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WWW References Pertaining To Oxides Of Chlorine:
Chemistry, Biochemistry, Medicine
Link to an index in hypertext which finds articles teaching chemistry.
Link to Chemfinder which searches chemicals by name and returns structural formulae plus other descriptive information.
Link to ChemID Plus an excellent reference for identifying chemicals.
Just enter the name in the upper left box and click search to receive structural formulae and more.
Link to the RAIS data base. Select chemical at bottom of page, check desired parameter, receive report of characteristic(s) with references.
Link to Gateway which accesses extensive databases of biochemical and medical references including abstracts. Gateway is easily searchable with a high rate of relevance on the hits returned.
Link to Science Direct, another excellent resource for referencing.
Link to American Chemical Society databases of references in the chemical literature, including abstracts.
Link to the home page for the "International Travel Guide" by Doctors Rose, Keystone, and Hackett explaining travel related precautions
Oxides Of Chlorine
Link to Wikipedia entry on chlorine dioxide.
Link to Wikipedia entry on sodium chlorite.
Link to Answers.com entries on sodium chlorite.
Link to Answers.com entries on chlorine dioxide.
Link to home page for the Department of Chemistry at Portland State University,
specialists in researching the oxidation of sulfur compounds by oxides of chlorine.
Link to abstracts of research performed at Portland State University.
Link to the Made How website which serves this article explaining how sodium chlorite can be made.
Link to an article by Michael Cochran of the Engelhard Corporation which reviews chlorine dioxide delivery systems.
Link to an article by Clearwater explaining the conversion of chlorite anion to chlorine dioxide.
Link to an article by Sabre introducing certain chemical characteristics of chlorine dioxide.
Various Applications
Link to an article by Lenntech explaining reactions producing chlorine dioxide and explaining disinfectant applications.
Link to as article by Lenntech explaining disinfectant applications of chlorine dioxide.
Link to the home page for Clearwater Technology, Ltd. a provider of chlorine dioxide related products.
The tool bar at the left provides links to numerous articles explaining the chemistry and the applicability of chlorine dioxide.
Link to an index page at the Clearwater website to download technical reports explaining numerous applications of oxides of chlorine.
Link to the home page for Siemens water treatments.
Link to an index page which sends articles explaining a variety of chlorine dioxide applications.
Link to a search engine at the Siemens website for articles pertaining to chlorine dioxide
Link to the Occidental Petroleum Corporation home page with search engine.
Link to a webpage at the Oxychem website and scroll down to the heading "Sodium Chlorite", select title and click on icon to receive informative reports pertaining to the chemistry and applications of oxides of chlorine.
Link to index pages at the Oxychem website providing articles about various oxides of chlorine.
Link to homepage for Tristel Technologies Limited which provides articles explaining production methods and applications for chlorine dioxide.
Link to an article by Tristel explaining the importance of chlorine dioxide as an all purpose disinfectant.
Link to the abstract for "Role of Oxidants in Microbial Pathophysiology", by Miller & Britigan, which reviews oxidants useful as disinfectants,references included.
Link to the full article as described above as an Adobe_pdf file.
Link to a brief report explaining disinfectant properties of chlorine dioxide by Scotmas.
Link to the home page for Bio-Cide International, Inc. which includes pull down menus with links to articles pertaining to various applications of the oxides of chlorine.
Link to the website of CDG, a company which provides chlorine dioxide for a variety of applications, chiefly involving water disinfection, equipment sanitization, and odor control. The link [Use Sites] elaborates on the possibilities.
Link to Sabre Technical Services, a company which provides chlorine dioxide for mold fumigation, whole facility decontamination, sterilization of equipment and applications research.
Link to an article by Sabre explaining various unique properties and activities of chlorine dioxide.
Water Disinfection
Link to the index page of an ebook by Mark W LeChevallier and Kwok-Keung Au for the WHO "Water treatment and pathogen control: Process efficiency in achieving safe drinking water"
Link to an advertisement describing Debalin and other products for disinfection in aquaculture by Gih Hwa Enterprise Co., Ltd.
Link to the article "Water Treatment And Purification" by Reclos GJ which explains options for water disinfection including chlorine dioxide.
Link to Alternative Disinfectants and Oxidants Guidance Manual by EPA, 1999. Chapter 4 thoroughly reviews the chemistry and efficacy of chlorine dioxide disinfection systems, served as a word processed document file.
