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Safe drinking water remains one of the major health goals in the world. New technology has been developed to rapidly and inexpensively produce a superior disinfectant consisting of multiple super oxides, ozone, hydrogen peroxide and chlorine (mixed oxidants = MO). The efficiency of this product in killing various bacteria was tested. Bacteria were inoculated into flasks containing only phosphate buffered solution (PBS control) or 1:1000 dilution of MO in PBS. Samples were taken at times indicated and plated on tryptic soy agar plates to determine viable plate counts. <10 bacteria/ml indicates no bacteria were recovered.
MO treatment of E. coli concentrations of 470,000/ml yielded <10 bact/ml at <1 minute. The data indicate MO is very bactericidal. P. aeruginosa were killed more slowly, but were effectively killed after 30 minutes. Preliminary data with viruses are also showing good killing with MO. This product may be particularly beneficial in disinfecting water in developing nations.
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Williams, P., Lim, D. & Kanarek, K. TESTING OF NEW WATER PURIFICATION TECHNOLOGY (SUPER OXIDES & CHLORINE) AGAINST E. COLI, VIBRIO CHOLERAE, SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM AND PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA. Pediatr Res 21 (Suppl 4), 263 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1203/00006450-198704010-00574
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1203/00006450-198704010-00574