Re: ozonator / No Ozone Zone!

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> From what I understand, what may be one of the first

> effects/symptoms from ozone is the loss or sense of smell.

>

> KC

Prof Harriet Amman warned me about this " loss of smell " in '98 and

that it is a sign of oxidative damage, and after all this time, the

ozone purveyors still behave as if they were doing victims a favor.

Since " killing " the spores does not remove the toxins and the ozone

isn't known to denature toxins, it seems that the likely source of any

benefit would be from oxidative release of toxins from degraded spores

BEFORE they reach your lungs and slightly reduce total levels of

exposure.

Another possiblity is that an inflammatory response to the oxidative

effects on the lungs releases a compensatory ACTH elevation:

the " emergency enzyme " which is the last ditch defense. The relief by

inducing this " back up " system may be temporary and counterproductive

because when it's gone - you're gone.

I've warned people to leave moldy places before they " hit the wall "

and the response is ALWAYS to resort to snake-oil stopgap measures

which are later regretted. Zeolite, for example. Despite their

wondrous claims, how much toxin is this stuff possibly going to remove

after the spores have already wafted past you while on their way to be

soaked up?

This only costs money and prolongs the time and probably the suffering

before being forced to make a definitive resolution of the problem.

Which is a choice that would generally leave you far better off if it

was made sooner.

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I still think the home page should state that this group

is a " No Ozone Zone " with a link to a page explaining the controversy

between the manufacturers claims and peoples experience.