Alcohol Abuse: A Story of Survival

   

     In America today, Alcohol is widely used and abused. People carry it with them and use it in a variety of places; Schools, Stores, Hospitals, on the Bus, at Restaurants and at Home. Some people have an addiction to it and can't go very long without using it. This presents a very dangerous issue in today's society. Now, I am sure you all assume I am talking about the consumption of alcoholic beverages... I am not. Alcohol hand sanitizers are the most widely used form of personal hand sanitization on the market today.

    According to an article presented on Slate.com, "Three-quarters of all Americans use six or more antimicrobial products each day" while alcohol sanitizers lead the charge. Most people don't think too deeply nor do they look closely enough at the actual ingredients in those alcohol sanitizers and what they do. In this post, I will break down, piece by piece, the main ingredients and how they are dangerous.

Ethyl Alcohol 65%:

     Ethyl Alcohol (EA) is one of the most common active ingredients in hand sanitizers. Curiously, it is also the same exact alcohol that is found in alcoholic beverages (Ethanol). This type of alcohol leads to very easy absorption into the skin which is why it is also commonly used in cosmetics. This is also the same reason ethanol leads to dry and cracking skin. When you allow something to absorb into the skin, you have to displace or dissolve the natural, lubricating, oils in your skin. In the healthcare setting, healthcare workers are urged to not place patients into rooms with EA sanitizers who are known alcoholics. This is due to the fact that they can consume the sanitizers to become intoxicated. There is also evidence of prisoners consumption for the purpose of getting inebriated and, sadly, children in daycare licking their hands after use causing them to become inebriated. Taking consumption out of the equation, there is also evidence from research to show the blood alcohol content (BAC) in adults can become elevated from repeated use of EA sanitizers, but not to the point of intoxication. 

 Isopropyl Alcohol:

     Isopropyl Alcohol (IA) is best known by it's more commonly used name... Rubbing Alcohol. It is best absorbed through the skin or inhalation. One of the scariest things about IA is that it is a known neurotoxin, meaning it is toxic to your nervous system. IA even shows toxicity when used around eyes and lips. Lastly, I want to point one more thing out... NEUROTOXIN.

 Fragrance: 

      On the back of your sanitizers, you will see a list of ingredients. Every ingredient is very clearly spelled out, most of the time in confusing scientific mumbo-jumbo. Every ingredient except one... FRAGRANCE. Fragrance is that one ingredient that they are NOT required to advise of what is within it. For a simple fragrance of Lavender, for items using chemicals in place of essential oils, can have dozens of unregulated chemicals to artificially create a lavender scent. The companies that create products that add artificial scents justify this by saying, " But, they're only in small amounts". That may be true, but what about the doctors, nurses, daycare workers or protective mothers use these products a lot more frequently than normal suggested usage. That "small amount" now compounds upon itself to dangerous and unknown levels. One of the known ingredients in fragrances is a compound called phthalates. phthalates are the plastics that allow fragrances to hold on longer. The scary thing about this compound is that it is a KNOWN endocrine disruptor. Known endocrine disruptor, in plain English, means it affects sex hormones, especially in infants. There have been some experts in endocrine research who have openly stated that they believe the chronic exposure to phthalates can lead to feminizing boys. Many fragrances have been proven to be a lung irritant as well, which stands to questions... is asthma on the rise due largely to the amount of respiratory irritants we are being surrounded with on a daily basis.

  Propylene Glycol: 

     Propylene Glycol (PG) is a petroleum or plant based chemical that is used in anything from antifreeze to processed foods. For some people it can be extremely irritating to their eyes, skin or lungs. The main purpose of this ingredient is to thicken a liquid. When you thicken a liquid, it makes it even more difficult to get down into the crevasses on your skin. You may have complete coverage on the surface, but a lot of bacteria live deep down in your pores and repopulate your skins surface not too long after using hand sanitizers. 

