Hi all:
To help throw some balance on the issue, I'd like to make a few
comments, and provide a few links.
There are those who experience permanent lung damage from ambient
ozone. I believe that a sensitivity to pure, low concentration ozone is
likely pretty rare, but it does exist.
I certainly don't want to argue with happy customers of Aranizer
products. Alot of people are happy with their ambient ozone-generating
air purifiers.
However, I don't believe in using devices such as these for home air
purification, and here's why:
If you take a standard plastic, and expose it to ozone, at first, the
plastic is going to resist oxidation. Slowly, over a period of weeks
and months, the plastic begins to degrade.
On one hand, these ozone people herald the benefits of breathing
ozonated oils, and then on the other, they state that ozone renders all
contaminants inert, deactivating by both oxidation and via ionization.
Well, which is it? *smiles*
It takes just about two weeks of 5% ozone constantly bubbled through oil
to completely oxidate it. While the ozone is reacting with the oil,
literally burning it, it outgasses. The gas, comprised of a total of
three primary peroxides, is breathed into the lungs.
The final compound, when the oil has been completely burned, is
C10H13O3. Contrary to popular opinion, there is no ozone in this
compound. There is no O3 bond, even though there are three molecules of
oxygen. However, in ozonated OIL, O3 becomes trapped IN the oil.
Now, these peroxides that people breath contained stabilized oxygen, but
no ozone. In fact, Nikola Tesla demonstrated great benefits to OZOL;
however, he also only made his oil, or Glycozone, while subjecting his
process to a magnetic field.
So, in this case, when one is using ozone to ozonate oils, the ozone
doesn't degrade the substance right away, nor does the activated oxygen
act via ionization to render the substance inert. It puts a gas in the
air. In this case, the gas is quite beneficial.
No such luck with plastics.
As plastics degrade, the gas put into the air smells like some kind of
petrochemical; it is NOT pleasant. You'd only know this if you had
access to a high capacity ozone general and did experiments; pumping
ozone through plastic over a period of time, and studying the effects.
Therefore, one really does not want any significant amount of ozone
pumping through the air on an ongoing basis in an environment that is
not clean, where people are going to be present, without significant air
flow present to rapidly disperse the ozone.
http://www.cal-iaq.org/o3_fact.htm
There are alot of lawsuits out there pending regarding various ozone air
purification devices, and I've reviewed reports from devestated parents
who have used such devices, whose children have apparently experienced
permanent lung damage from the use of such machines. While I cannot
vouch for the authenticity of these claims, I doubt that the parents are
simply money-grubbing people, or FDA plants.
I'm also very dissapointed in the so-called air purification companies.
Ozone can be safely and effectively employed, yet I cannot find a device
that absolutely does so.
For those who like to build their own devices and play with technology:
One would start with a thick carbon filter at the intake. The carbon
acts as an ozone destructor, so that you don't start to damage your unit
by sucking ozone right back into the unit. There are VERY few
substances on planet Earth that are ozone resistant. Two of the most
predominant substances are teflon and silicon.
The second inline filter should be a high quality particulate filter,
such as a good HEPA filter. After the HEPA filter, the air should be
pumped into an ozone resistant chamber, where the ozone generator should
be active. Cold spark, UV, or plasma generators could be used. The
longer the chamber space, the better. The ozone, having actually
cleaned the air, is no longer needed. Run the ozonated air through a
final carbon filter.
This will produce clean air.... Which is different than those who
actually desire to UTILIZE ambient ozone for health purposes, which
should be done only as a personal choice with proper understanding and
personal experimentation...
How badly CAN ozone contaminate an environment?
This is not really known, and is environment-specific.
However, consider:
I took a standard plastic hose, and subjected it to 7% ozone for a long
period of time. When the hose began to degrade, I set it aside for a
few weeks.
Then, I took a gallon of distilled water, and measured its purity. This
was distilled water that I made, measuring 0.3 on a Hanna PWT meter.
I took the hose, and attached it to an ozone generator, and pumped ozone
into the water for 20 seconds. The purity reading went from 0.3 to
about 180.0 in 20 seconds. For those who may not know, pure ozone will
not effect the purity of water at all.
I haven't replicated this study under a controlled environment, but I
will guarantee you that I did not drink that water. I already knew that
the ozone was degrading the plastic.
I really don't want to "bash" ozone... To the contrary. I have quite a
few ozone generators that I now own, and often use on a daily basis. I
breath ambient ozone on a daily basis in a clean environment, and at a
concentration that 100 aranizers couldn't produce; I do so for about 45
minutes, as I'm testing an ultrasonic ozone hydrotherapy spa, which I've
modified for my own purpose by adding additional ozone to the setup.
Kind Regards,
Jason
starshar wrote:
From: "Connie Howard" <craehow...@juno.com>
Sharon...
Do you think that your Ozone machine would work in my basement? My
house
is 100 years old and has gone through a lot of moisture being dumped
under the house; that couple with Racoons, cats, skunks, etc the smell
coming from the basement is not very good. My house is 850 sq ft with a
partial basement below half of it. The other part is crawal space. If
it would would I need a certain model to handle that space?
Connie,
It sounds like you have a real challenge. I have to say that I
honestly have no idea if the Aranizer would work in your situation,
unfortunately.
May I suggest that you put "Aranizer" into google, and see if there is
a phone number on their website. They sell several different models
for different size areas, for example.
My best "guess" is that it would make a difference, but you don't want
to buy this expensive machine based on this layman's guesswork!
I wish you success in dealing with your basement
Sharon
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