Patent ID: 7951227

Claim:
A method for removing a solid contaminant from ambient air within an enclosed building, said method comprising: a) obtaining a liquid mixture, said liquid mixture comprising: i) at least one compound, wherein at least one of said at least one said compound is a semi-volatile organic compound; and ii) water; b) spraying in an atomized form said liquid mixture into said ambient air of and within said enclosed building to remove said solid contaminant; c) allowing for said atomized form of said liquid mixture to intermingle with said solid contaminant in the ambient air and to be pulled down by gravity until said liquid mixture now containing said solid contaminant falls from the ambient air to land on a surface; and d) removing said liquid mixture containing said solid contaminant from said surface upon which said liquid mixture containing said solid contaminants lands, wherein said at least one of said at least compound being a semi-volatile organic compound is selected from the group consisting of: phenols, phenyls, benzyls, glycols, glycerol, butadienes, carboxyl groups, terpenes, anthracenes, isophorenes, plant esters, ketones, amines, glycol ethers, pyrenes, toluenes, heterocyclic compounds, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, mono and di aromatics, polvols, xanthenes, plant essential oils, enzymes from microbes, and combinations thereof.