     

     Using alcohol hand sanitizers on a regular basis is the equivalent to playing Craps and betting your life and health on rolling a seven over and over and over again. We all know, the odds are against you rolling them forever and when you roll a five, that five could be a cold or it could be something deadly. sanitizing your hands with Safe-T-San, produced by Viking Pure Electrolyzed Water would be like rolling 1 die with all fours and another with all threes. You will ALWAYS roll a seven. Safe-T-San does not use alcohol (Ethyl Alcohol & Isopropyl Alcohol), does not add fragrances and does not add thickening agents (Propylene Glycol). When you use Safe-T-San, you are using a Pure, 100% Non-Toxic and Effective alternative. Because it is simply water, you will kill those pesky germs that set up shop deep down in your pores and truly sanitize your hands. Lastly, did you know that alcohol does not even TOUCH C-Diff (a horrible bacteria that causes intestinal issues and can be deadly). I repeat, Alcohol DOES NOT TOUCH C-Diff, but Safe-T-San kills it in under 20 seconds! Choose safety... choose effectiveness... choose Viking Pure! 

     Please visit www.vikingpure.com to learn more about Safe-T-San and our Electrolyzed Water Systems to learn how to enter a new world of personal safety.       

A New World: Generation Toxic

 

     Man has lived on this earth for a very long time without the use of chemicals and has done some pretty remarkable things. We have built nations, created beautiful works of art and created breathtaking structures that have lasted for millenniums. We have written stories that have captivated us centuries after they were written while sketching societal road maps, as the ancient Greeks did when they created an idea called Democracy. In recent times, we have seen man focus a great deal of energy on the creation of materials that offer a much larger amount of risk than is actually rewarded. Those materials are Toxic Chemicals. They are used for "cleaning", but also for war. They are used to "clean" showers and floor, but also to be dropped in bombs to kill hundreds/thousands in seconds. Since the use of Chemical weapons in World War II we have been living in a New World, or as I like to call it... Generation Toxic.

    Chlorine (Bleach) had begun to be mass produced during World War II as it was used as chemical warfare. They produced so much of it, that after the war had ended they had a large surplus supply that now had no use to them. They had to try and think of ways to use the supply so it would not be wasted. They found that they could inject it into city water supplies at "safe" levels to kill bacteria in the water. They also began to try to sell it for consumers to use at home for cleaning. Bleach, however, did not become widely popular in the United States until the 1980s. According to AutismSpeaks.org, the leading group for Autism Awareness and Research,  in 1975 you had a 1:5000 chance of having an Autistic child... BUT in 2009, that chance grew to 1:110 of your child being born with Autism (See Graph Above to the Right).

   There has to be some correlation between the use of the extremely toxic Chlorine Bleach, among other toxic chemicals, and the rate of birth defects, primarily Autism. How can we stand by and watch these numbers grow and NOT do anything?!? We at Viking Pure have not stood idly by... we have developed a 100% SAFE alternative that is natural, safe for the environment and most importantly... safe for our families.

   To learn how you can take advantage of the 100% NON-Toxic properties of Viking Pure Electrolyzed Water, please visit www.vikingpure.com for more details. Let's take a stand by not surrounding ourselves with ANYTHING that can hurt us, our families or our unborn children.

   

"Lucky One" vs "Safe One": Which One are You?

   

       Imagine this... you go to the hospital for a simple/regular procedure, that you are put under anesthesia for, and you spend a little time in the recovery room afterword before you are released to go home. You go home and begin your recovery, dreading that intense rehab that is to come. Over the course of a the next day, you begin to have an itch in your nose that you just can't scratch enough. That itch becomes pain and you begin to feel ill. You brush it off as allergies or a cold you may have caught while in the waiting room at the hospital. The next day, you feel like your nose is on fire and you start to feel as though that "cold" may be the flu because you are cold, you have a fever and you have a TERRIBLE headache. Taking flu medicine isn't even touching it. As you stand in the bathroom after taking your medicine, you look at yourself in the mirror and see the color has left your face. You do, however, notice a large red bump on your nose that looks like a large pimple. The next day you are forced, by your spouse, to go to the ER because you are having chest pains and shortness of breath. Are you having a heart attack? The doctor finally comes back to see you and after a short time states that you have an infection on your nose that has started to spread into your sinuses and they need to do an emergency surgery to remove the dead tissue and clean out the infection before it reaches your brain. When all is said and done, you end of loosing your nose and a portion of your cheek. Now, imagine that through all of that... you are the LUCKY ONE!

