Pseudo-reflective read inhibitor for optical storage media

optical media (100, 200) comprising a substrate layer (110, 210), a coding data layer (120, 220) coupled to the substrate layer and a lacquer layer (130, 230) coupled to the coding layer data, wherein the substrate layer a layer through which laser light passes before impinging on the coding data layer when used, in which the optical properties of at least a portion of the substrate layer change at least in part on the time elapsing from an initializing event, it characterized time because the optical medium further comprises a controlled quantity of an antioxidant thereby protecting the optical media from oxidation reactions until the moment it is consumed antioxidant .