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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