        Everyday, all over the country, people go to a healthcare facility (Hospital, Dentist, Urgent Care, etc...) for a simple ailment or procedure and end up contracting a Healthcare Associated Infection (HAI). According to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), each year 1.7 Million people are infected with HAI's during their stay at a healthcare establishment. Sadly, out of those 1.7 Million "lucky ones", 99,000 people die from those infections. 99,000 people each year! 99,000 Mothers, Daughter, Fathers, Sons, friends and strangers... DEAD. Remember... infections that had ZERO to do with their being at the hospital in the first place. The next time you are in the waiting room at the ER, look around... Count out 20 people, including yourself. According to statistics from the Journal from Emerging Infectious Disease, one of the 20 of you will acquire some form of an HAI during your time there. That can be scary enough if you are young and single, but imagine that you are in the ER at the hospital with your child after they broke their finger. Do you want to risk that THEY will be the "Lucky One"... or would you want them to be the "Safe One"?

     They CAN be the safe one, and so can you! The reason the hospitals are having an issue with HAI's (MRSA, C-Diff, VRE, CRE, CAUTI, etc...) is that they are using solutions to clean and sanitize the highest risk areas that simply don't work. Our company, Viking Pure, has developed a one-of-a-kind, patented, solution to these vary issues. The Viking Pure Family of Electrolyzed Water Systems give you the ability to produce the end all, game changing products that takes those numbers (1.7 million infected and 99,000 dead) down as close to ZERO as possible. Hypochlorous Acid produced by Viking Pure Electrolyzed Water Systems has been proven, time and time again, to kill, eliminate and exterminate every pathogen we have thrown at it in SECONDS (NOT Minutes like the products they are currently using). We kill MRSA, C-Diff, Listeria, E-Coli, Salmonella, Norovirus, Influenza, HIV and many others in an average of 10 seconds.

Do you want to be just a statistic under the "Lucky Ones" column, or do you truly want to be a "Safe One"? With us... you will be the "Safe One"!

Visit www.vikingpure.com for more details on how YOU can be a "Safe One" by helping us to spread our message.

I'm Sure Your Mother Told You

    "If it sounds too good to be true, it usually is.”  It’s the same cautionary tale my Mother told me and it’s the obstacle we at Viking Pure face every day.  Let me test my premise.  If I told you that for mere pennies a gallon, you could produce a sanitizing solution that kills dangerous and deadly viruses (MERS, MRSA, Listeria, E-Coli, Salmonella, AIDS, Ebola to name a few) in a completely safe, non-toxic way you’d think I was nuts, Right? I am not nuts and it is true. 

    The general concept is as simple as the science you did in high school, but our PATENT allows us to take it to levels it has never been before. It’s technology that has been around since the 1800’s.  It is a fact that you can take salt, water and electricity to make a solution called hypochlorous acid (HOCl).  Despite its ominous sounding name it is completely safe for people, pets, plants and the environment.  It is 30 times more effective at sanitizing than chlorine bleach but it is totally non-toxic. You don't need any special equipment; i.e. gloves, masks, goggles or rubber suits, as it will not harm you if it comes into contact with your skin or splashes in your eyes. No toxic fumes. 

     Buying TOXIC chemicals to clean and sanitize doesn't make sense when we have the technology to make your home, schools, hospitals, airports, cruise ships - anywhere the public congregates - safer WITHOUT the use of dangerous chemicals.  Our patented technology has brought Electrolyzed Water into the 21st century by removing the obstacles that kept it from being so widely adopted early on. Other  Systems have salt in the final solution that leaves behind a salty film/residue that can be very corrosive. Ours is 100% SALT-FREE.

NO SALT=

• NO Salty Residue/Film
• NO Corrosion
• and most importantly... NO WORRIES

  Our systems provide our users with a High Quality (American Made), Affordable and 100% SAFE alternative to Costly and Dangerous TOXIC Chemicals.  VIKING PURE: Save Your Green and Smell the Clean!  




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