CFS and OHIP-Air cleaners

May 1, 2005

For those of us living in the province of Ontario you should know that

ME/CFS is now listed as Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, a NEUROLOGICAL

illness and given the OHIP Diagnostic Code 795. See link below.

p.s. Re: air cleaners. Yes O3 [ low-level ozone ]from some air

cleaners IF YOU CAN SMELL IT is too much. To me it smells like

chlorine.Unless it is above 50 ppb it won't harm you however it is

irritating to eyes and lungs and is very noticable to most people at

50 ppb. IN A CLOSED ROOM IT WILL GO ABOVE 50 PPB. THIS IS OK FOR

SANTIZING but NOT for constant breathing. We breathe O3 even in

mountain air after a thunderstorm but it is under 40 ppb. It's that

FRESH smell.

I have a Flair by Ecoquest which also contains Radio Frequency

ionization- drops air born dirt to flat surfaces where it is oxidized

by O3.

Here it gets interesting or weird.

When I lived in my big house, then at my parents and then a basement

apt - I could run it 24/7 at 1/2 to 3/4 setting with ONE of 2 plates

in it, sometimes even both plates in at my big house. NO PROBLEMS.

Worked GREAT - esp. in basement apt to control mold smell [ it

oxidizes mold and chemicals, neutralizing them- great ].

HOWEVER in my current little home even on lowest setting, I can only

operate it for a few hours at a time [except in basement with door

closed ]. This is with home closed up tight. A window opened a crack

to let in fresh air [ O2 ]aleviates this.

These machines take O2 and changes it into O3 which is

unstable/reactive [ like hydrogen peroxide ]. O3 lasts in that form

until it either oxidizes something or breaks down into O2 [ about 20

minutes ] Like anything else - results differ for location and

sensitivity of people involved.

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