Are Ozone Air Purifiers Safe?

June 13, 2010 · Posted in Home Care 

There are now many electronic stores that sell ozone generators as air purifiers. The manufacturers of these ozone generators also argue that the device is effective against air pollution, and it does not worry how he is strong. There are many health organizations across America, including the American Lung Association, said that ozone can seriously affect our health and the devices should never be sold, must be disguised as an air filter .

Those in the area of ozone air purifiers claim ozone triggers, such as oxygen or air is pure. Their intention is to ozone as a healthy version of the position of oxygen. But we must not forget what we learned in chemistry, when we were in school, that is, ozone is a complex of different chemical oxygen, and it is toxic, especially when we breathe in.

The molecular structure of ozone and oxygen are very similar, but. While ozone is composed of three atoms of oxygen, the oxygen itself has only two. Again, an ozone molecule is very stable and easy to use by itself react with other substances. Because the third oxygen atom in the ozone layer acts as a free radical. It disassociates itself from the other two easily react with another substance. The other two are in the air to form oxygen released.

Hours of ozone air filter is based on this principle. Represented by free radicals react with organic substances in the air during the cleaning of two atoms of oxygen from the air. Although the rationale seems to be very strong, there’s a gaping hole in that as rightly observed by many health experts.

The main argument is that there is no guarantee that the ozone emitted by the device was not breathing by the user. And if someone is breathing the ozone layer is the free radicals, which are now no other choice but to react with organic matter in our body. This is potentially dangerous for our body. There are a number of serious consequences, such as his. When you inhale ozone can damage the lungs.

So if you still think a cleaner ozone air, you are mistaken. In all cases, there is much oxygen in the air and we no longer needed. Everything we do is make sure that the air we breathe is free of these particles. And this can be achieved by other air filters as well.

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