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Safe Solutions Enzyme Cleaner

Patent Process · Biological Pesticide

How Enzyme Works | Why Use Enzyme | Enzyme Pest Control | Summary

(The statements expressed herein are the personal views of author

L. Tvedten, and do not reflect those of Safe Solutions, Inc.

and are for informational purposes only)

Pest control expert Tvedten has patented and documented the process of using enzyme compounds as biological pesticides to achieve safe, nontoxic control of insects. Tvedten's Patented Process

has 77 claims on the process of using various surfactant formulas and

enzyme compositions to control a broad array of pests such as insects,

arachnids, bacteria, viruses, and mold. The patent protects the use of enzyme-based compounds as a nontoxic alternative to pesticide for controlling insects and arachnids.

In The Best Control II

IPM encyclopedia, Tvedten outlines how through years of pest

control field research he has developed the use of enzyme as a natural

source of pest control. He has consistently proven that enzymes make an

outstanding alternative to using synthetic pesticide poisons.

Pesticides are persistent and pervasively poisonous, harming not only

insects, but also people and pets. Agriculture has waged a costly

struggle fighting insects by constantly rotating obsolescent pesticides

in a desperate strategy of chemical warfare. It is time to discover an

alternative. Enzymes offer a non-toxic and safe solution to pest

control, making them preferable to the health hazards of pesticides.

· Welcome to the cleaner future of pest control ·

How Enzyme Works

Insects make formidable opponents because they are protected by

strong exoskeletons - hardened shells that cover them like a suit of

armor and have the locomotion of a tank. It is the exoskeleton that has

most challenged pest control - until now. Enzyme is the key.

Because an insect's exoskeleton is a hard shell made of non-living

material, it does not grow in size with the insect's development.

Therefore it is necessary for all insects to shed their exoskeletons

several times during the course of their life. They accomplish this by

using enzymes they create naturally to split open their exoskeleton and

thus grow larger. It is during this molting phase that an insect is at

its most vulnerable - susceptible to drying out or drowning since the

hard shell that normally would protect them has been cast off.

The surface of every insect's exoskeleton is covered with a waxy,

water-repellant patina known as the cuticle. This outer coating

protects the insect from harm, and has long been an obstacle for

pesticide's effectiveness - the chemicals must penetrate the cuticle in

order to affect the insect, so pesticides employ a variety of volatile

solvents, toxic dusts or light oils in order to cut through the cuticle

and thus deliver the poison into the insect interior.

The solution to cracking the cuticle of an insect's exoskeleton was

discovered through the observation of insect entomology - insects

employ enzymes to escape their exoskeletons. By utilizing cultured

enzymes that mimic those found in nature, a natural form of biological

pesticide can be produced that has the ability to dismantle the armor

of an insect instantly.

Enzyme Cleaner

digests insect's waxy cuticle on contact and dismantles their

exoskeleton - effectively forcing insects into immediate molting in

which the protective shell is stripped.

Using enzyme-based formulas as a form of biological pest control is

an ingenious play of engaging the forces of nature to our advantage.

Enzymes exist throughout the insect, plant and animal kingdoms to aid

in the digestion of organic matter. Arachnids such as spiders and

scorpions inject their prey with enzyme; insect larvae (maggots) also

rely on enzymes to predigest their food for them. Insectivore plants

also use enzymes to digest insect prey. Even cellular organisms such as

bacteria, mold, mildew and yeasts all depend on enzymes to aid in the

external digestion of food sources. Enzymes play a fundamental role to

all life because they are a necessary catalyst to speed up the chemical

reaction of metabolism. Enzymes are used by living beings to break down

complex structures in food digestion.

Enzymes are used throughout the food industry to pre-digest proteins

and starches: baby food manufacturers add enzymes to soften the food,

bakers add protease enzyme to flour to lower protein level, and brewers

add enzymes to beer during fermentation to help filter and clarify the

beer. Cheese makers as well use enzymes in the ripening phase of

cheese.

