Instructions for use of White Lightning Liquid
Hoof Soak instruction in the above link differ from what I do. Please go to the www.grandcircuitinc.com and learn what
their recommendations are.
Look below for the WHITE LIGHTNING TREATMENT and it explains what I do
Instructions for use of White Lightning Gel
For treatment of skin fungus (greasd heels, girth itch, ringworm, minor abrasions, scratches, rain rot, etc.) Does not discolor hair
Dr. Alliger on an overview of CIO2 (MS Word doc)
Introduction to White Lightning
This article talks about the product and some on the inventor Howard Alliger of Frontier Pharmaceutical
There are several methods of using white lightning.
GEL: this can be useful for putting in crevices and holes. Not as affective as the white lightning solution mix but handy at times. You don't
need to do anything as far as washing it off.
WHITE LIGHTNING TREATMENT: the solution is done in a 50/50 mix with white vinegar. It needs to be white vinegar not apple cider
or others you mix the solution and put in in a container that will hold the gas that will generate when
the activator which is the vinegar.
I use a 1/8 cup=2 oz of each the WL 2 oz and WV 2 oz in each boot. There really doesn't seem
to make much difference with the mini hooves which I reduce 1/2 the horse hoof formula and add
some to the draft.
The time frame after the foot is sealed for a treatment is 45 minutes. It is not serious to go over some
minutes and I have gone to 60 minutes without really any difference.
Different methods to help are:
Mixing the White Lightning liquid and drenching a cotton ball that can be stuffed into the crevices and then duct taped over them to keep
the gas in contact with the area of concern.
The gas will stay active for 8 hours. You can make the treatment up ahead of time and have it ready to pour in the boots or bags.
The gas will not go through dirt so clean the collateral groove and rinse out all area's that need treatment. The gas is not affected by
water and some people will fill the boots with water to soften the dirt to drift out of the cracks while the gas will go through the water
and into the source of the problem.
Walking 10 to 15 minutes at the end of the treatment will expand the feet in the boots allowing the gas to migrate in deeper.
Note: If the liquid gets on your clothes it will bleach the color out.
I fiind that with some new clients I will have to boot the front hooves but will bag the hinds as sometimes but, rare they will kick out
to discard the boot and you lose the work and the solution.
I have treated horses with very diseased feet a couple of times in the few few days and then weekly.
In the winter it is advisable to treat the hooves monthly as a preventative.
Overview of Chlorine Dioxide (ClO2)
The compound chlorine dioxide (ClO2), now commercially important, is not in fact a recent discovery. The gas was first produced by Humphrey Davy in 1811 when reacting hydrochloric acid with potassium chlorate. This yielded "euchlorine", as it was then termed. Watt and Burgess, who invented alkaline pulp bleaching in 1834, mentioned euchlorine as a bleaching agent in their first patent. Chlorine dioxide then became well known as a bleach and later a disinfectant. Since the beginning of the twentieth century, when it was first used at a Spa in Ostend, Belgium, ClO2 has been known as a powerful disinfectant of water. The production of ClO2 from the chlorate is complicated however, and the gas is explosive, so that it could not be easily utilized practically until the production of sodium chlorite by Olin Corporation in 1940. Chlorine dioxide could now be released when necessary from the chlorite salt. In municipal water supplies this is usually done by adding chlorine to the chlorite solution, and in the laboratory by adding an acid to the chlorite solution. Alliger showed in 1978, , that ClO2 could be applied topically by the individual user.
Although ClO2 is a strong oxidizing agent and a particularly fast disinfectant, there are no reports in the scientific literature of toxicity by skin contact or ingestion, or moreover of mutagenicity. It would seem that effective application of this compound as a topical medication for skin diseases, , as a disinfectant on food, as well as a cold sterilant on instruments and glassware, is long overdue.
