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Ozone in the Car

by OSHINER 2022-01-05

Of all the possible uses ozone has to offer as an all-purpose daily disinfectant, one of the more practical uses that it can be utilized is in the car.

Think about it, for those who use a car or other automobile as a necessary mode of transportation because of where you live, it is highly likely that they also spend time driving to work in said vehicle, or to go shopping, or to the hospital, or to an appointment. A car is necessary tool for many people and for all the time that we spend in our vehicles, how much time is spent on thinking about the air quality where we sit?

The need for breathing clean air doesn’t change when we step inside a vehicle, yet those who drive often put up with some unpleasant and even hazardous smells, odors or gases coming from inside or outside the vehicle. Modern vehicles remedy these hazardous by making the vehicle cabins nearly air-tight, with air that cycles through a cabin filter that is often over-looking during regular maintenance checks.

That means we must be vigilant ourselves about the cabin air we breath and the hidden hazardous of car ownership. Let’s look at how ozone is one of the best methods of not only cleansing the air in your car or vehicle, but also sanitizing surfaces, restoring car interiors after disaster and how ozone is already being applied in public transit.

Cleansing the Air/Eliminating Smells

One’s car is the workhorse of themselves and their family. In many, many places around the world, the car is necessary for commuting to and from work, taking family to important appointments, make a little money on the side, or just to go out for a drive to relieve stress. We spend a lot of time in our cars, some more often than others, but what doesn’t get enough thought is the quality of the air we breathe in our cars.

In most cases, a personal car for most is still gas powered, or you live around other carbon powered cars. These fumes, along with other dust, germs, gases, particles can be hazardous on a person’s health if they are inhaled regularly.

Smoking is also still a common pass time for most, and smoking in a car during a break can be seen as a temporary oasis, with a long-lasting smell.

Ozone reacts with these types of gases, odors produced by bacteria and particles, either weighing them down or breaking them down so that they are not being inhaled by us. O3 then dissolves back into regular breathable oxygen, or O2 and is absorbed as needed.

Disinfecting Surfaces

Ozone as a gas or added to water is a great disinfectant for surface contaminates as well. Ozone is able to kill 99.99% of almost all viruses, bacteria, fungi, molds, and parasites hiding at a microscopic level.

Ozone is generated through the process of a high voltage current or UV light, and then focused at and around the desired area needing to be disinfected. It can be concentrated so that it is small and compact. In this form, it is great for disinfecting on the go, in place of alcohol based products.

O3 generation can also be produced at a much higher concentration and is done when needed by trained professionals with proper handling equipment.

Professional Interior Restoration

Unfortunately, Mother Nature is not always kind to our cars, nor does she have an obligation to be considerate of our contraptions. Regardless, nature and machine have been known to mingle, sometimes in unfavorable conditions. In terms of our automobiles, fires, floods, windows being left down by mistake can mean mold and other hazards.

Professionals in the commercial and residential restoration business often will use high concentrations of ozone for deep-cleaning interiors of weather-beaten vehicles. High concentration ozone is great for this type of cleaning for nearly all fabrics, materials, fibers, when done safely with the proper equipment. High concentrations of ozone can be hazardous in itself, that is why it is necessary to take proper precautions when handling.

Public Transit Applications

If given a choice, most would choose to drive their own vehicles other than ride the public transit. For those of us who require to use public transit, or choose to too, it would be nice to know that all around you has been cleaned and sanitized, especially in those close-encounter moments.

This is one case among many on how having an on-the-go, ozone spray comes in handy. As ozone generators can be made commercial-grade, they can also be made smaller and safer to use in a pinch or around the house. This type of device can be used to sanitize surfaces on your way, in your car, wherever you are.

Conclusion

So as we have seen, there are many applications for ozone in our day-to-day lives in an effort to fight back against illness causing viruses and germs. Large scale and small, ozone can be used around you on surface or in the air. In regards to being in the car, ozone has many upsides for disinfecting both retroactively and for restoring weather damage.

