Update Thanks for all the great questions! We have so many we have had to close the entry submission box for now - we’re busy going through them all and getting them organized into a coherent list so we can get them all answered for you as asson as possible! Thanks again - we’re positively overwhelmed by your response!!

Edited: June 12th, 2009 under Blog - No Comments.

Science Daily and Nature Journal Spotlight Hydrogen Peroxide

Take a look at what they’re saying about hydrogen peroxide in the science and nature circles this month… Seems our old standby is getting some good press for a change - nice!

Hydrogen Peroxide Marshals Immune System

ScienceDaily (June 4, 2009) — When you were a kid your mom poured it on your scraped finger to stave off infection. When you got older you might have even used it to bleach your hair. Now there’s another possible function for this over-the-counter colorless liquid: your body might be using hydrogen peroxide as an envoy that marshals troops of healing cells to wounded tissue.

Using the zebrafish as an animal model, researchers in the lab of Harvard Medical School professor of systems biology Timothy Mitchison and Dana Farber Cancer Institute professor Thomas Look have discovered that when the tail fins of these creatures are injured, a burst of hydrogen peroxide is released from the wound and into the surrounding tissue. Teams of rescue-working white blood cells respond to this chemical herald, crawl to the site of damage, and get to work.

“We’ve known for quite some time that when the body is wounded, white blood cells show up, and it’s really a spectacular piece of biology because these cells detect the wound at some distance,” says Mitchison. “But we haven’t known what they’re responding to. We do know something about what summons white blood cells to areas that are chronically inflamed, but in the case of an isolated physical wound, we haven’t really known what the signal is.”

These findings are reported in the June 4 issue of the journal Nature.

Here’s the link with full color imaging and everything :)
Hydrogen Peroxide Marshall Immune System

Edited: June 9th, 2009 under Blog - No Comments.

101 Home Uses of Hydrogen Peroxide Going Mainstream???

Looks like the idea of green and clean is finally going mainstream… ha ha!

Getting clean without poisoning yourself, what a concept!

And so, it seems we’re getting a little notice out there in the world. This week we heard from Lulu.com that our print book, 101 Home Uses of Hydrogen Peroxide has been selected for sale on Amazon.Com! Pretty Exciting News!!

So, seems like we ought to toot our horn a little bit - eh wot? :)

Here are a few reviews from some folks who’ve known about us for longer than Amazon: and we have to remind you - we offer a 100% money back guarantee on our ebook - And that Lulu.com print direct is a bit of a discount compared to Amazon - and a bigger discount if you buy the ebook instead of the print version, of course.)

Review Number 1:

• First, let me say I was not sure what to expect. The ebook is $25. Not a fortune, but you never know what you’re buying, right? I bought the ebook and downloaded it (worked fine). It is a .PDF file. (You have to have Acrobat Reader to read it.)
  I’m happy to say that I really like this book, and think it is a good quality product. It is well formatted, with lots of nice pictures. I know, I know, no one buys things just for pictures or formatting, but it does help to make it easy reading and pleasant. It’s very professional looking, so my first impression was good.

  More important, the information is good. While it is true that I already knew about many of the uses for peroxide that the book covers, there were also a few nice surprises for me, and new twists on things I already knew about…

  review number one

and here’s another one we really appreciate ;)

Review Number 2:

• Before reading this amazing guide, little did I know that moulds had infested themselves in my windowsills, under my sink and various other unexpected places in my house. I also did not know that commercially available cleaners were capable of turning my house into a chemical waste dump. 101 Home Uses Of Hydrogen Peroxide helped me clean my home in a simple and less expensive manner and I am sure it will help you do just the same. The information provided in this guide is scientifically documented by sources like National Science Foundation, EPA and NIH. This highly useful guide not only includes step-by-step instructions and handy cleaning chart but also a list of sources from where you can purchase your inexpensive and effective cleaning material.

  Don’t think twice before choosing this guide if your family has been suffering from bouts of asthma, cold, etc or if you have already spent huge amounts of money and time trying to get rid of the allergies persistent in your home or if you have faced problems like water damage, mold etc. The e-book contains all the tricks of the trade to eliminate stains, odors and their causes.

  Thanks, for the nice review Helpful Household Hints

It is sure a nice thing to find folks who appreciate what we do! And we want you all to know we’ve been taking your questions and answers and talking with our Master Mentor, Walter Grotz and putting together a great piece on everything from agriculture and husbandry to personal health based on our conversations - and we’re looking forward to bringing it to you soon!

Thanks for joining us on the ride! It’s sure been a hoot!

