Posted on 10/25/2001 11:12:01 AM PDT by Fred25
NEW PRODUCT KILLS ANTHRAX
QUOTE FROM SANDIA LAB (US DEPT. OF ENERGY) PRESS RELEASE....
"It has performed superbly for all the agents we have tested it against," Tadros says.
More tests planned for April will pit the foam against real anthrax and other bacterial spores.
"If you can kill spores, you can kill germinating bacteria and you can deactivate viruses," says foam co-developer Mark Tucker of Sandia. "Spores are the most difficult."
The foam -- a cocktail of ordinary substances found in common household products -- neutralizes chemical agents in much the same way a detergent lifts away an oily spot from a stained shirt. Its surfactants (like those in hair conditioner) and mild oxidizing substances (like those in toothpaste) begin to chemically digest the chemical agent, seeking out the phosphate or sulfide bonds holding the molecules together and chopping the molecules into nontoxic pieces.
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The PIDS (Personal Incident Decontamination Sprayer) is a ready-to-use decon application sprayer designed for individual use by one or two people in emergency response situations.
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As I understand it, the trick is to get the spores to germinate first, so the resulting bacteria can then be killed by the chlorine. I could be wrong. More on this thread:
You might be interested in the link in post#43, too. There are some recipes for a similar decontaminant in there.
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