Hi Jon, I may have been getting a little overenthused, but was trying to address multiple forms of contamination: 1)bacteria and fungi, 2)toxic detritus from same, 3)other environmental pollutants such as outgassing from building materials, dust, gaseous and microparticular drift from numerous sources out- or in-doors which are not life forms or the products or remains of same.
I agree whole heartedly sunlight is an excellent anti-bacterial, ozone can be a bit tricky since it oxidizes one's lung tissue, UV light can help, but bacteria are notorious for 'hiding' from UV in water purifiers by hitching a ride on tiny particles - even colloids - in the water and I'd suspect they can do so in air. Of course bleach is not much more useful against inanimate particles, other than being an oxidizer, than water. Kathryn seems to have found significant benefit from using ammonia, which may nitrify organic pollutants, dunno, new one on me. <g> Take care, Malcolm On Mon, 2008-09-15 at 14:04 +0900, Jonathan B. Britten wrote: > Just curious, and not quibbling, but given that this group is devoted > to EIS, why not use that? Might it not be less oxidative? > > Taking things one step further: mightn't sunlight do the job? If > one can spray something onto the components, sunlight might also reach > them. I have read that 48 hours of sunlight on PET-bottled water > renders it fit to drink -- the poor man's last-ditch water purification > system. > > > On Saturday, Sep 13, 2008, at 00:05 Asia/Tokyo, Norton, Steve wrote: > > > Kathryn, > > You should consider Malcolms suggestion about using bleach. It is a > > great disinfectant and does dissipate leaving no residue. It generally > > isn't used for electronics because it is an oxidant and can corrode > > metals but if you dry the microwave in a reasonable time it should be > > no problem. One approach might be to: > > > -- > The Silver List is a moderated forum for discussing Colloidal Silver. > > Instructions for unsubscribing are posted at: http://silverlist.org > > To post, address your message to: silver-list@eskimo.com > > Address Off-Topic messages to: silver-off-topic-l...@eskimo.com > > The Silver List and Off Topic List archives are currently down... > > List maintainer: Mike Devour <mdev...@eskimo.com> > >
