Gases

           Ozone is a powerful and very versatile oxidizer with well-known benefits and widely utilized across a variety of industries as a sanitizer for food, laundry, drinking water, air purification and wastewater treatment. Ozone is approved for use with food by the FDA, USDA, EPA and also certified as GRAS (Generally Recognized As Safe). Ozone effectively kills bacteria and viruses on contact and has also been recommended by the EPA for controlling SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19.

          Ozone or Trioxygen (O3) is comprised of three oxygen molecules as opposed to the Oxygen (O2) in the air that we breathe that is comprised two oxygen molecules. Ozone is very unstable and decays quickly turning into oxygen. Since ozone rapidly decays into oxygen, no direct harmful or unwanted waste compounds are introduced as part of its use. However, because it breaks down so quickly into oxygen, it must be produced on-site with ozone generators and specialized equipment then used immediately, this greatly limits its benefit, that is until now! Onza has solved this issue by trapping ozone and forming Ozonate, which can produced, packaged and shipped wherever the benefits of ozone are needed. This means ozone can be used in food packaging, laundry detergent and potentially shipped to countries and locations where access to clean water is a problem.  

          Nitric oxide is a fascinating compound that has powerful effects on human biology and serves an integral role in our health. It is a vasodilator that quickly expands blood vessels. Pfizer’s blockbuster drug Viagra stimulates the body’s ability to make nitric oxide, in contrast we are working on a method for direct delivery of nitric oxide, a much quicker delivery method!
         Onza’s vison is simple tablet that would be taken sublingually (placed under the tongue), providing immediate absorption. This method of delivery would revolutionize the way we treat medical problems associated with vascular issues including heart attacks, ED and others. An emergency “heart attack prevention tablet” is just one use for this technology. Imagine the applications and power of a simple nitric oxide tablet that could be ingested safely and when you need it the most. 

          Chlorine dioxide is an effective and powerful oxidant and disinfectant with a wide variety of uses including, medical sterilization of tools and surfaces, water treatment, food processing and industrial uses where large volumes of water are used. Chlorine dioxide is another great example of a gas with many benefits that is restricted by having to be generated at point of use. With our technology the current uses for chlorine dioxide would be improved and access to the benefits would be available to a broader market including new uses and products.  

          Hydrogen sulfide is a gas, like many gases, that can be harmful in high concentrations but potentially beneficial in micro doses. Very little research has been done at micro dosage levels to explore its possible beneficial effects on the biology of organisms.
         A growing interest in the research of possible positive effects, is just now developing. Most of this research has been directed on plant growth. The discovery that H2S affects plant hormones and can stimulate growth has in some experiments resulted in growth with exceptional mass as compared with control plants grown without exposure to H2S.
         In micro doses, a delivery method like Onza’s, where the gas is trapped within crystals and combined with, for example, nitrogen fertilizer or potassium salts, the impact on food supply could be both safe, effective and abundant.