Coughing is a symptom of lung irritation and is known to occur from ozone exposure. I think that is enough to tell you that it is probably putting out too much ozone. Headaches are another indicator. As far as measuring output that would be expensive as it requires expensive equipment. You could close it up in a small room with a fast growing plant you don't care about for about a month and see if the plant starts to die or starts turning yellow, be sure the plant is getting enough sunlight and water.
Sharper Image air purifiers are electrostatic and do not output ozone at all. The collection plates do collect dust but I can wipe the same amount of dust from my bookshelf every few days. I had four of them in one large room and took them back within the 60 day refund period. I asked an Indoor Air Quality Specialist about the Sharper Image units when he was here testing my house for mold after a water leak from a heavy wind and rain strom. He had tested them and said that the unit they sell for a large size room is more appropriate to a small bathroom. They really don't do much but they look good. Garnet On Wed, 2004-11-24 at 00:12, Sally Khanna wrote: > I have what I consider to be a good air purifier from Sharper Image. > I don't "smell" any ozone. > Recently, a friend gave me a larger (does the entire house) purifier. > It has such a strong odor, neither my husband nor I can stand it, both > of us ended up coughing from it. We stopped using it after a few > uses. I strongly suspect the ozone levels aren't acceptable, but how > to find out? > > Sally > Garnet <[email protected]> wrote: > Ozone is toxic to plants and animals, including humans. The > toxic dose > is higher than most ozone generating air filters. But the > problem is > that even at low concentrations it can be adsorbed by sheet > rock and > concentrate there, where it can being to out gas and affect > those in the > room. Some treatments involve removing plants, animals and > people from > the rooms, these involve higher concentration of ozone and > these are at > higher risk of adsorping into the sheet rock. > > As well even in very low concentrations ozone can combine with > other > chemicals and form more toxic compounds. It depends on what is > in the > air you are breathing with the low concentrations of ozone. > > The bottom line is that ozone is not a safe substance to play > around > with if you do not know exactly what is in the air and the > concentration > of ozone in that air. > > Th! is information is not widely acknowledged or even known. > Most people > selling ozone generating machines or services just go by what > the > manufacturers tell them. They do not have the technical > training to > check it out for themselves. Nor do they even know it is > something that > needs to be investigated. > > Garnet > > On Tue, 2004-11-23 at 13:07, Betsy Coffey wrote: > > I use a cleaner with tea tree oil that I get from the > > health food store and it doesnt bother my allergies at > > all. I had a question about ozone. Someone posted that > > it is toxic. They use ozone to "clean" the smells > > alike tobacco in motel rooms now. Is this toxic? Or, > > are you referring to something else? Some doctors are > > now also using it. > > > > > > > > __________________________________ > > Do you Yahoo!? > > The all-new My Yahoo! - Get yours free! > > http://my.yahoo.com > > > > > > > > -- > > The Silver List is a moderated forum for discussing > Colloidal Silver. > > > > Instructions for unsubscribing are posted at: > http://silverlist.org > > > > To post, address your message to: [email protected] > > Silver List archive: > http://escribe.com/health/thesilverlist/index.html > > > > Address Off-Topic messages to: > [email protected] > > OT Archive: > http://escribe.com/health/silverofftopiclist/index.html > > > > List maintainer: Mike Devour > > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Read only the mail you want - Yahoo! Mail SpamGuard.
