Hi Heather, On Thu, 20 Jul 2000 09:11:10 -0700, "Heather King (LCA)" <hk...@microsoft.com> wrote:
>I have an off-topic question for those of you in the know: Can Ozone hurt >you in any way? I have an Alpine air cleaner that produces negative ions >(thus sending attached dust particles to the floor to be cleaned up) but it >also produces a very robust amount of ozone when the generator plate is >in/activated. My husband gets extremely nauseous when he encounters the >ozone, so I only use it for odor control when he's not around. >How is this >able to affect him & is it harmful in any way? Why would someone have that >kind of reaction to it? Can you be alergic to it? I'm absolutely not >affected by it & in fact, I rather like the smell. Reminds me of a rainy >day. Ozone is highly active as a chemical, and can combine with many particles in the air, sometimes forming mildly (or severely) toxic chemicals. Ozone, itself, is also irritating to mucus membranes -- and some people are more sensitive to it (smokers appear to not be sensitive). Ozone, produced by UV rays in sunlight, is a primary cause of smog because it combines with chemicals that result from combustion (cars, factories, power plants) to produce the heavy chemical stew. All laser copiers and printers have ozone filters in them to limit the amount of ozone produced because it can be dangerous to health when the concentration is too high. Very weak concentrations of ozone *in the air* might be beneficial to health (but tests aren't very conclusive on that point). -- Dean -- from (almost) Duh Moines (CDP, KB0ZDF) -- The silver-list is a moderated forum for discussion of colloidal silver. To join or quit silver-list or silver-digest send an e-mail message to: silver-list-requ...@eskimo.com -or- silver-digest-requ...@eskimo.com with the word subscribe or unsubscribe in the SUBJECT line. To post, address your message to: silver-list@eskimo.com Silver-list archive: http://escribe.com/health/thesilverlist/index.html List maintainer: Mike Devour <mdev...@eskimo.com>