For the everyday person, an on-the-go ozone generator is perfect for the on-the-go individual. In this case, whether you are in the car or out and about, having a compact ozone generator able to fit in your pocket or purse can be a huge benefit. Start introducing ozone disinfection in your life and see how

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Ozone VS Trash

by OSHINER 2021-12-22

The kitchen is the cornerstone of many homes. It is very common to have an entire house built with the kitchen as it’s centerpiece. And what is inside almost all of these focal kitchens? Food, cooking utensils, cutlery, pots and pans, plates, bowls, spoons, cups, you know, common kitchen things. And inevitably either hidden or right in the open, there is almost always a garbage can.

Trash can be a wide variety of things, whether it is compost, recycle or waste, over time or almost immediately, things start to stink. With so many other things in the house, nothing quite smells like garbage. For many people, their reality is to just put up with the smell and or unsightly thing until it becomes full enough or big enough to be put with other smelly things in bigger places.

But, when broken down and understood, there are systems and businesses in place that their sole purpose is to handle our trash efficiently. So why can’t we do the same about the odors in our homes? Maybe we don’t have to just put up with the smell! The unpleasant sight is also fixable, but let’s just focus on the smells for now.

Rancid Odors

First, let’s break it down. Why does my garbage smell so bad? The unpleasantness of odors could be caused by a plethora of factors and culprits. Whether a bad smell has a single or combination of sources, the main stink-maker is bacteria. Bacteria is all around us, and nearly impossible to escape.

They are inside of all animals, including humans, on our skin, on the surfaces we touch and things we use. Bacteria are living single cell organisms, looking for a place to feed and reproduce. There are good bacteria (like the ones inside of our tummies,) and bad or foreign to us bacteria, like the kinds that make us sick. This is why we should all try to keep a clean as possible living environment in order to maintain a healthy life.

Unfortunately, trash and waste are also necessary in life, but that doesn’t mean we can’t fight back against the stinking bacteria retroactively. After all, why not? For example, decomposing food scraps, litter, dust, anything just causing a stink? Why not try Ozone?

Ozone on Odors

No, not ozone from the sky technically. A much more purer, controlled source of produced on-demand ozone whenever and where ever you need it to “control” the stink-causing bacteria. The smells produced by the bacteria are often a byproduct of the bacteria feeding and multiplying, causing chemical compounds that are able to be observed by an animal’s (and human’s) sense of smell.

So far, it’s all fairly straight forward. Disrupt the production of bacteria, goodbye smells. After all, we do this for other things already. For example when we get sweaty, we shower or clean off the bacteria to smell better. When milk gets left in the fridge past it’s expiry date, we take the milk and dispose of it. If done carefully, this will get rid of that old-milk smell. Similar ideology can work with odors by removing or eliminating the bacteria in our trash.

But why ozone?

Ozone, or O3 is a great sterilizer and is able to eliminate 99.99% of bacteria almost instantly on direct contact, and is able to continue to do so over an extended period of time or as needed.

Ozone on Bacteria

These germs and viruses living all around us have the potential to make us sick in one way or another. Whether the germs make their way somehow onto counter-tops, open containers, come in direct contact with food, or are just floating through the air, we must all be cautious about what we put in our bodies and keeping the environment clean to reduce risk of infection.

So, how does ozone eliminate bacteria and viruses? Ozone, containing three oxygen atoms, is an extremely unstable molecule. This means that ozone doesn’t want to stay in that state, it would much rather be O2, or normal breathing oxygen which is much more stable. In order for O3 to change into O2, ozone needs to ‘pass over’ one oxygen atom to another compound or organism. When a compound gains an extra oxygen atom, it changes the compound enough to throw off the equilibrium of the bacteria, virus, odor, or fungi so that it dies off and can no longer multiply or spread.