Why Use Enzyme

Enzyme control of insects is preferable to traditional

pesticide-based approaches to pest control for several reasons, not

least of which is the elimination of chemical exposure risk.

Enzyme control is non-toxic and safe for people and the environment,

pesticides are not. Enzyme is a desirable alternative to pesticide

control because it relies on physical biology rather than on toxic

substances to achieve success. Enzyme control is universal in range - all insects are affected by enzyme - enzyme works for any pest problem encountered.

Unlike pesticides, enzyme can be adjusted in strength, allowing

specific insect species to be targeted or spared according to intent.

For example, one can treat an organic garden with a weak concentration

in order to eliminate aphids but protect beneficial honey bees.Unlike

pesticides, enzyme control will never become obsolete. Because the

biology of insects depends on the creation of enzymes in order for

survival, it is impossible for insects to develop a resistance to

enzyme as a method of pest control. Insects have an ability to rapidly

evolve an immunity or resistance to commercial pesticides within a

short time, even within a single crop cycle! This leads to a costly

rotation of chemical warfare. Sadly, human beings do not have the

biological tolerance to the persistent pollution of pesticides that

insects do, and are often the ultimate victims of pesticide.

Fortunately a consistently reliable and safe solution to pest control

has been discovered - enzyme.

Enzyme control achieves safer, faster and more effective results

than pesticide poisons. Replace the health risk of outdated chemical

pesticides with a sure-fire and completely non-toxic alternative method

for exterminating pests - Safe Solutions Enzyme Cleaner.

Pest Control has long sought the perfect pesticide, an ideal Holy Grail

that is totally safe for humans, yet certain death to insects, and

would never become obsolete. Why this had not been found was due to a

lack of exploring outside the realm of traditional pesticides - which

rely solely on the application of hazardous chemical poisons to kill

insects. Enzyme based biological pesticides offer just such a perfect resource for non-toxic pest control.

Enzyme Pest Control

Safe Solutions Enzyme Cleaner

controls pests such as insects, bacteria, mildew and mold. The enzymes

used in the formula exhibit the same properties as those that occur

naturally in all insect species - causing a digestive disintegration of

the exoskeleton. When enzyme makes contact with an insect, it quickly

digests its exoskeleton resulting in prompt death. This process does

not harm human skin and is 100% safe, non-toxic and hypoallergenic.

The ingredients of Enzyme Cleaner

are recognized as Non-Toxic, Food Grade, or GRAS (Generally Recognized

As Safe) and are pH balanced, hypoallergenic & biodegradable.

Enzyme Cleaner

is a valuable alternative to using pesticide in situations where there

are chemically-sensitive people such as those who are pregnant,

infants, elderly, ill or MCS.

Typically, a dilution of 2 to 4 oz. Enzyme Cleaner

concentrate per gallon of water will kill most any insect in several

seconds. Arachnids such as spiders and ticks have stronger exoskeletons

than arthropods and may take several minutes to succumb to the enzyme.

When spraying outdoors a dilution of ½ to 1 oz. Enzyme Cleaner

per gallon of water is a better solution so that collateral damage to

beneficial insects is prevented. This solution works well for organic

gardening / farming or as a drench for ant or yellow jacket nests.

The dilution rate of the enzyme concentrate can be calibrated to

affect only specific target species but weak enough to protect

beneficial insects such as honey bees. For example, a dilution of 1 oz.

Enzyme Cleaner

per 5 gallons of water can be used in organic gardening to remove

softer-bodied aphids, but will not harm beneficial insects such as

honey bees. Start with a weak dilution and increase concentration until

the target insect is pinpointed.

Indoors, Enzyme Cleaner

is fantastic for washing floors and furniture, laundry and linens, tub

and tile to remove them not only of stubborn stains but also prevent

insect invaders.Outdoors, Enzyme Cleaner

is great for organic gardening, landscaping, and lawn care. It is

non-toxic and biodegradable, so it can be fogged or sprayed onto

vegetables, fruit trees, orchards, crops and lake or pond water

restoration without fear of contamination.

