Are there merits that outweigh the risks of active oxygen? / Why did you decide to use this material?
Throughout our long history, humanity has sought a life of comfort and convenience. As a result, our environment has been forced to change in reaction to our way of life. Such an altered environment may consequently pose a threat to humankind. Substances that do not easily decompose in nature have increased in the air and water, and infectious diseases which in the past had been eliminated are now returning due to resistant strains of bacteria, bringing a new phase of threat to our world.
Over the course of civilization, human beings have coexisted with our natural environs, living with a vast diversity of bacteria. We enjoy benefits of the bacteria that process unwanted matter around us. One examples of this relationship is found in contemporary sewage treatment (standard activated sludge method). This common method practiced worldwide involves applying aeration to wastewater, producing natural bacteria that consume waste substances to clean the water. However, mankind has also introduced substances that do not naturally decompose and many, such as carcinogens, pose serious health risks. These hazardous substances which cannot be decomposed through conventional methods are called non-biodegradable substances.
Looking closely at recent conditions of the world’s rivers and lakes, we notice that the rate of COD has gradually increased. The reason for this is said to be the aforementioned non-biodegradable substances. A primary concern of such material is that it likely includes many carcinogens, and these polluted water sources also provide our drinking water.
On the other hand, since the dawn of humanity, we have been battling various infectious diseases caused by pathogens, and without any clear means to defeat them until the late 19th century. Since then, death rates from such diseases have dramatically decreased.
However, since 1970, a new class of diseases called “emerging infectious diseases” and newly returning diseases, or “re-emerging infectious diseases,” have become worldwide issues, endangering our lives with pandemic outbreaks. Like a game of cat and mouse between pathogen and pharmacology, the ultimate winner is still in question. The odds at present are not looking so good for us.
Active oxygen is said to be the only substance that can decompose harmful non-biodegradable materials, which has led to world-scale research and development of technologies to effectively treat or sterilize such materials with active oxygen.
WEF Institute of Technology is committed to transforming active oxygen from humanity’s “worst enemy” into a game-changing solution for our environmental problems. We have continued developing and optimizing specialized technologies to harness the power of active oxygen for the decomposition of harmful materials.
WEF Institute of Technology Inc.
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