Ozone Simplicity

The concept of disinfecting with ozone may seem like an intimidating endeavour at first, but in reality, it is quite easy. Relatively speaking, disinfecting with ozone can be much more simple than using other more commonly used cleaning produces. Instead of the hassle of buying, storing, replacing, and protecting yourself from most cleaning products themselves, cleaning with ozone is a much more straight-forward experience.

It is as simple as stick it, press start and done! Like mentioned before, ozone is produced by changing normal breathing air into ozone using a high-voltage current. Once the ozone is produced, it goes straight to work, disinfecting whatever it comes in contact with. Good quality household ozone disinfectors also have a built-in timer that will automatically turn off the device after a predetermined time, to ensure that it is only working when you what it to.

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Conclusion

Taking into consideration the health effects that bad bacteria has on the body, something needs to be done to fight back against these sick-making bacteria that literally stink. And also considering how easy it is to clean the messiest, hardest-to-reach areas by a stick and click of a button, ozone seems to be the perfect solution to having clean, disinfected trash. Disinfecting with ozone has many more applications, making it your greatest weapon against fungi, viruses, pathogens, bacteria and stink. When cleaning in your home, clean with ozone.

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6 Ways to Use Ozone at Home

by OSHINER 2021-12-06

Ozone has been used as a disinfectant in homes and industries for decades. It is a very powerful natural disinfectant, much more powerful than chlorine or alcohol. Even though ozone is relatively safe to use compared to other store bought sanitizers, it is still able to effectively breakdown and kill 99.99% of bacteria, viruses, fungi, parasites, odors, harmful metals, and other common contaminates. Ozone is also very versatile, being able to disinfect hard and soft surfaces, liquids and the air the fills our homes. When using ozone in a house, how can you effectively clean common areas we use everyday such as kitchens, living rooms, bathrooms, bedrooms, offices, garages and cars. Let’s dive in and see how you can apply the cleaning power of ozone to any part of your house.

Kitchen

The kitchen is easily either the most used used or most neglected room of any house. Whether you use your kitchen a few times per day or a few times per year, it is an essential room to keep clean. Being the place were food is stored, cooked, and served, a kitchen is a potential breeding ground for millions of viruses and bacteria, among other microbes. These bacteria are able to harbour and spread throughout the kitchen, contaminating the food meant for you and your family.

The good news is that even the hungriest, most stubborn bacteria and viruses are no match for ozone. When ozone reacts and breaks down contaminates in a kitchen, there are no harmful residues left behind from the disinfecting process. Even sanitizing food and food surfaces directly is no problem for ozone. Is the food in your fridge spoiling, causing an unpleasant odor? Ozone can help eliminate odors and get rid of food-spoiling bacteria. Something in your dry storage causing a musky smell? Ozone can kill the source of the smell and reduce the risk of fungi or mold forming. Kitchen garbage sticking up the room? Ozone has you covered. Tired of using harsh chemicals to clean counter tops? Try using ozone instead. Ozone can turn cleaning the kitchen from a chore, to an invigorating experience where you are in control, and health is the goal.

Living Room

Sitting down on the sofa with your feet up, watching your favorite TV show with your favorite people and your favorite drink by your side is a great way to unwind after a long day of work. Unfortunately for most, work only continues when they get home, usually in the form of house chores. One room often over-looked is the living room. A place where families go to unwind, catch up, or just chill out, it is a room that should be comfortable and free from the underlying thought of work needing to be done.

Because the living room is often the room with the most people presence, there is often a lot of dust that accumulates quickly, brought it by it’s occupants. This dust can cause irritations, stuffiness, and other health issues. Ozone air disinfection attacks dust, attaching to the dust particles and weighing them down so that they are more easily swept up and disposed. Ozone also rids the air of any other air-borne contaminates such as air-borne viruses, bacteria, fungi, and microscopic parasites that could cause even more damage if they were to be inhaled or ingested.

When getting together in the living room, make sure that you focus on the quality time spent relaxing or just being with the people you love. Do not let the quality of the air come between you and your peace of mind.

