Re: I am confused on the Mold Help website it says Ozone is good for mold toxins

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The below statement is a direct quote from the EPA website:

How is Ozone Harmful?

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). 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 (US EPA, 1996a, 1996b).

EPA's Final Non-attainment Designations for 8-Hour Ozone

On April 15, 2004 EPA designated as " non-attainment " areas throughout the

country that exceeded the health-based standards for 8-hour ozone. The

designations process plays an important role in letting the public know whether

air quality in a given area is healthy. Once designations take effect, they also

become an important component of state, tribal and local governments' efforts to

control ground-level ozone. www.epa.gov/ozonedesignations/

Manufacturers and vendors of ozone devices often use misleading terms to

describe ozone. Terms such as " energized oxygen " or " pure air " suggest that

ozone is a healthy kind of oxygen. Ozone is a toxic gas with vastly different

chemical and toxicological properties from oxygen. Several federal agencies have

established health standards or recommendations to limit human exposure to

ozone. These exposure limits are summarized in Table 1.

Table 1. Ozone Heath Effects and Standards

Health Effects Risk Factors Health Standards*

Potential risk of experiencing:

Decreases in lung function

Aggravation of asthma

Throat irritation and cough

Chest pain and shortness of breath

Inflammation of lung tissue

Higher susceptibility to respiratory infection

Factors expected to increase risk and severity of health effects are:

Increase in ozone air concentration

Greater duration of exposure for some health effects

Activities that raise the breathing rate (e.g., exercise)

Certain pre-existing lung diseases (e.g., asthma)

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) requires ozone output of indoor medical

devices to be no more than 0.05 ppm.

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) requires that workers

not be exposed to an average concentration of more than 0.10 ppm for 8 hours.

The National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) recommends an

upper limit of 0.10 ppm, not to be exceeded at any time.

EPA's National Ambient Air Quality Standard for ozone is a maximum 8 hour

average outdoor concentration of 0.08 ppm (see - the Clean Air Act -

www.epa.gov/air/caa/title1.html#ib)

(* ppm = parts per million)

Is There Such a Thing as " Good Ozone " and " Bad Ozone " ?

The phrase " good up high - bad nearby " has been used by the U.S. Environmental

Protection Agency (EPA) to make the distinction between ozone in the upper and

lower atmosphere. Ozone in the upper atmosphere--referred to as " stratospheric

ozone " --helps filter out damaging ultraviolet radiation from the sun. Though

ozone in the stratosphere is protective, ozone in the atmosphere - which is the

air we breathe - can be harmful to the respiratory system. Harmful levels of

ozone can be produced by the interaction of sunlight with certain chemicals

emitted to the environment (e.g., automobile emissions and chemical emissions of

industrial plants). These harmful concentrations of ozone in the atmosphere are

often accompanied by high concentrations of other pollutants, including nitrogen

dioxide, fine particles, and hydrocarbons. Whether pure or mixed with other

chemicals, ozone can be harmful to health.

* You can order the Office of Air Quality Planning and Standard's " Good Up

High Bad Nearby " , EPA publication number EPA-451/K-03-001, June 2003 and " Ozone

and Your Health " [www.epa.gov/airnow/brochure.html] EPA publication number

EPA-452/F-99-003, September 1999

http://www.epa.gov/iaq/pubs/ozonegen.html

If you use ozone at high enough concentrations to be effective at removing mold

then they are at high enough concentrations to cause you problems as well.

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> > In a message dated 10/7/2009 2:39:07 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,

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> > Did you try ozone therapy or did you try to ozone apt/home ??

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> > God Bless !!

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> > Mayleen

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> > From: a Townsend <_kmtown2003@_

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> > Sent: Wed, October 7, 2009 11:11:04 AM

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> > My personal opioun run like hell from it. ozone can do a lot more damage.

> > There is a reason why it banned in some states. Made me sicker that a

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