How It Works

A microbe’s only protection from the outside world, the cell wall, is about 20 nanometers thick. 1/1000th the thickness of a plastic grocery bag, thin and vulnerable. Yet most antimicrobial technologies are designed to pass right through the cell wall and attempt to poison the microbe from the inside, interfering with its metabolism and altering its DNA. This leads to mutations and resistant-adaptive superbugs! What a bad idea!

BIOSAFE is not metabolized by cells, it creates a network of microscopic spikes on the surface that are electrically charged, which pop cells like a balloon upon impact. The technology takes advantage of the weakness of the cell wall and ruptures it with this physical/electrical force. BIOSAFE’s invisible coating adheres to hard surfaces and fabrics, and is ready to destroy any microbes that comes in contact with it. What’s more, it provides durable, long lasting protection for 30 days. This physical rupturing of the cell wall is the best way to kill a microbe. It does not lead to resistant superbugs, and the active is not leached into the environment or person like with silver or triclosan technologies.

If you’re looking for a technical description, BIOSAFE is a water based coating that contains a cationic siloxane which is registered with EPA’s Antimicrobials division as EPA Reg. No. 83019-1