Bathroom

The bathroom is often regarded, sometimes inaccurately, as being the most dirty room of a house. The bathroom may get it’s dirt-rap because of it’s purpose. We usually use the bathroom to clean ourselves and rid our bodies of dirt and waste. Without regular care and upkeep, a bathroom can be a paradise for bacteria, viruses, odors, fungi, almost every imaginable contaminate that we work so hard to avoid, or at least keep at bay. Even after a single-use, a bathroom can go from a sweet-smelling oasis to smelling like a residential landfill. It is easy to become overwhelmed by all of the cleaning products available for the sole purpose of cleaning a bathroom, but what if it did not have to be that difficult or confusing.

Ozone can make the decision-making process much less complicated. Ozone is able to disinfect surfaces, eliminate odors and kill hard-to-reach bacteria, as well as work hand-in-hand with other cleaners safely. Use less cleaners, save money, and enjoy the serenity of a clean bathroom.

Bedroom

Generally speaking, we spend the most of our time in our bedrooms. Almost a third of our lives is spent asleep. Sleep should be a restful and stress-free. The air we breath while we sleep can have a huge impact on our sleeping patterns. Having irregular, restless sleeps can be just as dangerous as developing some diseases. Ozone can be used to rid the air of heavy, harmful contaminates that create a stuffy atmosphere. Breathing clean air while you sleep can drastically improve the quality of your sleep, allowing you to lead a more healthy, productive day.

Office

Working from home has become a growing trend over the past few years. But did you know that an office environment is a perfect setting for bacteria and viruses to multiply and thrive. Dust and bacteria are able to harbour in office appliances, furniture, carpet, curtains, literally everywhere you can and cannot see is a potential bacteria and dust breeding ground. While there are some products that suck or blow the dust and bacteria away, ozone is able to catch and breakdown these bacteria. Ozone gives the peace of mind that the bacteria is eliminated and not just pushed to a new space in the same room.

Garage and Car

Arguably the most obviously dusty and dirty room of any house, a garage can host a plethora of dust, bacteria, viruses and fungi. With all of these microbes mingling, they can produce unpleasant odors and even worse air quality. These air and surface contaminates are then easily transmissible to your car or anything else being kept in the garage. Ozone breaks down these contaminates at their source, ensuring that they are not transferred to higher-traffic areas around your home.

With dust, germs and disease hiding around every corner, one must always be on high alert. Before current technological advancements, being on high-alert meant preparing ones self with an arsenal of cleaning products specific to certain rooms or applications. Now, being prepared can be as simple as having one product ready for action against almost every type of germ, disease and fungus imaginable. Ozone is revolutionizing the way we clean, making it simpler to protect you, your family, and your home against these microscopic invaders. When choosing a cleaning product that can really do it all, choose ozone.

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Ozone And Pets

by OSHINER 2021-11-22

Ozone gas is all around us. It is in our planet’s stratosphere and in the air we breathe. Ozone is also a very common disinfectant used in water, air and surface sterilization to keep the things we use everyday safe from harmful bacteria, viruses, parasites, minerals and other contaminates. Ozone can be utilized as a sterilizer in nearly any industry from transportation to home care and everything in between. Guidelines are put in place to keep ozone concentration under a certain limit when it is being used in an area occupied by anyone. When ozone concentration is over the specified limit, the people in the immediate area may experience some discomfort. We know this, it has been tested, limits defined, regulations put in place, and the cleaning power of ozone harnessed safely and effectively. One area of concern that may be present in the lives of many, is the safety of ozone around pets and animals.

Can ozone clean the messes brought upon us by our furry friends? Are animals more sensitive to even lower concentrations of ozone? And finally, how effective is as an cleaner compared to any of the other common cleaners we usually use to clean our animal companions’ messes? Let’s learn more about how we can use ozone more safely and effectively, making sure all of our family is living in a safe and comfortable environment.

