I'm currently getting opinions and research on Chlorine Dioxide aka "aqua mira" aka aerobic oxygen. I figure I'd throw the question out here too. <br><br>Can anyone tell me how this product will kill anaerobic bacteria, protazoan, or viruses? I read somewhere that it kills some viruses by decomposing the viral capsid proteins? Honestly, I can't even tell ya the difference between mitosis and meiosis. That's why I figured I'd throw it out here. Maybe someone can tell me in laymans terms how this product works or doesn't. Or why I should risk my life with it? <br><br>Anyone care to offer suggestions, opinions, anything.<br><br>I read thru the archives and only found simlliar questions from Ayerstg.<br><br>btw, this is the only "official" page I've found on it, and it mostly references studies from the 40's and CLO2 in industrial applications.<br><br>(Warning for those on dialup, it's a 40 page pdf doc from the epa and reads like a chemistry book)<br><br>http://www.epa.gov/ogwdw000/mdbp/pdf/alter/chapt_4.pdf

What I can tell you about chlorine dioxide: We use it in the laboratory setting as a true chemical sterilent, to sterilize / decontaminate surfaces that have either been in contact with potential infectious materials or create a clean environment prior to working with biological materials that must be maintained under sterile conditions. We have a two part solution that is generally made fresh each day. Products may vary between manufactures as to what concentrations to mix. Some can be made to disinfect others to actually sterilize surfaces. Pete