I don't think any of you should want to be smelling Ozone.

Diatomic oxygen is already a highly reactive fuel that is killing us and giving us cancer every single day. The ozone species is even more oxidative.

Oxygen is how we move about the energy gradient, but it's also killing us. Ozone is worse.

"Air purifiers" with ionization are probably not worth the squeeze.

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dmurray 2 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Aside from "killing us and giving us cancer every single day", isn't "diatomic oxygen" the stuff we breathe every single minute and need to survive?

I'm not normally one to miss the sarcastic or satirical posts, but this one seems oddly earnest.

	▲	JumpCrisscross 2 hours ago \| parent [-]
		> isn't "diatomic oxygen" the stuff we breathe every single minute and need to survive? I think they're referring to oxidative stress [1] caused by cellular respiration. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxidative_stress

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Bender 4 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Absolutely. I vent the house after running UV lamps using a 4400 CFM air mover. I leave the house and run errands. I have 3 of these [1]

They have a remote control that "arms" them and it starts beeping slow, the faster, then much faster then activates. It kills insects be destroying their lungs and entirely destroys mold, bacteria and even damages viral material. Hospitals run the same lamps in wings that they close down for sanitation. The entire area has to be 100% vented.

[1] - https://www.amazon.com/AeraLight-Whole-Surface-UV-Sanitizer/...

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alfiedotwtf 3 hours ago | parent [-]

I worked for a germaphobe, and he put one of these ozone-injecting air purifiers in our tiny office. Every morning I would walk in and it felt like I was walking into a thunderstorm from the smell. No gunpowder, just thick ozone

	▲	cyberax 40 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		In general, if you can smell ozone, you should NOT be in that place.

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KennyBlanken 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

The permissible exposure limit for ozone is 0.1 PPM.

The IDLH (Immediately Dangerous to Life and Health) level for ozone is five ppm.

That's half of chlorine which is 10 ppm.

Most major brand air purifiers put out a very minimal amount; the ionization is beneficial because it makes the really tiny (and thus most hazardous) particles clump and fall/stick to surfaces faster.

It's the offbrand units that generate lots of ozone to make people think they're "doing something", and commercial ozone generators for car/room deodorizing, that you have to be extremely careful with. Those need to be set up and then the room left for hours for the ozone to react with stuff, and then ventilated thoroughly.