Guest guest Posted March 29, 2006 Report Posted March 29, 2006 Chlorine dioxide is corrosive (to electronics) and VERY toxic, and gasing/fogging with it does nothing to remove the bio-mass. It does a damn good job of killing most, if not all, respiring organisms and plants in the treated area. It may be practical for laboratory decontamination and it is used to decon small areas of bacterial contamination. The gas is then exhausted/vented to the atmosphere. During the wipe down after fogging, workers must wear a lot of PPE. I hope no one really believes chlorine dioxide should become common practice to use as a mold remedy. Oh yuck! There many more practical methods for mold abatement that are much more gentile on the environment that chlorine dioxide. -- Geyer, PE, CIH, CSP President KENTEC Industries, Inc. Bakersfield, California www.kerntecindustries.com > The current issue of " Indoor Environment Connections " (Volume7, > Issue 5, March 2005) has an article on states approving chlorine > dioxide as a mold treatment. If chlorine dioxide can be used, why not > use ozone? Doesn't its use present fewer dangers and less risk? Is > ozone being used as a mold treatment even though it is not approved? > If so, what are the results? I understand that neither constitutes a > complete mold remediation but if there are legitimate reasons for > approving chlorine dioxide would those same reasons not also apply to > ozone? > > Ron > > > > > > > > FAIR USE NOTICE: > > This site contains copyrighted material the use of which has not always been > specifically authorized by the copyright owner. We are making such material > available in our efforts to advance understanding of environmental, political, > human rights, economic, democracy, scientific, and social justice issues, etc. > We believe this constitutes a 'fair use' of any such copyrighted material as > provided for in section 107 of the US Copyright Law. In accordance with Title > 17 U.S.C. Section 107, the material on this site is distributed without profit > to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included > information for research and educational purposes. For more information go to: > http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml. If you wish to use copyrighted > material from this site for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use', > you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. > Quote
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