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Is three any health hazard by using ozone gas as a disinfectant , what are the safe doze per cubic meter
Health hazards include coughing, wheezing, reduction in breathing capacity, aggravation of pre-existing asthma, increased risk of lung illness like pneumonia and bronchitis.
This may include decreased lung function, throat irritation, severe asthma symptoms, cough, chest pain, shortness of breath, irritation of lung tissue, and the higher sensitivity to respiratory infection.
http://itk1.com/blog/how-toxic-is-indoor-ozone-use-for-mold-kill-treatment/
Dear Hashem,
Inhaling fairly low amounts of ozone can result in signs and symptoms such as coughing, congestion, wheezing, shortness of breath, and chest pain in otherwise healthy people. People with already existing asthma, bronchitis, heart disease, and emphysema may find their conditions worsen while inhaling ozone.
Breathing ozone may also increase the risk of getting certain lung diseases. People can recover from short-term exposure to low levels of ozone. However, breathing high levels of ozone or breathing low levels of ozone over a long period of time may have more damaging and longer-lasting effects.
Ozone can be released into the air from some office equipment such as laser printers and copiers, from some types of “air cleaners” such as some electric or ion generators, and from certain industrial processes such as ozone treatment of bottled water.
Kindly go further with attached links. hope these would be valuable for you.
Thanking you
https://www.arb.ca.gov/research/indoor/ozone_gen_fact_sheet-a.pdf
http://healthycanadians.gc.ca/publications/healthy-living-vie-saine/ozone/index-eng.php
Please be informed that Ozone is very beneficial in the stratosphere, but a pollutant in the troposphere where we live. O3 is good for water treatment and lowering COD/BOD value down in wastewater, but using it at home for disinfection will be hazardous. It is a strong oxidant. It causes cell damage, tissue decay, causes chest pain, asthma, eye irritation like health problems. There are just a few of many. You can find lots of literature dealing with the adverse health effects of tropospheric ozone.
Dear Hashem Azizi,
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