Animal Safety

The regulations and guidelines set by governing bodies in each country regard the safe limit of ozone concentration around people and pets to be around 0.1ppm (parts per million). This is considered to be the standard for most of North America and Europe. Any higher than 0.1ppm is considered excessive, less than 0.1ppm would make the ozone less effective as a sterilizer. So at the international standard of 0.1ppm, is this level of ozone concentration safe for animals? Not only is 0.1ppm of ozone safe for animals, it is also being offered as therapy!

Hydrotherapy, is the process of pumping a basin full of water with ozone and placing usually voluntary animals into the water carefully so that the ozone infused water can coat their skin. This ozone infused water is believed to improve micro-circulation. This process leads to boosting oxygen into the animals skin, which also relieves inflammation, and alleviates infection. This type of process is being offered at more and more veterinaries across North America and Europe.

Cleaning Applications

From the magnitude of mess that a pet is capable of, to the frequency and sometimes repulsiveness, how can ozone possibly and effectively clean up after an animal? In certain areas and environments, messes may be purely due to nature. Having a large or small pet animal normally means regular traveling outside and then coming back into your home, or even making messes while just staying in the home. Will ozone be prepared for these types of clean ups? Yes, and in more ways than you may think. For example, when our beloved animal companions come back with a skunk smell, ozone can be used to more effectively remove the smell without the need of any heavy cleaners, or chemicals, or even messier tomato sauces.

Ozone can also remove dirt from the skin gently and safely along with each bath time when our curious critters go sneaking out and come back covered in whatever else that isn’t their natural skin colour. It does so with a nice mist of ozone infused water as a spray or gas cloud. Then the messes and odors are said to be more easily washed or even seemingly dissolved away.

Compared to other Common Cleaners

To put this into perspective, let’ s compare how ozone would deal with similar messes compared to the ones that we would normally use to clean with. These types of products are more chemically manufactured and mass-produced cleaning products. Alcohol is commonly used to treat wounds on animals and humans. Using alcohol routinely to treat singular areas on skin often also causes dryness and burning to that area over time. Ozone disinfects gently over the wound, leaving the skin healthy and allowing it to repair more quickly in less time.

Bleach and other multi-purpose cleaners are used to clean up after animal and human areas when we want to kill viruses and bacteria. Ozone is also prepared to take this challenge with a more soft and gentle approach. Ozone has the ability to kill 99.99% of viruses, bacteria, fungi, parasitic organisms in a similar way it is being used to treat wounds, clouds of ozone gas and ozone infused water mists.

Those of us who are willing to choose to adopt pets into our homes do so because of the love we have for that or those animals. Those animals then become a part of our families, and they also deserve all of the care, love and support that we are able to provide. Pets can be more sensitive than ourselves to the environment that we provide of them. We need to think about what is best for all of us, without cutting corners. Everyone deserves the right to a safe, healthy and comfortable living environment. The next time you go to clean up after your pet, think about if you are doing the best job possible. Are you really giving them the safe, clean space that they deserve as being a fellow family member, or could their space be even more clean, even more healthy, giving them an even more comfortable life. Do what is best for yourself, do what is best for your family, including your pets, and instead of cleaning with harmful chemicals, try sterilizing with ozone.

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Ozone vs Odors

by OSHINER 2021-11-04

When it comes to disinfection and home care, ozone has many applications and uses to keep your home, car or workplace environment clean, healthy and smelling fresh. Modern ozone generators are able to produce safe levels of ozone concentration that are still powerful enough to catch and kill 99.99% of germs, bacteria, viruses, fungi, parasites, and other common contaminates. Ozone has the power to clean and eliminate some of the most dangerous microscopic home invaders, the ones so small that they are invisible. This is impressive of course, but how does ozone work against smells? What are smells, how are they made, and are bad smells immune to the disinfecting power of ozone?

