From: Gilles Poitras (gpoitras@ggu.edu)
Date: Mon Sep 20 2004 - 08:36:41 PDT
Message-Id: <s14e96ba.021@sfo-gwia.ggu.edu> Date: Mon, 20 Sep 2004 08:36:41 -0700 From: "Gilles Poitras" <gpoitras@ggu.edu> Subject: Re: pinhole Ozone Smell
>>> zeke_kossover@yahoo.com - 9/18/04 2:10 PM >>>
>> Why do you think that? Most sources I have found indicate that ozone has a distinct smell.
I did further checking. My initial statement was based on and statement by a co-worker and some web sites that were frankly wrong. Perhaps this is due to a confusion with regular oxygen which is odorless.
>>> gruth@leadershiphigh.org - 9/17/04 9:33 PM >>>
OK, I'll try to respond to the possessed Ionic Breeze air purifier.
>> Also, I don't think ozone is odorless. My memory both from reading & BART stations is that it has a sharp, metallic-y smell. But I don't remember it smelling at all like bleach.
Some information I have recently found compares it to bleach or a metallic smell.
In any case I am no longer running my filter much when I am home. Running it when I am at work is doing a good job of reducing the dust levels. Ozone is something you don't want to be breathing.
http://www.ehrs.columbia.edu/IndoorAirQuality.html
>>> pauld@exploratorium.edu - 9/19/04 9:13 AM >>>
I Worked with ozone in a research project.
>> PS During our research we discovered tthat ozone could pass right through teflon, that was a surprise since we were using a teflon liner to keep the ozone from reacting with the metal walls of our container.
Now that is cool!!!!
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