Edited: May 31st, 2009 under Blog - No Comments.

Spring Cleaning Article Comes out in West Metro Business!

Thanks to Walter Grotz for sending us in this copy of the West Metro Business which featured our Spring Cleaning article! Nice to see the hard copy, THANKS Walter!!!

Speaking of Walter Grotz, can we just say this man is busier than a bee at pollen time! Last time we had a few minutes to talk he was telling me all about the banana virus in the Phillippines and how they were now going to be using molasses and hydrogen perocide to spray the plants and kill the virus -

and then there were the pigs in Iowa… baby pig still births reduced to zero when the birth canal was flushed with a 3% solution of hydrogen peroxide just as the sow went into delivery - Now their only problem is that they need to make extrea teets for the babies - as the poor mama pigs don’t “have enough faucets” as Walter puts it! So they are making nursing bottles/baffles for the little ones and getting everyone fed -

There’s a lot more, but as always we are runnign behind and will have to catch up with all Walter’s news next time - for now, here’s the West Metro Business from Walter - Thanks Walter! Talk to you soon!

West Metro Business of Minnesotta

Edited: April 29th, 2009 under Blog - No Comments.

New Hydrogen Powered Jet Pack Milestone!

Another milestone in Jet Pack Flight was reached in Colorado
last week when Eric Scott of Jet P.I. traversed the Royal Gorge,
soaring some 1,100 feet above the deep gorge to the other side
with his Jet P. I. hydrogen powered Jet Pak.

While the flight lasted less than 30 seconds, Scott said it was
“unlike anything else he’d ever tried”. The company is one of several
companies around the world now developing and improving personal
jet packs for solo flight.

You can read more about the daring men of Jet Pack Flight in the
Fox News Story

Edited: December 2nd, 2008 under Blog - No Comments.

Tetra-Amido Macrocyclic Ligands Plus H2O2 Equals AMAZING!

Okay so I can almost say it - Tetra-amido macrocyclic ligands.

These little dudes are “environmentally friendly catalysts -
invented by one Terry Collins of Carnegie Mellon University.

When you combine them with our hero, H2O2 - guess what?

They can break down and clean up toxins from fuel sources to
estrogenic compounds… (You might not know this, but these
estrogenic compounds are a big deal in our waste water systems-
all those women on birth control pills - all that chemically produced
estrogen - has to be cleaned out of the water before it’s fit for
much of anything…

And there’s more! (What, you say? More? Incredible!) I know…
But it’s true:
These little suckers can clean up textile plant waste water, paper pulp
waste water and even fuel polluted water.

Their inventor gave a talk to the American Chemical Society this year
and explained that their potential is evern greater than once thought,
as they can now observe the processes and refine them for even more
specific results…

According to EpOnline.com:

“The oxidation catalysts are the first highly effective mimics of
peroxidase enzymes. When partnered with hydrogen peroxide,
they are able to convert harmful pollutants into less toxic substances.
Made from the common elements of biochemistry, carbon, hydrogen,
nitrogen, and oxygen around a reactive iron core, Fe-TAMLs are less
toxic and usable at extremely low concentrations.”

Read their whole article here:
Inventor: Green Catalysts Clean Toxins and Pollutants

Edited: October 1st, 2008 under Blog - No Comments.

New Vitamin C Research - H2O2 Produced Fights Cancer Cells

According to a commentary published in the August 12 issue of
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), a
number of studies have shown that large infusions of vitamin C
can kill cancer cells without harming healthy cells.

the commentary authors, Balz Frei, PhD, director and endowed
chair, and Stephen Lawson, both of the Linus Pauling Institute at
Oregon State University said, “We know that IV vitamin C produces
[hydrogen peroxide] levels in blood that are many times greater than
those achieved with oral supplementation, and these very high
concentrations may be necessary to kill cancer cells,”

To read more, check out the complete article at
Cancer Monthly

Edited: September 29th, 2008 under Blog - No Comments.

Surgeon Instructs Dog Officers - Use H2O2 and Retrieve That Fingertip!!

You just never know what knowing about hydrogen peroxide
can do for you…

In Pasadena, Surgeon Jeanette Martello successfully re-attached
the finger tip of toddler who came to close to a neighbor’s pit bull…

Lucky for the little fellow that Martello has a dog of her
own, and has had to use the hydrogen peroxide vomit induction
method on her own pooch in the past - so she knew just
what to tell the California Dog Officer in charge of the pooch
to do-

And lucky for the tyke, the Dog Officer listened - and then
called back excitedly to say “We have the finger! It worked!!”