ClO2 in some respects is chemically similar to chlorine or hypochlorite, the familiar household bleach. However, ClO2 reactions with other organic molecules are relatively limited as compared to chlorine. When ClO2 is added to a system – whether a wound or a water supply – more of the biocide is available for disinfection and not consumed by other materials. , Until 1963 hypochlorite was a standard product of the British Pharmacopoeia (for skin medications), and burn patients even now are bathed in hypochlorite solution at some U.S. burn centers. However, for many reasons ClO2 makes a likely substitute for the better known hypochlorite since it is far less toxic and irritating when applied to the human body. ClO2 for example, does not hydrolyze to form HCl as does chlorine, but remains a true gas dissolved in solution. ClO2, unlike chlorine or hypochlorite, does not form chlorinated hydrocarbons when in contact with organic matter, or readily add to double bonds. This is a prime concern since many chlorinated hydrocarbons are known to be carcinogenic. Of the amino acids, the building blocks of proteins, only aromatic amino acids and those containing sulfur react with ClO2. When hypochlorite is applied to the skin, nitrogen trichloride is formed, a compound which appears in trace quantities but is toxic and irritating. Also, hypochlorite in swimming pool water produces chloramine, an eye irritant, and in wastewater, chloroform. Lastly, unlike hypochlorite or chlorine, ClO2 can treat water at about 10 ppm with no harmful effects to fish. The LC50 for rainbow trout at 96 hours is 290 ppm. For this reason ClO2, rather than chlorine, is favored in commercial aquarium water, especially in mammal tanks.
Residuals of available chlorine in effluents from sewage treatment plants, including the hypochlorite ion and chloramines, adversely influence aquatic life in receiving waters ---the potential adverse effects both on the public health and on aquatic ecosystems due to increased exposure to chlorinated compounds suggests that the use of chlorine relative to other available techniques for the treatment of sewage and other waste-waters must be reevaluated.
At the time of World War I, when Dakins Solution (0.5% hypochlorite) gained fairly wide acceptance as a wound disinfectant, ClO2 was not similarly adopted as there was, again, no easy way to produce the gas in small quantities, or to transport it. The application of ClO2 to the body is still not practiced, nor does it seem particularly obvious that it can be. The gas needs to be released or "activated", normally done with strong acids or chlorine just before use. This process appears somewhat unattractive therefore as a disinfectant in the lab or as a home remedy for the skin. Further, once ClO2 is activated, shelf life is normally on the order of hours.
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DECAY OF CHLORINE DIOXIDE IN FRESHWATER
From: Development and Evaluation of an Ion Chromatographic Method for Measuring
Chlorite and Chlorate Anions in Bleached Kraft Mill Effluent, NCASL technical bulletin
#673, July 1994, p. 3
However, in dilute solutions, in a closed container and absence of light, ClO2 can remain stable for long periods. This is especially the case in chilled water.
A new compound, DIOXIDERM (formerly CITRONEX) disinfectant gel, makes novel use of ClO2 and is available as a "skin cream" in a two-part system. The amount to be applied is mixed just before use, and the chlorine dioxide is released slowly. Because disinfection and lesion response are so rapid, the needed extra step of mixing seems unimportant, especially when treating diseases such as diabetic ulcers or pox lesions. Dual or co-dispensers simplify the application. Similarly, a dual toothpaste and mouthwash, DIOXIBRITE and DIOXIRINSE are now available which kill all bacteria and deodorize the mouth. DIOXIGUARD Liquid for instrument and hospital application as well as general topical use, is a fast acting disinfectant. The shelf life after combining the needed quantity is one day. DIOXIGUARD kills all bacteria, viruses and fungi within one minute, including mycobacteria and amoeba.
WIDE USE OF CHLORINE DIOXIDE IN INDUSTRY
Paper mills in the U.S. generate an enormous quantity of ClO2, 500 tons daily for bleaching pulp. Although more expensive than chlorine, it is the bleach material of choice because the basic properties of cellulose are not altered. The textile industry applies ClO2 similarly, where prevention of injury to the fibers is important. Both cellulosic and synthetic materials are processed in this way, including cottons, acetates, rayons, polyesters, acrylics and nylons. Cotton is not degraded because the oxidation reaction is highly selective toward lignin and hemicellulose components of the fiber. ClO2 does not adversely effect old paper prints or drawings, and will clean ancient documents without injury to fibers.
