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by Barnini Chakraborty

If they can't see it, they can't steal it.

That's the philosophy behind a new security system that pumps dense fog into the air, trapping criminals and preventing them from carrying out after-hours smash-and-grab jobs that have put thousands of retailers across the country out of business.

The system, which ties into an existing alarm system or can be used as a stand-alone unit, pumps out a mixture of glycol and distilled water through a heating unit, creating a dry, dense white fog that generates a "near-zero visibility environment" that makes it impossible to see through in a matter of seconds, Mike Egel, president of DensityUSA, the master distributor for the fog generator in the United States, told the Washington Examiner.

"It's so dry that there is no residue," he said from a security summit in Dallas. "There's nothing to clean up. It's perfectly safe to breathe. It's perfectly safe for the assets of the business. It's perfectly safe for humans and pets."

If the fog generator is tied to an alarm, as soon as the alarm or motion detector trips, the fog deploys, taking just a few seconds to fill a 1,000- to 1,500-square-foot space, Egel said.