Link to Alternative Disinfectants and Oxidants Guidance Manual by EPA, 1999. Chapter 4 thoroughly reviews the chemistry and efficacy of chlorine dioxide disinfection systems, served as an Adobe_pdf file.
Link to receive only chapter 4 as a seperate Adobe_pdf file.
Link to an article in Tech Quarterly which explains the benefits of chlorine dioxide in water sanitation.
Link to "THE EFFECT OF PREDISINFECTION WITH CHLORINE DIOXIDE ON THE FORMATION OF HALOACETIC ACIDS AND TRIHALOMETHANES IN A DRINKING WATER SUPPLY", a masters thesis by Harris CL, 2001, of Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia.
Link to an article reviewing the broad applicability of chlorine dioxide for disinfecting water by NanoTech Water Solutions
Link to an article by Doctors Rose, Keystone, and Hackett explaining travel related precautions pertaining to contaminated water and food
Food Disinfection
Link to Google search page which can be used to search ["acidified sodium chlorite" FDA] which returns links to hundreds of notices reporting approvals by the United States Food and Drug Administration pertaining to the use of ASC as a food disinfectant.
Link to FDA approves chlorine dioxide disinfection of wash water as applied to fruit and vegetables.
Link to FDA approves chlorine dioxide disinfection of ice and water as applied to seafood.
Link to proceedings of the IFT Annual Meeting 2001 in New Orleans, LA. "Acidified Sodium Chlorite - an antimicrobial intervention for the food industry" Session 91: Room 383, Wed AM
Link to the Research Project Outline, by various authors at PennState, which reviews literature pertaining to the use of chlorine dioxide as a food disinfectant.
Link to "Effects of Carcass Washing Systems on Campylobacter Contamination in Large Broiler Processing Plants", a masters thesis at NC State University, by Michael Paul Bashor, Dec 2002
Link to an article by Gary Apel explaining the use of chlorine dioxide to disinfect fruit.
Link to an article by Dioxide Pacific explaining the reactions involved and the applications of chlorine dioxide to disinfect foods.
Link to a full article by Inatsu Y, Bari L, Kawamoto S, entitled "Application of Acidified Sodium Chlorite Prewashing Treatment to Improve the Food Hygiene of Lightly Fermented Vegetables", JARQ 41 (1), 17 - 23 (2007).
Link to "THE EVALUATION OF ANTIMICROBIAL TREATMENTS FOR POULTRY CARCASSES, OPINION OF THE SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE ON VETERINARY MEASURES RELATING TO PUBLIC HEALTH", which reviews application of oxides of chlorine to disinfect poultry by the EUROPEAN COMMISSION, (adopted on 14-15 April 2003).
Human Medical Treatment
Link to ebooks by Jim Humble explain how acidified sodium chlorite was discovered and continues to be found useful to treat malaria.
Link to an article by Jim Humble, "A Possible Solution To The Malaria Problem?" Libertarian Times, May 9, 2005
Link to Thomas Lee Hesselink's website which serves lecture notes and slide presentations explaining the biochemistry involved in oxidative medicine.
Link to an article by Rodrigo Rodriguez, MD reporting his clinical experiences using Dioxychlor.
Link to as article by Nuvo presenting WF10 as a macrophage regulator.
Link to "WF10: A New, Immunomodulating Approach to HIV Treatment", by Leslie Hanna, Bulletin of Experimental Treatments for AIDS, Summer, 1999, which describes marked improvements in immune function for this group of patients.
Link to a follow up study in 229 late stage HIV/AIDS patients which demonstrated no benefit.
Link to Link to Link to Dimethaid (aka Nuvo Research, Inc.) announces a new pancreatic cancer trial with WF10. This Phase II trial will proceed at the University of Heidelberg.
Link to an article by Frontier Pharmaceutical Inc. explaining certain medical applications of chlorine dioxide and of sodium chlorite.
Veterinary Treatment
Link to the abstract of "Efficacy of Two Barrier Teat Dips Containing Chlorous Acid", by Boddie RL, Nickerson SC, Kemp GK, Journal of Dairy Science Vol. 77 No. 10 3192-3197, 1994
Link to the above described full article.
Link to an advertisement for "Uddergold Teat Dip", a product of Alcide & Ecolab corporations, made with sodium chlorite acidified by lactic acid and mandelic acid.
Link to an abstract by Hillerton & Cooper & Morelli explaining the use of acidified sodium chlorite solution to prevent bovine mastitis.
Link to a full article by Drechsler & Wildman & Pankey explaining the use of chlorous acid-chlorine dioxide as a teat dip.