The first use of chlorine (Cl2) as a water treatment process in the U.S. occurred in Jersey City in 1908 , and of chlorine dioxide, at Niagara Falls in 1944. ClO2 now purifies water in over 500 water treatment facilities in the U.S. and many more in Europe. Only chlorine dioxide among the common water treatment disinfectants (ozone, chlorine, chloramine, and chlorine dioxide), produces no signs of malignancy in test animals. ClO2 is often applied for water treatment other than disinfection, for example, remedying difficult smell and taste problems. Phenols, in particular, are quickly oxidized, and without odorous chlorophenols often produced by chlorine. ClO2 is considered the best additive for oxidizing iron and manganese impurities in drinking water, and for eliminating taste and odor due to algae. It also removes cyanides sulfides, aldehydes and mercaptans. ClO2 as used in water disinfection is more sporicidal than Cl2 , , a more powerful inactivator of viruses , and inactivator of cysts. In storm water overflow, ClO2 has proved active toward all viruses examined.
Another application of ClO2 is in the bleaching of fats and flour.
Extensive experience with chlorine dioxide bleaching of tallow (the fat
extracted from meat scraps and dead animals) has shown that this is a safe
chemical bleaching process. The chlorine dioxide selectively converts color
bodies to lighter colored ones without substantial attack on natural antioxidants
in the oil which protect it against aging and rancidity. Tallows bleached with
Chlorine dioxide meets the "Refine and Bleach Test", is color stable, and is
now in use for the manufacture of the highest-grade toilet soaps.
Many nutrition and toxicology studies have been performed assessing chlorine dioxide's effect on flour. Treatment of flour with 200 ppm, fed to rats, had no effect after several generations. , Flour treated with up to 500 ppm (5 times the concentration in DioxiCure Gel) fed to puppies had no untoward effect. Thirteen human subjects fed experimentally for six weeks with flour products that were treated with doses up to 400 ppm had no detectable toxic symptoms. Flour bleached with normal dosage is not reduced appreciably in nutritive value. Essential fatty acids are generally not effected, but tocopherol and cystine are oxidized. Reactivities of 21 amino acids with ClO2 were evaluated using an iodmetric assay, only 6 were found to be reactive at pH 6. They were cysteine, histidine, hydroxyproline, proline, tryptophan and tyrosine.76
Several other applications within the food industry have been described. The first reported use of ClO2 in the canning industry was by Green Giant at LeSueur, Mn. more than 30 years ago. The objective was to conserve water while at the same time control bacteria. When ClO2 rather than chlorine is added to process waters recirculated to clean potatoes, starch by-product, previously extracted for gluing cartons, is upgraded to food grade level and a higher market value. Also, the fresh water need is reduced 25%. In this particular process 10 ppm ClO2 is added to the wash water in order to maintain a 1 ppm residual. Chlorine dioxide is excellent as a commercial disinfectant in turkey egg sanitation, and its use does not modify the hatching properties of the fertile eggs. The shelf life of tomatoes can be improved by treatment with ClO2. ClO2 also finds application in bleaching cherries and as a teat dip for cows to prevent mastitis. The FDA has recently permitted the use of ClO2 for disinfecting chickens, beef and fruits and vegetables.