Martello had learned the trick herself when her dog inadvertantly
consumed medications some time ago, and she frantically called
local bet hospitals to find out how to get the dog to vomit
up the meds before they had a chance to begin working
on her pet.

Her thinking in this most recent case was similar: she needed
that finger before the pit bull’s digestive enzymes began to
attack it - and she got it too!

Happily, it seems the finger tip, successfully reattached by
Dr. Martello and her surgical team, is healing nicely.

You can learn more about this clever and talented doctor at
her web site: DoctorMartello.com

Edited: September 24th, 2008 under Blog - No Comments.

New Swiss Helicopter Runs on H2O2

Inn Suisse -
Products » Perosin-Fuel
H2O2 Energy of the Future

A new helicpoter out of Switzerland runs on something
called Perosin - a 50% H2O2 mix with special additives -
Safe, Effective, Efficient -

The new vehicles are expected tohit the market in 2010 and
are already in pre-order…

Inn Suisse - Perosin

Let the oil wars rage- anyone with any sense at all is developing
hydrogen and hydrogen peroxide based fuels for the long term…

Seems the Swiss get the idea.

Edited: September 21st, 2008 under Blog - No Comments.

Nature Article: Roll of H2O2 in Cell Health…

An article in Nature Magazine earlier this year reveals new medical advances at Wake Forest University School of Medicine are helping scientists understand the complex role of hydrogen peroxide and regulating proteins in healthy cells.

Hydrogen peroxide is produced in the body to combat bacteria and keep cells healthy. But figuring out how the cells keep the H2O2 in check so that it doesn’t get carried away and damage the cell’s own tissues and DNA has been something of a puzzle.

New research coming from Wake Forest University is helping solve the puzzle and shedding new light on the complex and intricate relationships between various proteins and components working together to maintain healthy cells in the body.

W. Todd Lowther, Ph.D., leads the team which developed a three-dimensional snapshot of how two proteins produced by cells interact to regulate the levels of hydrogen peroxide.

Turns out, a molecule known as peroxiredoxin (Prx) helps control levels of hydrogen peroxide produced by cells in response to immune system activation. The Prx takes on the role of regulating the levels of hydrogen peroxide to protect the cells from over exposure to hydrogen peroxide; and even “switches” roles to send signals to alert the cell if the levels get too high and it cannot adequately handle the job.

Prx is busy regulating the levels of H2O2 in the cell, unless and until levels get dangerously high - at which point the Prx needs help. When that happens,
Prx stops converting hydrogen peroxide and instead changes roles to become an alarm system - signalling the cell to begin producing and activating other proteins to assist it in the reductiona nd removal dangerously higher levels of hydrogen peroxide.

According to Thomas J. Jonsson, Ph.D., “It basically acts as a sensor and warns the cell that levels are too high and that the cell needs to respond. Once that threat is gone, Prx needs to go back to its normal state.” Dr. Johnson is the lead author on the project and a post-doctoral fellow at Wake Forest.

But once Prx has given up its role as the regulator of H2O2, how does it revert back to that role?

In 2003, scientists reported that a protein known as sulfiredoxin (Srx) was involved in the process. The goal of Lowther’s team was to use X-ray crystallography to learn exactly what happens.

“This technology gives us a three-dimensional snapshot of how the proteins interact,” said Lowther. “We wanted to know how Prx changes its structure to be repaired.”

While the scientists knew the repair of Prx involved Srx, they didn’t know how the job was accomplished, and they didn’t know how the Prx would change, as they knew it would have to, to allow that repair to take place.

As it turns out, the answer is not only remarkable, but provides even more intimate understanding of the relationships of cell components and their interactions:

“We found that the protein unfolded, flipped around and attached to the back side of Srx, known as an ‘embrace,’” said Lowther. “It basically put its arm around its buddy, which helps hold the repair protein in place.”

Jönsson said the binding of Srx causes a chemical reaction that repairs Prx. “The change in structure is dramatic and we found that it is critical for the repair to take place,” he said.

Understanding this protective mechanism that keeps cells healthy may one day help scientists identify how and when these processes go wrong resulting in disease. The research will continue to study Prx and how its changes in form and processing affects its interactions with other proteins.

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The study was supported by the American Heart Association and National Institutes of Health. Lynnette C. Johnson, B.S., with Wake Forest, was a co-researcher.

Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center is an academic health system comprised of North Carolina Baptist Hospital and Wake Forest University Health Sciences, which operates the university’s School of Medicine. U.S. News & World Report ranks Wake Forest University School of Medicine 18th in family medicine, 20th in geriatrics, 25th in primary care and 41st in research among the nation’s medical schools. It ranks 35th in research funding by the National Institutes of Health. Almost 150 members of the medical school faculty are listed in Best Doctors in America.

Source: Shannon Koontz
Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center

Edited: July 7th, 2008 under Articles, Blog - No Comments.

Scientists Track How H2O2 Keeps Cells Healthy

In a report out of Winston Salem, MA,
scientists say claim to have figured out
how hydrogen peroxide is produced in the
human body to assist in keeping cells
healthy when bacteria levels elevate.

“The report by a team of researchers at
Wake Forest University School of Medicine,
published in the journal Nature, said large
amounts of hydrogen peroxide are produced
when the immune system is activated in
response to bacteria.

The team used X-ray crystallography to
create a three-dimensional snapshot of
how the proteins interact.

Scientists said a molecule known as
peroxiredoxin (Prx) helps control levels
of hydrogen peroxide. If levels of hydrogen
peroxide become too high, the cell’s DNA
and other proteins can be damaged.

“It basically acts as a sensor and warns the
cell that levels are too high and that the cell
needs to respond,” lead author Thomas J.
Jonsson said in a news release. “Once that
threat is gone, Prx needs to go back to its
normal state.”

Prx becomes active again by binding with a
protein known as sulfiredoxin, the report said.”

Remarkably,these complex processes in our
own bodies can produce, balance and even
perfectly control the levels of H2O2 in our own
cells to maintain a healthy internal environment.

If only we were as clever as our own cells when
it comes to healthy external environments! Surely
we are beginning to see how all natural processes
work together to maintain balance. The more we
learn, the better able we will be at extending these
lessons outward into the world of our human
activities and processes.

Edited: March 12th, 2008 under Blog - No Comments.

Racing’s First “Green Team” Using H2O2 to Keep Cars Clean

We’ve noted for some time that professional cleaning products and
companies are way ahead of the pack when it comes to using safer
and healthier products. When it comes to the business of cleaning,
workers and health hazards of commonly used household cleaning
products part company.

While many homemakers and consumers are still swimming in a chemical
soup of chlorines, ammonias and other caustic “household” cleaners,
the professional cleaning industry has led the way in developing and
producing healthier, environmentally sound cleaning product alternatives.

Now it seems that one such leader, EnvirOx, LLC has made a match with
race car driving teams to supply them with safe alternatives for degreasers
and brake cleaners on the race track and in their garages. Kudos to the
racing team and the folks at EnvirOx for putting together a smart and
highly visible campaign that will doubtless raise consumer awareness as
well as cleaning up the race tracks and garage facilities of racing teams
across the country.

Here is an except from an article published in EarthTimes yesterday:

“Our partnership with the Baker Curb Racing Green Team gives us the opportunity to inform the general public about the leadership role the professional cleaning industry is taking with issues of health and our environment, and how they also can ‘green clean’ their own homes,” states Taylor Stewart, president of EnvirOx, LLC. “The same hydrogen peroxide cleaning technology that changed the professional cleaning industry is now available to consumers through OurHouse cleaning products. Our sponsorship of the Green Team provides a great opportunity to raise awareness of these environmentally preferred cleaning alternatives.”

To read the entire article, follow this link: Racing’s First “Green Team”

Edited: February 1st, 2008 under Blog - No Comments.

H2O2 Powered Prosthetic Arm

You just never know what H2O2 will be up to next…

According to a recent article in WIRED Magazine,
a new prosthetic arm under development at Vanderbilt
University uses rocket technology to power its 22 joints,
and five moving fingers…

It’s a very high tech chemical reaction inside a well
insulated chamber that employs cylinders and pistons
to move the joints of the prosthetic elbow, wrist and
even the fingers.

Compared to currently available prosthetic arms which
have only 2 joints, this is a big advance… but it’s not
quite ready yet.

The hydrogen peroxide reacts with a small amount of
iridium, which creates a 450 degree blast of vapor to
fire the cylinders and power the pistons.

Now that’s a seriously powerful chemical reaction! But
word is, it’s all safely contained inside the prosthetic arm;
so not to worry!

It will be another year or so before the final version is
ready for actual testing with a whole team of scientists
still needed to produce the electrodes that will need to
be implanted in users to connect their nerves to the new
arm’s firing system.

Just goes to show you, you never know what new
application for H2O2 is coming around the corner when
you least expect it!

Edited: November 20th, 2007 under Blog - No Comments.