Safety-Toxicity
Link to a summary explanation of safety issues in the disinfection of public water by the Agency for Toxic Substances & Disease Registry
Link to a search page at the Environmental Protection Agency which retrieves articles by EPA on topics relevant to the safety or hazards of specific compounds
Link to "Toxicological Review of Chlorine Dioxide and Chlorite" by IRIS and EPA.
Link to ATSDR Public Health Statement - Chlorine dioxide & Chlorite by Center for Disease Control.
Link to ATSDR Toxicological Profile - Chlorine dioxide & Chlorite by Center for Disease Control.
Link to an article which reviews the world literature pertaining to dangers and precautions involving exposure to chlorine dioxide gas.
Link to more reviews from INCHEM. These searches retrieve Chemical Safety Information from various Intergovernmental Organizations.
Link to a summary report pertaining to chlorites & chlorates in water by the World Health Organization.
Link to an article by OSHA warning against respiratory exposure to chlorine dioxide.
Link to a review explaining the toxicology of exposure to chlorine dioxide in air or in water.
Link to "Disinfectants and Disinfectant Byproducts", Environmental Health Criteria 216, by various authors, for WHO, 2000, which reviews safety-toxicity issues of oxides of chlorine.
Link to the above as seperate chapters.
Link to references corresponding to the above reports.
Link to EPA rules for safe applications in public water at 0.8 mg per liter.
Electrolyzed Saline
Link to the home page for Puricore which manufactures the Sterilox device, an appliance which generates electrolyzed saline.
Link to the home page for Medical Discoveries a company which manufactures generators of electrolyzed saline for medical applications.
Link to articles online about electrolyzed saline presented by Medical Discoveries.
Link to an illustrated advertisement by Fermin Martinez, MD describing success of Microsyn in disinfecting wounds. Microsyn is electrolyzed saline.
Link to a report declaring FDA approval for Dermacyn (a version of electrolyzed saline) for wound care.
Parasitology
Link to an article by Doctors Rose, Keystone, and Hackett explaining travel related precautions pertaining to malaria
Link to a comprehensive presentation of the malaria epidemic clinical features, treatments, resources.
Link to combined illustrated articles explaining malaria from Answers.com
Link to an illustrated article in Wikipedia regarding P. falciparum.
Link to pictoral comparisons of Plasmodium species.
Link to the index page of a teaching series regarding parasitology.
Link to a table which compares Plasmodial microscopic features by Brian E. Keas.
Link to explanations & illustrations reviewing parasitic protozoa in blood and tissue by the University of South Carolina, School of Medicine.
Link to Chapter 9 of the textbook, "Diagnosis of Malaria Infection", by Castelli F & Carosi G.
Link to the article, "Drug Resistance In Malaria", by Bloland PB, WHO (2001)
Link to home page for the Malaria Research and Reference Reagent Resource Center.
Included is access to diagnostic supplies and prepared microscope slides.
Link to an illustrated presentation by Safana Mushtaq,MD comprehensively reviewing malaria.
A-Z Guide To Parasitology:
Link to an illustrated article teaching the life cycle and microscopy of amoebae.
Link to an illustrated article teaching the life cycle and microscopy of malaria.
Link to an illustrated article teaching the life cycle and microscopy of babesiosis, trypanosomiasis and leishmaniasis.
Medical Protozoology Course
by Mark F. Wiser of Tulane University:
Link to a thorough explanation of the phylum apicomplexae
Link to handouts for a medical protozoology course describing each disease
Link to illustrated study guides
Link to a review of malaria
Link to an article explaining how to distinguish Plasmodial species
Link to intestinal protozoa
Link to an introduction to medical protozoology
Link to an index page to handouts pertaining to cellular & molecular biology
Link to an explanation of Kinetoplastids
Link to a review of free living pathogenic protozoa
Link to an article explaining protista as opportunistic pathogens in AIDS
Link to the syllabus of Dr. Wiser's course with links to articles and text references
Link to an article explaining the cellular and molecular biology of Plasmodium
Link to an article explaining the biochemistry of Plasmodium
Link to an index page to supplemental articles and to power point presentation files
Centers for Disease Control:
Link to an illustrated article explaining the malaria life cycle, including clinical features and microscopy, by Center for Disease Control
Link to training available in parasitology from CDC
Link to free CD courses in parasitology from CDC
Link to index pages to the image library of parasitology by CDC
Link to index to image library showing microscopy of 4 major human Plasmodial species
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