John wrote:
> HI Carter , I took the time to reread you email a little closer. Are
> you saying that the air cleaner Ionizers are Hazardous to your
> health ?
In a word, yes...
Many states, including California, have issued warnings against ozone
generators:
> The California Department of Health Services (DHS) issued a warning
> about ozone air cleaning devices in April 1997^[15]
>
<http://by104fd.bay104.hotmail.msn.com/cgi-bin/dasp/EN/rte___10000003.asp#_edn15>.
> In recent years, Minnesota, North Carolina, and Florida have taken a
> variety of actions to prevent public health hazards from ozone
> generators in their states.
And here is a blurb from the EPA:
> The same chemical properties that allow high concentrations of ozone
> to react with organic material outside the body give it the ability
> to react with similar organic material that makes up the body, and
> potentially cause harmful health consequences. When inhaled, ozone
> can damage the lungs (see - "Ozone and Your Health" -
> www.epa.gov/airnow/brochure.html
> http://www.epa.gov/airnow/brochure.html>). Relatively low amounts
> can cause chest pain, coughing, shortness of breath, and, throat
> irritation. Ozone may also worsen chronic respiratory diseases such
> as asthma and compromise the ability of the body to fight respiratory
> infections. People vary widely in their susceptibility to ozone.
> Healthy people, as well as those with respiratory difficulty, can
> experience breathing problems when exposed to ozone. Exercise during
> exposure to ozone causes a greater amount of ozone to be inhaled, and
> increases the risk of harmful respiratory effects. Recovery from the
> harmful effects can occur following short-term exposure to low
> levels of ozone, but health effects may become more damaging and
> recovery less certain at higher levels or from longer exposures .
IMHO ozone is nasty stuff, best not fooled around with...
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