Method and composition for preventing oxidation

1. A composition for inhibiting oxidation, the composition comprising:

an anionic, hydrophilic, water soluble polymer, wherein the polymer is chosen from the group consisting of anionic polyacrylamide, methylcellulose, xanthan gum, guar gum, and lignin sulfonate;

an anionic surfactant, wherein the surfactant is chosen from the group consisting of sodium alpha olefin sulfonate, ammonium lauryl sulfate, sodium lauryl sulfate, and sodium dioctyl sulfosuccinate;

a co-solvent; and

water, wherein the polymer is anionic polyacrylamide, wherein the polyacrylamide is between 0.1% and 20% by weight, the surfactant is between about 0.4% and about 4.8% by weight, the co-solvent is between about 1.0% and about 11.1% by weight, and the water is between about 64.1% and about 98.5% by weight.

2. The composition of claim 1 , wherein the polymer is either synthetic or a naturally occurring biopolymer.

3. The composition of claim 1 , wherein the co-solvent is diethylene glycol and isopropyl alcohol, wherein the diethylene glycol is between about 0.9% and about 10.5% by weight and the isopropyl alcohol is between about 0.1% and about 0.6% by weight.

4. A composition for inhibiting oxidation, the composition comprising:

an anionic, hydrophilic, water soluble polymer, wherein the polymer is chosen from the group consisting of anionic polyacrylamide, methylcellulose, xanthan gum, guar gum, and lignin sulfonate;

an anionic surfactant, wherein the composition does not contain a solvent.

5. The composition of claim 4 , wherein the polymer is polyacrylamide.

6. The composition of claim 5 , wherein the polyacrylamide is between about 0.1% and 20% by weight, the anionic surfactant is about 8% by weight, and the anionic surfactant is sodium alpha olefin sulfonate.