Caution: Safe Solutions Enzyme Cleaner is a broad-range

bio-pesticide and will kill all insects including beneficials, so use

them outdoors with great discretion!

* Safe Solutions is currently seeking to register their Enzyme Cleaner with the EPA as a bio-insecticide. Official pesticidal claims cannot be made until it is registered with EPA.

Because commercial pesticides are comprised of chemicals which are

volatile, synthetic and poisonous, the EPA prohibits registered

pesticides from claiming they are either safe or non-toxic. However,

since Safe Solutions Enzyme Cleaner

is in fact a natural biological pesticide that affects insects based on

physical rather than chemical properties, it is better to refer to it

as a Pestisafe® rather than as a pesticide. Be

aware that not all enzyme cleaners are safe to use for non-toxic pest

control, most are not designed for this purpose and many are toxic such

as those purchased at swimming pool supplies or janitorial supplies,

e.g. drain openers and septic tank treatment cleaners. Other biological

detergents available on the market are not manufactured for pest

control. Only Safe Solutions Enzyme Cleaner is patented for the purpose of non-toxic pest control.

Summary of Patent

Pesticides present risks to human health. Although the rate of

post-application degradation may vary widely, almost all pesticides

present some direct risk to human health through residual toxicity,

i.e. direct human contact with pesticide residues remaining after

treatment, whether through inhalation of volatile toxic vapors, skin

contact and transdermal absorption, or ingestion. In addition, many

pesticides present indirect risks to human health in the form of

environmental pollution, most notably pollution with persistent,

halide-substituted organics which accumulate in the fat stores of food

fish and other animals. These problems have led to complete bans on the

use of some pesticides (e.g., DDT, chlordane, heptachlor, aldrin, and

dieldrin); while the continued use of the remaining pesticides has

produced a new problem: the increasing development of widespread

resistance to pesticides in insects.

This resistance yields two results: 1) quick reinfestation by the

pest insect; 2) the need and cost of continually engineering new

pesticides (e.g., synthetic pyrethroids were developed because of

resistance to the less toxic first generation pyrethrins). New

pesticide production takes time and the new pesticides that result are

almost universally more expensive than those they replace.

In this context, traditional pesticides are applied on a regular,

and typically increasing, basis. For example, many schools have come to

be sprayed monthly or even biweekly, and with increasing quantities of

pesticides to combat endemic roach re-infestations, often to no avail.

This intensifies the problem of residual toxicity to people, especially

to children who, as a result, may suffer headaches, grogginess, nausea,

dizziness, irritability, frenetic behavior, and an impaired readiness

to learn.

Because of these effects, it has been recognized that totally new

approaches must be discovered and implemented in order to effectively

control invertebrate pests without destroying human health and the

environment. There is a need for a quick-acting, effective, residually

non-toxic method for combating insect, arachnid, and other pests which

may be used as a replacement for traditional pesticide treatments and

as a supplement to the arsenal of currently available IPM techniques.

Consequently, it is an object of the present invention to provide a

method for combating invertebrate (i.e. insect and arachnid) and

microbe (i.e. bacterial, algal, fungal, and/or viral) pests which is

quick-acting, effective, and residually non-toxic and which may be used

as a replacement for traditional pesticide treatments and as a

supplement to the arsenal of currently available integrated pest

management techniques.

It has been surprisingly found that the application of a composition

comprising at least one protease enzyme is a method for exterminating

pests which achieves these objectives. The enzyme component of the

invention may comprise a single protease or a protease-containing

mixture of enzymes, whether natural, preformed, or synthetic. In an

alternate embodiment, the composition may also comprise a detergent

component. This detergent component comprises one or more

surfactant(s), detergent builder(s), or mixtures thereof.

(Safe Solutions, Inc. does not make pesticidal claims regarding its Enzyme Cleaner)

Insects get pwnd by Enzyme, totally pwn insect enemies, Enzyme pwns them all lol

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