How does it work? Because the EPA says ozone does not effectively remove viruses, bacteria, mold, or other biological pollutants.
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I cannot tell you how it works but I sleep better than I have in years. I wake up with a clear mind and I highly recommend it to someone that does not want to have to clean there mask and hose ever night.
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I hadn't seen that FDA statement. I have seen numerous statements that ozone does sanitize. I do know that I grow yellow mold within 3 says if I don't completely clean the humidifier. After soclean I have never had any growth in 4 months. Very happy. Ozone smells though for about 2 mins of use. Need aroma therapy adapter for it
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I'm not familiar with any EPA statements concerning ozone (or activated oxygen as the SoClean company calls it.) If you would like to learn more it, there are several YouTube videos that give complete descriptions of how it works. In my experience, the result is excellent and I wouldn't be without it.
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EPA statement was towards air purifiers that used ozone. The statement was that the levels of ozone used in the air purifiers are too low to clean the air, and that ozone is only effective for killing bacteria and such at levels that are toxic to humans.
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I don't know how affective the SOClean is in cleaning pollutant but I was up a couple of times a night to clear my head and now using the SoClean 2 Cleaner I sleep all night long with out any problems.
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We use the ozone generator to kill black mold. We still need to clean the area, and refinish damaged areas, once the mold has been destroyed.
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Yes it produces ozone but not in high concentration . otherwise we could have coped with global warming by using these fans . LOL You can google more and let me know too. I uses this feature rarely when i feel there is dust around to ionize it and settle it down.
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ozone is poisonous to humans, only use it when you arent home, and when your pets and kids arent in the room
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I don't trust EPA or CDC or Big Pharma, I have an ozone generator so if i want to provide oxygen in my room, seeing that above 200nm UV light converts ozone back into oxygen, that's what I'll do.
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I think it worked for the litter box smell. Even on the lowest setting it filled my 2000 sq ft house with "metallic ozone smell"This odor was extremely annoying!
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I don't know. But I have found that refrigerators mix freezer and refrigerator air and so keeping it in the refrigerator also sends ozone to the freezer.
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yes, every airborne single celled organism that contacts Ozone, will be 'electrocuted' by the extra electron that is liberated when the Ozone returns to regular oxygen on contact with organic mater. Larger groups of cells ( people ) disipate this electron harmlessly, and in fact, enjoy electrons from Oxygen, unlike anaerobic organisms ( most parasites ). Breathing ozone, at a mild non irritating level, is pleasant and healthy. At levels greater than that, it is irritating when not used to it. The maximum pleasant level is the best, and even at this level is killing every pathogen it contacts. Remember that there are billions of pathogens floating around at any given time, so you can't expect to kill them all in a few minutes. Either saturate the room in your absence, or as high a level as you can enjoy, continually. It will kill them on surfaces, but is faster in air since they aren't protected on one side, so have greater chance of contact with the Ozone, which you should think of as antibiotic laden tennis balls. It has to 'hit' the pathogen to dump the antibiotic electron. The greater the concentration of floating tennis balls, the greater chance to hit the pathogens. When we breath these 'tennis balls', they continue this good work from within, electrocuting anaerobes, as our blood cells carry these ozone molecules around just like regular oxygen, aerating us ( which we like ) and the anaerobes ( which they don't like ).
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Dear Leslee, this machine works more like aroma therapy machine (when fragrances are added), it will not remove or stop mold. To get rid of mold, you need to get air purifier WITH ozone, ONLY ozone can get rid or stop mold from forming. I highly recommend to look for ozone air purifier machine (we have some of them in our amazon store, but expensive models, like ecoquest xl-15 air purifier, you can find less expensive ones on amazon as well). Thank you
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Ozone has a 3rd atom of oxegen that latches on to bacteria and oxides back into oxegen. Bacteria is the source of bad odors like pet smell, smoke... It does not kill mold spores permanently, as far as I know, but it does work temporarily. It is VERY dangerous to breathe. I use it to deodor my apartments. I seal the door and change the lock, so only I can enter. I have used it in my own home without leaving, but I take similar preautions. That's my understanding. You may want another opinion.
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No, it's just a fan wrapped in foam with a passive filter in front. It's not a high voltage air purifier that could generate ozone.
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O3 might kill the beneficial biologicals in the soil, (not good) and will could interact with other chemicals and chemical compounds in your soil. Usually this is a bad thing.
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Yes it does but we do not use it as my wife has sinus issues and I read online that the ozone can irritate the sinuses of certain people. This is an amazing purifier and the only one with a lifetime warranty. I highly recommend it!
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I hope not. The CDC and EPA suggest against Ozone purifiers for home/personal use.
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Good Morning! No I am sorry to say it only clears the air directly under your nose. For other areas I use the Holmes air purifier. I love the way they work and they are extremely affordable. Due to breathing and allergy issues we never have the ozone on and we actually put tape so that we do not turn it on accidently. We have been using the original (unscented) Holmes for over 10 years and it is extremely affordable and rinse and vacuum the filter every week or two with a dust buster.
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Ozone system has a ozone generator to help kill bacteria in the water. But it only works on "boost" cycle. Just a fyi.
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Yes this unit truly works without filters. Just the normal cleaning with white vinegar and occasional diinfecting with clorox, it is a great product.