A Remedy For Toxic Odors (in household items) Without The Headaches

We have seen an increase in demand for treatment of books, carpets and items of furniture that exhibit chemical odors. In most instances, such odors are caused by chemicals that can evaporate readily at normal temperatures and pressures into the air. Chemicals that do this are usually from the class of Volatile Organic Compounds (VOC's)

In the manufacturing and environmental industries the process of observing odor causing chemicals evaporating is called "off-gassing" or "out-gassing".

Common VOC's include organic solvents that are used in the manufacture of many products including but not limited to, paint, paint thinners, cleaning agents, disinfectants, degreasers, disinfectants, fuels, pesticides, glues, cosmetics, air fresheners, photocopying, pressed-wood furniture, vinyl floors and varnishes.

Exposure to VOC’s can have cause symptoms like fatigue, headaches, skin and eye irritation, tingling or numbness in the extremities, drowsiness and dizziness. Some VOC’s such as benzene, methanol and that old dry cleaning favorite perchloroethylene are known human carcinogens.

Off-gassing odors from products that contain VOC’s are stronger indoors because their odorous fumes are more confined and their concentration is higher than in outdoor air. Consequently, the presence of the VOC’s compromise the purity of indoor air and are a significant contributor to indoor air pollution.

We can treat items that exhibit odors attributed to VOC’s in our cold plasma chamber. This done under special controlled conditions without the use of masking agents or other chemicals. Instead, our process utilizes cold plasma energy, conditions of pressure and use of inert, un-reactive gases to accelerate the release of bound VOC’s which are then flushed safely away using pumps. We have found this to be a useful and safe way to deal with the problems of odor from VOC’s.