facilities for Decades...
For over 60 years this potent pathogen destroying molecule has been used in treating contaminants throughout Europe & the USA in municipal water supplies. It has been known for a long time that this compound has very powerful anti pathogenic qualities, & has become recognized as a much more effective water purification agent over & above the more commonly used chlorine chemical. In actual fact chlorine has been actively phased out in many countries around the world for water purification purposes - primarily because of its carcinogenic by-products that it produces, primarily trihalomethanes (THMs). Similar halogens in the same chemical family such as bromine, fluorine iodine have also been used in the past for water cleansing applications - ALL of which are now banned due to their carcinogenic properties. Unlike regular chlorine, the chlorine dioxide molecule DOES NOT break down into THM's.
What makes this different to common chlorine?
Chlorine is a chemical element with the symbol being Cl with an atomic number of 17. This element exists as a yellow / green gas under typical conditions, where it forms diatomic molecules. Elemental chlorine is commercially used for bleaching & disinfectant purposes, whilst being an important reagent in the chemical industry.
Chlorine Dioxide has an odd number of valence electrons, & has a chemical symbol of ClO2. This molecule also exists as a yellow / green gas - but this is where the similarities end. This molecule is an oxidizing agent that readily accepts electrons - known as "electron donors". This is an important distinction to understand, as virtually ALL pathogenic stressors & diseased tissue are effectively destroyed - whilst healthy tissue & cellular structures within the body are entirely spared.
The Safe Water Drinking Act in the USA, along with its subsequent modifications over the last 2 decades have demanded vast improvements in water quality of their municipal water supplies. The main focus has been to transition from the use of chlorine for water purification over to chlorine dioxide. The benefits of using this compound over & above regular chlorine is that chlorine dioxide is safe for human consumption - as well as not breaking down into the harmful trihalomethanes (THMs).
The clip below shows how this potent molecule has been used successfully against modern day pathogenic antagonists for the health of the human physiology. Check it out...
ClO2 is effective against the following water contaminants:
- Organic Contaminants - ClO2 completely eliminates and treats the following contaminants: Viruses, water bacteria, giardia, botulism cryptosporidium, e. coli and cholera.
- Carcinogenic Substances - Pollutants found in waste water, cyanide's in wastewater, nitrites and sulfides, 3,4-benzopyrene, iron and manganese in water, tastes and odors produced by algae, the dyes produced by chlorophyll and plants, pesticides.
Treatment Chemical Advantages
- Chlorine Dioxide does not produce THMs as chlorine does, and doesn't give rise to the formation of chloroform and bromochloromethane as chlorine does.
- Chlorine Dioxide does not react with ammonia, nitrogenous compounds or precursors to form chloroform as chlorine does.