Hello Kathy, To kill off a fungus using chlorine dioxide you need a CT of around 100. A high concentration would cause respiratory distress, so you would have to increase the time at a lower concentration.
There has been some anecdotal evidence that in addition to removing mold and mildew from a room, the 30 day release packets have also help with asthma. I think the key here is to start small. If you detect the chlorine dioxide odor, the concentration is too high. It is difficult to measure the concentration of chlorine dioxide in air, but the threshold of detection is in the 0.4 - 0.6 PPM range. The CT of 100 would require being in a room with this concentration for about 200 hours. The body works differently than industrial applications, so I would probably double the amount of time. That brings the total up to 400 hours, or almost 17 days. Since you may only spend half of your time in the house, figure a month. That works out very convenient... you need about 30 days, and the packets last about 30 days. I usually use the medium packets, but you may want to pick up some of the small and medium packets. This will allow you to adjust the concentration as needed. Now, IF your body can tolerate this, IF the problem is actually a fungus, and IF this allows the chlorine dioxide to come into contact with the fungus, it should work. A lot of IF's. It is important to pay close attention to your body and at the slightest hint of adverse reaction to remove the packets and open the doors for a few minutes. There is a very fine line here so you have to be somewhat adapt at tightrope walking. Chlorine dioxide may not be the best method of dealing with this, but this information should help you evaluate it use. Tom ----- Original Message ----- From: Kathy Tankersley To: [email protected] Sent: Monday, April 12, 2010 4:03 AM Subject: Re: CS>Solid sodium chlorite mold killer Hello Tom, I have no idea how to go about identifying the bacteria, fungus or virus. When I get an infection in my lungs, I'm told that I could have a fungus, always given anti-botics (Maybe several doses0 and prednisone. Any help would be appreciated, Thanks, Kathy ----- Original Message ----- From: poast To: [email protected] Sent: Sunday, April 11, 2010 10:34 PM Subject: Re: CS>Solid sodium chlorite mold killer Hello Kathy, I was just wondering... Have you been able to identify the bacteria, fungus, or virus that causes asthma? Chlorine dioxide is used to kill off bacteria, fungi and viruses. If you can identify the one that you are dealing with, you can get an idea of what it takes to kill if off. Tom ----- Original Message ----- From: Kathy Tankersley To: [email protected] Sent: Sunday, April 11, 2010 11:00 AM Subject: Re: CS>Solid sodium chlorite mold killer I wanted to ask Richard Loyd what he thinks of a person taking MMS internally for asthma? I got Jim Humbles's book and now I'm halfway afraid of taking it. Comment? Thanks.......Kathy
