[OEM] Cal EPA, ARB offers new fact sheet on ozone generating air cleaners (fwd)

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This should be a source of reference to those who think 03 generators are

safe!

ARB offers new fact sheet on ozone generating air cleaners

FYI. California's Air Resources Board offers another public warning

regarding ozone generators marketed as air cleaners.

California Environmental Protection Agency, Air Resources Board

Fact Sheet: Beware of Ozone-generating Indoor " Air Purifiers " , March

2006

http://www.arb.ca.gov/research/indoor/ozone_gen_fact_sheet-a.pdf

Excerpt:

Some devices that are advertised as " air purifiers " or air cleaners

purposely emit large

amounts of ozone, the main component of smog! Not only are such ozone

generators

ineffective at cleaning indoor air, but breathing ozone poses serious

health risks. This fact

sheet discusses these health risks and provides effective, alternative

solutions to indoor air

quality problems. Further details, including a list of brands and models

of ozone generators,

can be obtained at: http://www.arb.ca.gov/research/indoor/ozone.htm. The

Air Resources

Board recommends that ozone generators not be used.

Others that have previously offered similar advice or warning

US Environmental Protection Agency

http://www.epa.gov/iaq/pubs/ozonegen.html

Health Canada

http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/ahc-asc/media/advisories-avis/1999/1999_62_e.html

California Department of Health Services

http://www.dhs.ca.gov/iaq/Indoor%20Ozone/o3_fact.htm

http://www.applications.dhs.ca.gov/pressreleases/store/PressReleases/27-

97.html

Alaska Department of Health

http://www.epi.hss.state.ak.us/bulletins/docs/b1997_36.htm

North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services

http://www.epi.state.nc.us/epi/oee/ozone/indoor.html

American Lung Association

http://www.lungusa.org/site/pp.asp?c=dvLUK9O0E & b=39289

Consumers Union

http://www.consumerreports.org/cro/appliances/ionizing-air-cleaners-505/

overview.htm

Previous statements by Cal EPA, ARB on ozone generators:

http://www.arb.ca.gov/research/indoor/acdsumm.pdf

http://www.arb.ca.gov/newsrel/nr012005.htm

ftp://ftp.arb.ca.gov/carbis/research/health/healthup/jan05.pdf