Ozone is something that we hear mentioned regularly, but what exactly is ozone? The ozone that we commonly hear about in the news is most likely referring to the ozone layer. The ozone layer in the sky acts as a barrier between our atmosphere and space. The ozone in the sky helps to block harmful UV rays admitted by the sun, keeping our planet cool and temperatures stable. Ozone is a naturally occurring molecule containing three oxygen atoms. The oxygen that we usually breathe has two oxygen atoms, but when the oxygen is separated by a catalyst, it will sometimes rejoin into groups of three, creating ozone.

The most common catalysts to separate oxygen into individual atoms is electricity and UV light. Electricity at a high enough voltage is able to separate each oxygen molecule into its individual parts, and then because of oxygen’s atomic characteristics, the oxygen will rejoin into ozone or standard oxygen. The ozone is then utilized as a disinfectant and can be used around the house or on the go to clean the air, water or surface contaminates. Ozone as a gas is very unstable and it wants to break down into standard oxygen with two oxygen atoms instead of three. The spare oxygen atom from ozone is then passed to other molecules and used to break those molecules down or alter them so that they are not harmful to humans.

What causes odors?

Ever walk into a room and notice a lingering smell or odor that is unpleasant or unwanted. Most common household odors are caused by a source, and that source is usually bacteria or a manufacturing byproduct. Some bacteria produce gases that are pungent and extremely foul smelling. These bacteria stockpiles are usually found in bathrooms, kitchens, living rooms, basements and home offices. A lot of smelly bacteria stockpiles are hard to find, as in most cases they are invisible to the human eye or in hard-to-reach areas. The longer these germ depots sit and fester, the more offensive the smells can become. These types of odors are nearly impossible to hide, no matter how much air freshener you spray, the smell will always return unless it is dealt with at the source.

How does ozone eliminate odors?

We know that common household odors are usually caused by a bacteria source. We also know that ozone is a great, highly-effective natural disinfectant. Ozone can be utilized in multiple ways to work at finding and eliminated the hard-to-find, hard-to-reach bacteria piles. Lets look at how ozone can be used to disinfect all three states of matter; Liquid or water, gas or air, and solid or common household surfaces.

?Water

Ozone generators for purifying water work especially well by not only cleaning the water, but also cleaning other objects that come in contact with the purified water. Ozone gas in water eliminates the contaminates hiding in the water, which could be bacteria, parasites, viruses, gases and some heavy metals or minerals. Ozone gas in water has a lifespan or half-life of about 30 minutes, meaning during that 30 minutes, the ozone is still working and cleaning any contaminates that may be in the water, or any contaminate that comes in contact with the ozone charged water. Ozone in water is perfectly fine for consumption, after 30 minutes or so, the ozone will have completely broken down, cleaned nearly all contaminates, and dissolve back into pure oxygen and clean H2O.

? Air

Purifying the air with ozone is becoming more and more common in households and workplaces that are constantly occupied by people. Ozone generators that are designed to purify the air in areas with high amounts of human traffic, generate ozone concentration levels that are safe for people but not for germs. These types of generators turn on only when they are needed and easily turn off by a push of a button or by a preset timer. These ozone disinfectors are great for any indoor space that accumulate bacteria and smells, such as kitchens, washrooms, basements and offices.

? Surface

Even commonly used surfaces can be disinfected using ozone. Ozone can be used along with water to disinfect all types of surfaces. The ozone water mixture can be applied to counter tops, tables, chairs, door handles, appliances, glassware, anywhere that could potentially harbour germs or viruses.

While there are many ways today to disinfect all areas of your home, car or workplace, there are not many products that can disinfect all areas effectively. Ozone is one of those products that CAN disinfect all types of living or working spaces, especially in areas that are hard-to-reach and hard-to-see. Bacteria hiding in these hard-to-reach and hard-to-see areas often produce foul smells and lingering odors, effecting the overall environment in that space. Get rid of germs, viruses, bacteria, fungi and SMELLS using ozone disinfection. Ozone generators can be utilized for effectively disinfecting all states of matter, and does it easily and worry-free. Use the cleaning power of ozone and transform the quality of your life today.

