Chlorine Dioxide Solution - Why So Popular & Widely Used?

The WPS product, also known as MMS or the Master Mineral Solution, is a chlorine dioxide-based product that has been available to the public for quite some time, & in fact, has been used in our municipal water supplies for going on 6 decades. Only recently has this product become known to the alternative health arena, but in this short period of time, it has become amazingly popular. Why you may ask? Well, it’s because this product works - and works well! Want to know how in fact the chlorine dioxide molecule works - then keep reading...

 

Why is it so Effective Against Pathogens?

Chlorine dioxide is a small, very potent molecule consisting of 2 oxygen atoms & 1 chlorine atom. It will be found in a gas state at normal pressures/temperatures & is yellowish/green in color. It is denser than air & is water soluble at normal temperatures & pressures - having an odor similar to that of chlorine.

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Chlorine dioxide is unique in regard to its chemical makeup - having the ability to both donate & receive electrons. What this basically means is that the chlorine dioxide molecule can readily accept electrons, commonly known as an "electron donor".

 

This gas is very soluble in water, & once dissolved will break down & release free oxygen - much the same way as ozone or hydrogen peroxide does. It is interesting to note that oxygen-based compounds are more powerful reactants/oxidizers than their chlorine-based counterparts. When oxygen & chlorine are bound together into the one molecule, there are very few water-borne pathogens that can survive close proximity with this compound - hence being such an effective water sanitizer the world over!