Guest guest Posted April 28, 2010 Report Share Posted April 28, 2010 be carefill with ozone In a message dated 4/28/2010 2:35:58 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, dragonflymcs@... writes: Please, if anyone has a document that explains how ozone does not kill mold. I desperately need it. Thank you in advance. God Bless !! dragonflymcs Mayleen [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 28, 2010 Report Share Posted April 28, 2010 Please, if anyone has a document that explains how ozone does not kill mold. I desperately need it. Thank you in advance. God Bless !! dragonflymcs Mayleen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 28, 2010 Report Share Posted April 28, 2010 Thank you, That is my point. I should have specified. Anyone have a doc on the dangers of mold cleaned by ozone remediation PLEASE Thank you !!  God Bless !! dragonflymcs Mayleen ________________________________ From: " Gingersnap1964@... " <Gingersnap1964@...> Sent: Wed, April 28, 2010 3:11:03 PM Subject: Re: [] Ozone and Mold  be carefill with ozone Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 29, 2010 Report Share Posted April 29, 2010 Mayleen, You don't really need such citations because the terminology and word useage needs correction instead. 1. Ozone does not remediate mold. Only removal is remediation. Ozone may kill some of the mold spores but usually not all of them. It can't penetrate a layer of mold growth to get to the underlying layers, for example. 2. Killing mold does not stop the health effects. So ozone does virtually nothing. 3. Ozone does not effect the other parts of the cell wall of the mold spore or mold hyphae. 4. Mold must first be removed before other actions should take place. EPA, ACGIH, AIHA, ANSI-IICRC S520, NYC Dept of Health. 5. Ozone can dry out and fragment the spore and hyphae creating ultra-fine particles which go lower into the lung, accumulate on the bronchial branching, and begin to act as much like chemicals as particles. 6. Ozone does not stop the source of moisture. With moisture continuing mold will grow in the same area. Even if ozone did kill all the mold and even if dead mold were safe, new mold spores which is always in the air everywhere all the time will settle on the same spot and grow because it is still damp. 7. Ozone is bad for people. 8. Ozone reacts with other chemicals which are ubiquitous to form new forms of chemicals, some of which are worse than mold or ozone plus new byproducts which can persist for weeks. 9. Check the EPA and California Air Resources Board for free authoritative documents. And, oh by the way speaking of California, most all ozonators are illegal in California. For a very good reason. One of which was recently Federally indicted for unsubstantiated claims and refusal to respond to official demands. Carl Grimes Healthy Habitats LLC ----- On Wed Apr 28 21:29:00 CDT 2010, dragonflymcs <dragonflymcs@...> wrote: > Thank you, That is my point. I should have specified. Anyone > have a doc on the dangers of mold cleaned by ozone remediation > PLEASE Thank you !! > > > > God Bless !! > dragonflymcs > Mayleen > > > > > ________________________________ > From: " Gingersnap1964@... " <Gingersnap1964@...> > > Sent: Wed, April 28, 2010 3:11:03 PM > Subject: Re: [] Ozone and Mold > > > be carefill with ozone > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 29, 2010 Report Share Posted April 29, 2010 Very high concentrations of ozone are required to kill mold. The ozone will first react with other organic materials that are more readily oxidized (rubber materials, short chain hydrocarbons, smoke and other by-products of incomplete combustion). I have had cases in which the ozone created toxic intermediaries due to reaction with common household cleaners. Connie Morbach Sanit-Air, Inc. > > Please, if anyone has a document that explains how ozone does not kill mold. I desperately need it. Thank you in advance. > > > God Bless !! > dragonflymcs > Mayleen > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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