Media Release - Look to Mother Nature to Combat Swine Flu, C-Difficile and MRSA

MEDIA RELEASE
Look to Mother Nature to Combat Swine Flu, C-Difficile and MRSA
Hamilton, Ontario-May 22nd 2009-Local Hamilton Company Provides Green Solutions for Superbugs

It is nearly impossible to turn on the news without hearing about the latest virus or superbug that promises to wreak havoc on society. Seldom, amidst this barrage of imminent threats, do you ever hear about any legitimate solutions. Fortunately, where nature creates a malignant problem, it also provides a powerful solution.
Have you ever noticed that fresh smell present after a lighting storm? That smell is ozone. Ozone, also known as electrified oxygen, is created when normal 02 (the air that we breathe) is ionized and gains a third oxygen atom, becoming 03. Although ozone is created in many different ways, the most common catalysts are lighting strikes and the sun’s ultra-violet light. Ozone is among nature’s most powerful sanitizing forces. It actively seeks out and neutralizes threatening organic and chemical compounds, leaving them unable to spread and cause damage to our environment.
A recent study published by the Journal of Virological Methods(June 2008), conducted by the Mayo Clinic of Rochester MN, Brigham Young University and Utah Valley State College, documented the inactivation of a Type A, H1N1 virus through ozone disinfection. The Type A, H1N1 virus is classified as the virus responsible for the current outbreaks of Swine Flu. C-difficile, like Swine Flu, is an airborne virus that can live for months. It has plagued many in Ontario, and killed more than 2000 people in Quebec in 2006 alone.
The Hamilton Spectator published several articles, including one entitled “Northern Ireland Quick to Respond to C.Diff” (June 9th, 2008 author Joan Walters), which praised Northern Ireland’s expedited action to fight C-Difficile and contrasted it with Ontario’s relative inaction. Part of Northern Ireland’s strategy to combat the virus was using ozone to cleanse the materials they used to clean their hospitals. It was observed that washing cleaning tools, such as mop heads and rags, in hot water with cleaning agents was ineffectual, but ozonating the water was able to kill the spores that, ironically, were only being spread around by the tools that are intended to eliminate them.
Ozone has also been proven to kill MRSA, E-Coli, Salmonella Choleraesuis, Listeria, Staphylococcus Aureua, Candida Albicans, Aspergillus Niger and many more. Since ozone is a gas, it is able to penetrate every nook and cranny accessible to any airborne virus. It also kills unwanted dust mites, mould and mildew, commonly found in homes and it does it 3000 times faster than chlorine bleach and with no chemical residue. It is used in many fields, ranging from the most sensitive (medical, dental, bottled water, food) to the most harsh industries (fire restoration, crime scenes). On June 26th, 2001 the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the use of ozone as an antimicrobial agent in gas or liquid phases for direct contact with foods(Docket Number 00F-1482). Subsequently, other related reporting and control agencies, including the Environmental Protection Agency and U.S Department of Agriculture, have also approved ozone as a powerful sterilant. It is emerging as a tool with many applications and benefits. As recent as last week, ozone was used to treat Xaverian High School in New York to combat the Swine Flu virus and a myriad of other contaminants. The treatment was even endorsed by New York state senator Martin J. Golden.
On this side of the border, Enviropure (http://www.enviropuresolutions.ca), a Hamilton based company, produces and applies ozone to solve many tough problems. Envriopure has relentlessly searched out green technologies which have been successfully implemented around the world and has brought them home. With more than 12 years of experience in combating harmful bacteria in air, water and soil in a wide variety of venues, ranging from livestock farms to residential homes, Enviropure specializes in inactivating the bacteria that threaten health and cause unwanted odour. The company is able to mimic nature’s process in creating powerful ozone gas and uses it to cleanse the space in which people live, work and travel. Once ozone has neutralized bacteria, it reverts back to the normal oxygen we breathe every day, offering a much more effective and environmentally friendly solution than other chemical alternatives. Enviropure satisfies their mandate to use only green technologies as well as maximize results by using an array of other green technologies, such as EO Water and natural enzymes, in sync with its ozone applications. "Proven technology to fight these superbugs is here. It's our goal to educated the public and make it accessible to individuals, organizations and businesses", says Enviropure Canada President and CEO Robin Martlew.
If there is one thing that history has taught us about superbugs, it’s that they often come back return with a vengeance, boasting even stronger resistance to man-made solutions. Nature has provided us with a safe, effective solution that works and is as old as lightning and the sun’s rays. The challenge, especially when money and budgets are involved, is to be proactive instead of the even costlier alternative of being reactive.
Contact Enviropure Applied Technology Solutions ken@enviropuresolutions.ca or 905-575-PURE (7873)