Has anyone seen this article?  Seems like it might make a good safe
solution to use when irrigating your sinuses.

Thursday, May 26, 2005

Fox News

SAN FRANCISCO - Super-oxygenated water (search) has been used for
years as a powerful disinfectant, but now a California company has
developed a non-toxic formula that can kill bacteria without hurting
healthy tissue.

Microcyn (search) - made from water and salt - is produced by a
company called Oculus, which spent four years developing the spray. Its
makers say it can speed up the healing of life-threatening burns and
wounds, including diabetic ulcers. Another benefit promoted by the
company is that instead of a shelf life of hours or days, the substance
can stay effective for years.

The product is already being used as a disinfectant in Europe, Canada
and India. In the United States, Microcyn has won approval from the
Food and Drug Administration (search) as a medical device and doctors
are cautiously optimistic about its potential.

"The sooner you can get the person healed and back to being fully
active, the less it costs you and the better their quality of life, so
everyone's looking for anything that will expedite that process," said
Dr. Tim Berger, a dermatologist at the University of California, San
Francisco.

A veterinary version of Microcyn is available to treat wounded pets,
but starting next month a human version will be available to U.S.
doctors and hospitals. Clinical trials testing a variety of possible
applications for super-oxygenated water are in the planning stages.