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Microcap & Penny Stocks : THE OZONE COMPANY! (OZON) -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: James Marks who wrote (1633)	12/1/1997 9:48:00 PM
From: GrnArrow	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 4356

I've put together a list of what I've been able to find so far for potential (i.e. not necessarily actual) competitors for OZON. This does not include outfits just offering home ozone air purifiers or home colonic kits and things like that. In some cases I've linked to home pages, in others I could only find things like news releases. Applied Ozone Systems foothill.net They claim: "APPLIED OZONE SYSTEMS specializes in the consulting, design, development, sale,installation and service of Ozone and Ultraviolet Air and Water Purification Systems for Homes, Industry and Perishable Food Applications." After reading some of the psuedo-scientific nonsense on the "Ozone and Detoxification" page, I have a hard time taking them seriously. AZCO Industries azco.bc.ca A canadian company. I could see them partnering with someone, as Cyclopss has done with Schlyer, and hawking systems to the food industry. Bioxide Corp. ipocentral.com "Bioxide develops sterilization devices and products incorporating its Deligen II technology, which combines ultraviolet light and ozone to sterilize products, water, and air." They're going public, you can read their filing at EDGAR. Envirocleanse envirocleanse.com Their page seems to be disconnected, but the search engine shows the page started: "ozone laundry systems for commercial laundries, hospitals, hotel laundry, nursing homes. Lower water, sewer, chemical costs while becoming environmentally friendly." Envirozone Identified in the 10K as a competitor in the ozone laundry business. I haven't found anything about them on the web except that there is a company by that name in Hilton Head Island, SC. Guestcare, Inc. etven.com Looks like big competition for ozonated laundry. Longmark Ozone Industries trupure.com "Longmark Ozone Industries, Inc., is in its eleventh year as a manufacturer of ozone systems, ozone generators and equipment for non-chemical water treatment. " Lynntech Corp. w3.arl.mil A competitor in the ozone medical sterilyzer arena. With the army backing them, looks like they have a major customer in the bag. Maxwell Technologies maxwell.com Uses intense light instead of ozone for decontamination. An interesting alternative, but I doubt its practicality. Ozone Services o3zone.com Not sure how seriously to take them. Praxair-Trailigaz Ozone praxair.com Praxair and Trailigaz are big players. If they decide to get into food washing, look out. Pyramid Environmental Technologies ozonated.com Unsure whether to take them seriously or not. REM Co. remlaundry.com Another competitor in the ozone laundry arena. Tri-O-Clean Systems, Inc. skrecc.com premier1.net Seems like a serious competitor in the ozone laundry business, and we know from the ABC News piece they are already into produce washing. Anybody have any others to add? regards, Mike

To: James Marks who wrote (1633)	12/1/1997 10:13:00 PM
From: Aishwarya	Respond to of 4356

Hi James, You guys deserve a lot of credit for catching on to OZON at a very early stage. We are just carrying the torch occasionally. Firefly gene sheds light on harmful food bacteria by Anne Douglas Office of Research For meat companies that must contend with food bacteria such as salmonella and E. coli, there may be light at the end of the tunnel . . . and it's coming from fireflies. Few processing companies have been able to test meats or other foods for harmful bacteria because the tests take too long. But that's all changing thanks to Prof. Mansel Griffiths, chair of the Department of Food Science. He's found that the gene that causes fireflies and other luminescent organisms to glow - the lux gene - could help detect the presence of deadly bacteria in meat and other foods. "It's widely recognized by meat companies and regulatory agencies that rapid test methods for dangerous bacteria in foods are necessary," says Griffiths. "The lux gene system may be exactly what's needed. It can be inexpensive and easy to work with and can detect bacteria in three to six hours." Thousands of serious illnesses and deaths occur in Canada each year from bacteria in food. As a result, Canadian and U.S. regulatory agencies have identified dangerous bacteria in food as a top priority. But to test meat for bacteria before the lux gene came along, scientists had to take a sample of meat, put it in a growth medium and wait for a colony of bacteria to form. Then they could identify the bacteria based on the physical characteristics of the colony. This method could take up to three days, by which time the meat should have been in the grocery store. The main selling point of Griffiths's system is that it's fast. Here's how it works: Lux genes are removed from a glowing organism and installed in a virus, called a bacteriophage,which preys on a specific type of bacteria (in this case, food bacteria). The bacteriophage is mixed with the meat sample and, if it finds its bacterial prey, transfers the lux gene to that bacterium. The infected bacterium copies the gene and expresses it, meaning it begins to glow. The sample is put into a charge-coupled device camera, which amplifies the light from the lux gene in the food bacteria and transmits it as an image to a computer monitor. The brighter the image, the more harmful bacteria are present. If the meat is found to have harmful bacteria in it, the processing plant will divert it to a different product, such as canned meat, which receives enough processing to kill the bacteria. This lux gene system could be used for more than food-safety testing, says Griffiths. It could be used to determine the points in food processing that are critical to stopping contamination or growth of poisonous food bacteria. The lux gene may also be used to test food after it's undergone processing to verify the effectiveness of the processing methods. Griffiths's bacteria-detection system can detect the four most dangerous food illnesses: salmonella,commonly found in poultry; E coli 0157, also known as hamburger disease; Staphylococcus aurus, a common type of food poisoning; and Listeria monocytogenes, which can result in severe blood poisoning and meningitis. Griffiths says one of his tests can detect several types of deadly bacteria at the same time by putting different lux genes with specific light properties in various types of bacteriophages, which each infect one type of bacteria. Other researchers who have contributed significantly to this work are research associate Sabah Jassim,postdoctoral fellows Maria Hernandez and Jinru Chen and graduate student Franco Pagotto, all of the Department of Food Science, and Moscow State University chemist Luba Brovko. This research was sponsored by the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council, Dairy Farmers of Ontario, Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Canadian Egg Marketing Agency and University Research Incentive Fund. Hmmm ---gets more interesting day by day. Regards Sri. BTW :Great post for Brenda's hall of fame Mike. Keep it up.