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Ozone is a TOXIC gas
Topic Started: Sep 12 2007, 12:24 PM (275 Views)
Lannie
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For anyone considering the fad "ozone therapy," please acquaint yourself with the substance first. Ozone is a toxic gas and can cause permanent damage if you're exposed to even low amounts over a period of time.

From this website: Ozone Hazards

Exposure to a level you can smell or exposure to ozone over long periods at levels greater than 0.05 ppm for 24 hours at a time is likely to be dangerous: [2], [3] ?Health hazards to humans and animals occur and can be severe at ozone levels used for indoor cleaning purposes. At least some people can smell levels of ozone down to 0.05 ppm. This odor-detection level is already half-way to the recommended limit. If you are generating ozone indoors, even at "low" levels a problem may be present. People become desensitized to odors in a short time, perhaps 20 minutes. So if you do not smell it, the ozone level could still be hazardous. Problems include: [4]

- Lung irritation and infection. Breathing pain, coughing, wheezing, difficulty when exercising.
- Permanent lung damage.
- Aggravation of pre-existing asthma
- Increased risk of lung illnesses such as bronchitis and pneumonia
- Reduced breathing capacity

Use of ozone to "remove" or "kill" mold is ineffective, not recommended, and may be dangerous. Even if ozone were applied at a concentration and for a duration sufficient to "kill" every mold spore in a building (which is a very dubious claim), depending on the mold genera/species present there is a good chance that the process leaves toxic and allergenic particles in the building.


So before you run off to spend your hard-earned money on some "natural treatment," find out what the possible effects of such treatment might be. And do NOT get your information from a website that's promoting said treatment.

~Lannie
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