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

To: Aishwarya who wrote (1700)	12/3/1997 1:04:00 PM
From: Starduster	Respond to of 4356

Sri, I know your right............Sandie

To: Aishwarya who wrote (1700)	12/3/1997 7:44:00 PM
From: julio gonzalez	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 4356

The bottom line is irradiation will be expensive. Those company's that adopt it will lose market share since they will have to pass the cost along. However, irradiation is probably NOT a competitor with ozone sterilization. Ozone will be used towards the front end of the food processing and packaging sequence. Irradiation will be used on the back end. No food company in its right mind would drop washing their foodstuffs as one of the initial steps. Washing foodstuffs with ozone will destroy the vast majority of dangerous organisms up front. Irradiation would finish off any stragglers. Remember since irradiation won't kill all the bacteria (a high percentage though) it is essential that there aren't to many to begin with. Most people can be exposed to a few dangerous organisms and fend them off. When that number exceeds a threshold disease sets in (the threshold varies with the particular pathogen). Irradiation alone on a foodstuff teaming with microorganisms won't be sufficient to push the number of pathogens below the disease threshold. Irradiation's place if it ever gains one will be as an adjunct to preliminary sterilization -- which is where ozone will reign as king.