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Gabe15 · 11-09-2006, 01:28 PM

I dont think PPM is an antibiotic per-se, they really dont tell you what it is because they want to keep it secret, they call it a biocide. Its not limited to bacteria either, it also kills mold. Also looking at definitions of antibiotic, many of them state that an anbiotic is created by microoganisms, I doubt PPM is, but really it comes down to you dont know what it is at all.

I should also say that with my trials last year, there was absolutly zero bacterial infection, but that did not stop mold spores from getting in.

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