I guess with free radicals being a key and UV ans ozone being good tools for breaking down the molecule bond probably explains how they are purifying water in Africa by using clear plastic bottles exposed to the sun for long periods of time. I wonder if something like a steripen with the low wattage output of the filament (which works great at killing viruses)would have and significant effect on petroleum, fertilizers and other man made products introduced into the water in a Katrina type scenario. The recent Myanmar disaster with more rotting bodies in the water along with chemicals (like Katrina) continues to show me that the old boiling and distilling water for water purifying water may not be enough with VOC's in the water. AS I look at the increase in coastal natural disasters globally are increasing, I am trying to find that one or a series of devices that I can use to purifying polluted fresh and salt water in the event of a disaster of this nature. Distilling water or RO with active charcoal pre filter with UV injection has been as close to this that I have come to convert contaminated fresh and salt water to drinking water.

As for the ozone, it was working wonders with the fires in Fla. plus any odors in the car when I experimented with it, but at the time the EPA never really had any good info on the health effects that I could find using it for what I did.I may have introduced emphysema to my self as you suggested being a non smoker to the levels of ozone being exposed. I know ozone dies off in 30 minutes usually but some times the Cosonka was left on in the vehicle when traveling from me forgetting to turn it off. I guess if I die off with emphysema down the road it will be a whole lot less painful than all the other things that I was exposed to working on space crafts.

I had three friends permanently disabled I worked with side ny side and they were assigned jobs ahead of me that ended up permanently disabling them. I was fortunate those days not to draw that winning job assignment. One was exposed to a material that he founded on the space shuttle payload liner on a trip back home to earth that has deteriorated his health from handling it, another had his DNA altered by long term exposure to Hypers, and the third took a radiation hit from a isotope that was thrown into the WCS system (toilet) from a stupid astronaut that decided to through a highly radioactive experiment in the toilet. Wat a job with no pensions, you work on cool stuff with extreme dangers daily with little pay and no retirement. Sign me up.....

Sorry about the rant again, thanks for the explanation and breakdown on this, it sounds like you have one of those fields with job security for a long time plus the benefits of vendor support for decades.