'Ozone Generating' Air Cleaners Do Not Remove Mold

May 26, 2002

I know the regular readers are probably sick of hearing me say this, but

Ozone DOES kill mold, ozone generating air cleaners do not.

I work for a company that uses ozone generators to sanitize areas -- the

difference is the concentration. We use a very high concentration and

wear SCBA -- we don't breathe ozone if at all possible.

Ozone is used to sanitize water and food, and it works very well at

deodorizing and sanitizing enclosed areas. I am working on finding the

studies that show what it does to mycotoxins, but for now we're unsure

what it does to them.

Anyway, I know the point you're making -- " the LESS ozone you breathe,

the better " -- it's just important for me to draw a distinction between

an ozone generator that you leave on in your home all the time, and what

we do, which is a shock treatment with all the people and pets removed.

Jeff and

Medallion Healthy Homes of Wisconsin

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Message: 11

Date: Sat, 25 May 2002 08:35:02 -0400

From: " Barbara Herskovitz " <bherk@...>

Subject: 'Ozone Generating' Air Cleaners Do Not Remove Mold

WISC Channel3000.com

Friday May 10 12:05 PM EDT

'Ozone Generating' Air Cleaners Do Not Remove Mold

Consumer Protection officials said some air cleaner companies are

preying on people worried about indoor mold.

The state says 250 people have filed complaints about so-called " ozone

generating " air cleaners.

Officials are warning consumers that cleaners that produce the ozone gas

do not remove mold -- and could actually make your health problems

worse.

" We're all familiar with ozone alerts that we have for air pollution --

what we don't want to have is people generating that same gas indoors

causing respiratory problems, " Dr. Henry , chief medical officer

for the Wisconsin's Division of Public Health.

Those with asthma, the old and the very young are most vulnerable to the

gas, which all ionizers produce.

Experts said consumers should also watch out for sales people posing as

" government certified " air specialists. There is no such certification.

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