Masschelein, in his book Chlorine Dioxide, cites the following:
Chlorine dioxide destroys the microorganisms in fish, fruits and vegetables; and the treatment can be carried out without altering the nutritive and organoleptic qualities of the foodstuff. It will take place either by 30-minute immersion in an aqueous solution of 50 to 1,000 mg/1 (50 to 1000ppm) of ClO2 or by exposure to air containing 2,000 to 3,000 ppm of ClO2. This is a very favorable treatment for the storage of frozen foods. Natural foods such as pepper may be sterilized by a treatment with air containing 1,000 to 20,000 ppm of ClO2. The preservation of melted cheese is facilitated by the addition of 100 to 300 mg/1 of ClO2 to the milk used for its manufacture, and 100 to 400 mg/1 to its washing water. The bleaching of oils and greases, particularly those used for alimentary needs, is carried out by a maximum injection of 20,000 mg/1 of ClO2. The medicinal odor of cleaning shrimps is eliminated by adding 40 mg/1 to the washing water. A dose of less than 100 mg/1 of ClO2 does not seem to hinder the taste or nutritive value.
The remaining or residual products on fruits and vegetables after treatment with ClO2 are apparently chloride and a trace amount of chlorite. A recent patent by Frontier Pharmaceutical involves the lowering of the chlorite residual, and describes a method for the release of ClO2 at higher, more physiological pH.
Some industrial applications of ClO2 other than bleaching or disinfecting include: the treatment of leather, where ClO2 oxidizes disulfide bridges of keratin; stabilization of vinyl and latex enamels; additive in air pollution control for complexing impurities such as mercaptans and aldehydes; controlling odors of fishmeal and rendering plant water effluents; an oxidant in the preparation of vaccines , and neutralizing toxins ; and a copper etchant in the manufacture of electronic component parts.
Differences with other oxidants
Although chlorine and chlorine dioxide are both strong oxidizing agents, they differ in reactions with various organic and inorganic compounds. ClO2 for example, does not combine with ammonia as does Cl2. Chlorine dioxide is a better disinfectant in the presence of organic matter, and bacterial kill is not appreciably changed with change in pH. Hypochlorite has a higher oxidation potential and is an indiscriminate "chlorinator", adding a permanent chlorine atom to organic molecules. This unfortunately, produces a number of unwanted chlorinated hydrocarbons such as chloroform and chlorophenol. Chemicals found in industrial waste discharges for example, all react to produce chlorinated by-products that are hazardous to health. ClO2, on the other hand, oxidizes (removes electrons) without adding an atom of its own to the oxidized product. The pKa for the chlorite ion, chlorous acid equilibrium, is extremely low at pH 1.8. This is different from the hypochlorous acid/hyopochlorite base ion pair equilibrium found near neutrality, and indicates the chlorite ion will exist as the dominant species in drinking water and in the human body.
When purifying water supplies, ClO2 combines with phenols particularly fast by attacking the benzene ring. Odorless, tasteless products are formed directly, without intermediate compounds, as is the case with chlorine. ClO2 may be more effective than copper sulfate in controlling algae; it is believed to attack the pyrrole ring of the chlorophyll which cleaves the ring and leaves the chlorophyll inactive. The reaction of ClO2 with algae, again, forms tasteless, odorless products.
Olefins react much more rapidly with permangenate than with chlorine dioxide, whereas, triethylamine is thousands of times more reactive with chlorine dioxide than with permanganate.
Unlike most other oxidizing compounds, ClO2, and its reduction product ClO2¯, can act either as oxidizing or reducing agents (NCASI No. 673). Under acid conditions hydrogen peroxide will reduce ClO2 to form chlorous acid, but ClO2 also can be oxidized by chlorine to produce chlorate, and by ozone to produce Cl2O6. ClO2¯ similarly can oxidize iodide to form iodine, or be oxidized by hypochlorite ion to form chlorate. Combining ClO2 with blood causes methemoglobin by oxidizing Fe3 to Fe2 in the red blood cell. Breathing ClO2 can have this effect.
When ClO2 oxidizes organics, it usually takes in one electron and reduces to ClO2¯. ClO2 can oxidize some inorganics, like ferric oxide, remove 5 electrons rather than one, and reduce all the way to chloride. The amount of electron exchange is the oxidizing capacity, not the redox potential or driving force of the reaction.
ClO2 (aq) + e- = ClO2¯ where E° = 0.95V
When oxidizing organic molecules, there is no chlorine atom exchange to produce chlorinated hydrocarbons.
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