Guest guest Posted January 9, 2006 Report Share Posted January 9, 2006 Sorry to have to disagree. It is doubtful that whatever ozone is emitted from an ionic breeze will exist past the first bend in the air duct. Ozone is so " fragile " it will revert quickly to oxygen in the air turbance caused by the first bend in the duct works. The Ionic Breeze is known as a precipitator which captures fine dust on its electrostatic plates. Ken =============== > > Oh, the dr also said to place our ionic breeze units directly or as close to > the intakes to our duct system as possible, as the ozone will kill any mold in > the ducts that the recent duct cleaners may have missed, clever!!! > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 9, 2006 Report Share Posted January 9, 2006 Clever??? Not really. It sounds good, but it doesn't work that way. Alot of your ionizers do produce ozone, which is not good. In order for them to have an affect on mold spores, from what I understand would have to be at extremely high levels, unsafe for human beings and of course way above EPA safe level standards. If you kill the mold you still have the mycotoxins and this is what gets you sick. Most ionizers don't work properly to begin with and you definately don't want to use any ozone purifiers in an occupied building. It can cause lung damage and further irritations to other symptoms, especially in infants, where their lungs are still forming. Your best bet is a HEPA filter that does not put any other chemicals into the air. This is the safest way to go, until proven research (done by an indepentant lab) says otherwise, and right now it's not there. By using some of the other purifiers it may only compound the problem. KC > > Oh, the dr also said to place our ionic breeze units directly or as close to > the intakes to our duct system as possible, as the ozone will kill any mold in > the ducts that the recent duct cleaners may have missed, clever!!! > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 9, 2006 Report Share Posted January 9, 2006 Lucky for you Ionic Breezes are totally useless and produce negligable ozone. Ozone is extremely toxic to breath, and I can tell you from personel experience that killing mold with a strone ozone producer is the last thing you should do. It can kill mold, or threaten it, causing the mold colony to release a massive amount of mycotoxin, quite possible killing you, or at least rendering your home and all your belongings toxic to you for the next 5 years. Believe me, I know all about this one. > > Oh, the dr also said to place our ionic breeze units directly or as close to > the intakes to our duct system as possible, as the ozone will kill any mold in > the ducts that the recent duct cleaners may have missed, clever!!! > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 9, 2006 Report Share Posted January 9, 2006 As others have already said, killing the mold doesn't get rid of the mycotoxins. Killing doesn't get rid of the proteins that cause the allergic reaction. So the mold should be removed, dead or alive. The ozone will be long gone by the time it gets to the primary mold in the duct systems and it won't be enough to do much of anything after hitting the vent slots and inside the ducts. If there is growth on the A/C coils - of most concern - no amount of ozone will kill anything below the top of the surface and it will not remove any of it. If there is still mold left in the duct system then have the duct cleaning company come back and finish the job they were supposed to do. Check to see if they are NADCA members following the ACR 2005 standard www.nadca.com. It has a cleanliness standard and verification procedure. Also negotiate with them to meet you individual and specific needs. Unfortunately, this is another example of a doctor not really understanding something outside their area of expertise, just like his is outside of mine. Carl Grimes Healthy Habitats LLC ----- > Oh, the dr also said to place our ionic breeze units directly or as > close to the intakes to our duct system as possible, as the ozone will > kill any mold in the ducts that the recent duct cleaners may have > missed, clever!!! > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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