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Posted by Home Enviro Health Specialists on June 7, 2007, 3:31 pm
dlzc wrote:
> Dear Home Enviro Health Specialists:
>
> On Jun 7, 8:51 am, Home Enviro Health Specialists
>> dlzcwrote:
>>> Dear Home Enviro Health Specialists:
>>> On Jun 7, 5:47 am, Home Enviro Health Specialists
>>> ...
>>>> Sanitation
>>>> The application of frequent vacuuming as a dust control
>>>> measure is more likely to aggravate allergic asthmatic
>>>> conditions
>>> ...
>>>> Some pest control firms sell ***** air purifiers to
>>>> eliminate the food source of house dust mites. Air
>>>> purifiers emit a low level of ozone (activated oxygen).
>>>> Ozone attaches to fungus, mold, and bacteria on skin
>>>> flakes.
>>> Note: Ozone is very bad for asthmatics, as it is for dust
>>> mites. It is also hard on things like sponge rubber (such
>>> as used in mattresses), causing premature failure.
>>> Some rubbers scission (get sticky) and some crosslink
>>> (get harder / brittle).
>>>> Machines sell for around $625 and last up to 15 years.
>>>> About the size of a bread box, an area up to 2,500 square
>>>> feet is protected. There is no maintenance required other
>>>> than a thorough cleaning once every three to four months.
>>>> The air purifier is placed near a return for air conditioning
>>>> or heating system or centrally located within the home.
>>> ...
>>>> Some feel it is important to focus on decreasing indoor
>>>> humidity, especially during the winter period to reduce
>>>> dust mite populations. One might forsake humidifier use
>>>> during winter periods, use of dehumidifiers during high-
>>>> humidity periods, or use of central air conditioning.
>>>> Effective control of mites would require the maintenance
>>>> of relative humidities below 50 percent (mites thrive in
>>>> humid conditions).
>>> Humidity control is important in sterilizing organisms with
>>> a gas (such as ozone). You need / want the organisms
>>> viable when the gas is applied, to minimize the amount of
>>> gas necessary to get through their defenses. When
>>> sterilizing medical goods with ethylene oxide, the product
>>> to be sterilized is immersed in a warm humid environment
>>> for a period of time, to get the spore coats to open up and
>>> the "soft tissues" exposed. It will be no less important
>>> when using ozone.
>>> It might be important to use the "ozone air purifier" on a
>>> timer, so that it only comes on periodically, say when no
>>> one (important) is home.
>> How ozone producing lamps are effective is that the saturate
>> a room with 01 Ions.
>
> No. Ozone and NOx are the semi-stable forms that can be verified to
> be present in a room. The half-life of ions in air is such that they
> do not survive exiting the $600 "electric room deodorizer".
>
>> Most pathogens, contain water(H2O) in there structure
>
> Organisms contain water in their structure. Unfortunately, the tiny
> amounts produced by a $600 room deodorizer will be entirely
> ineffective against an organism this is not transpiring... something
> that it does when conditions are favorable for growth. Your best hope
> is to have some humidity present in the air when ozone is being
> applied.
>
>> when the O1 looks to complete a compound such as
>> H2o, when they connect they will create H2O2 which is
>> Hydrogen Peroxide, which will all know will kill germs.
>
> ... as does ozone. Organisms have methods to protect themselves from
> H2O2, of limited scope and duration... but protection nevertheless.
>
>> Once a room is saturated and all of the germs attached
>> to the o1 Ions,
>
> Wrong. The "ions" find the organisms (and other targets).
>
>> they are now in the area saturating the air so since
>> there are no longer any germs to kill to they begin to
>> scrub the air as quick sand would do if you were to
>> fall in it.
>
> Electric room air deodorizers do not have tractor beams. They are not
> capable of lofting organisms into the air so that they can be
> selectively captured. Or captured and dropped.
>
>> There is no friction so they force particulates in the
>> air (dust, dander and pollen) to the floor where they
>> can be vacuumed up.
>
> The organisms did not change position due to the effect of oxidizers.
>
>> The downside to ozone is that is an an irritant so
>> you must be careful to put the correct application
>> for the size of the room. Even then they could still
>> irritate some people.
>
> Some *posts* irritate me.
>
>> The federal government had set a standard the no
>> ozone producing you can exceed .05 part per billion
>> and they say it is a safe standard.
>
> For now.
>
> How they will apply this limit to the ozone produced by white blood
> cells in fighting infection remains to be seen.
>
> David A. Smith
>
Dave educate me I have no idea what your talking about.
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