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The Safety of Ozone

by OSHINER 2021-10-20

There is some debate over the safety of using ozone as an effective cleaner and sterilizer in homes. There have been tests and reports on the safe levels of ozone concentration and levels where ozone concentration can interfere with a person’s health. When levels of ozone are above the safety threshold, ozone can irritate with a person’s breathing, causing discomfort, nausea, dizziness etc. These symptoms only occur when a person comes in direct contact with relatively high concentrations of ozone. With today’s technology, using ozone in close proximity to people is done safely, with ozone concentrations maintained at a level below the safety threshold, making it extremely safe to use around homes for general cleaning.

On the other hand, cleaners that are commonly used today in the majority of households are much more dangerous than ozone by comparison. Common products, such as bleach and other petroleum, acid and/or alcohol-based cleaners pose much higher immediate and long term health risks that should not be over looking. Such cleaners have the potential and are known to irritate and damage a person’s skin, eyes, breathing and internal organs. For years we have put up with the obvious dangers of these cleaning products because of cost, availability or stigma that ozone may not work as well as the harmful products. So, how does ozone compare with the other more common cleaners in terms of safety and effectiveness?

Skin Contact

While cleaning, it is extremely common to use some sort of cleaning product. Whether it is for cleaning eating surfaces, kitchen counters, washrooms, or other high-use areas, disinfecting these places contribute to an overall clean environment. Ironically, most of the more popular cleaning products used for these places are highly toxic and require special precautions for handling them. In commercial kitchens and restaurants for instance, it is common practice for these types of cleaners to come with extremely detailed instructions for dealing with the potentially dangerous chemicals found in these cleaning products. Next time you see a bottle of cleaner at a store, you will also most likely find a condensed form these warning labels printed onto the back of the bottle, with suggested proper handling and emergency instructions.

In contrast, using Ozone is considered to be very safe to handle, as it is not a known skin irritant. This means Ozone can come into direct contact with a person with sensitive skin, and their skin will be unaffected. Imagine cleaning all of the same surfaces, counter tops, wash basins, dishes, appliances, with no risk to your skin, with all the same cleaning power, plus more.

Lung and Breathing

As mentioned before, ozone has a safety threshold where it is safe to be around while under a specific level of concentration, and dangerous when the concentration is over that limit. The technology used to generate ozone for the use of cleaning in a home is designed to keep the ozone produced under the dangerous concentration limit, while still making it an effective cleaner. Common household cleaners are also considered safe to use under certain conditions. Some household cleaners require the space to be well ventilated while cleaning, as well as require the use of face masks or other protective equipment if necessary. If using these cleaners without proper ventilation, similar and other more serious side effects to those of high ozone concentration levels may occur.

Likewise, while using ozone as a disinfectant, the area may also be well ventilated, but it is not always necessary. Alternatively, there is no need for the use of special protective equipment when using ozone for the purpose of cleaning in and around a home. After use, ozone simply breaks down into oxygen so there is no reason to be fearful of lingering toxic gases.

Ingestion

One thing everyone knows not to do, is to drink anything used as a cleaner. Many cleaners have the warnings printed directly on the bottles, front and back, saying “DO NOT INGEST”. We keep these potentially harmful chemicals away from children and pets, so they are not accidentally or mistakenly ingested. If these types of products are ingested, they can cause serious and even life threatening consequences. It is particularly important to keep these products in a safe and secure place so that they are not easily accessible.

How does ozone compare? Ozone charged water which is used to disinfect washing and drinking water, as well as clean surfaces is completely safe to consume. Because of the molecular make up of ozone, when it breaks down, it forms regular oxygen. Because ozone is not a stable gas, and breaks down into oxygen quickly, it cannot be stored like other cleaning products. Ozone must be generated when it is needed, meaning there is no need to store chemicals in a secure place. These factors make the risks of accidental ingestion nearly non-existent.

Cleanliness and Efficiency

Do the dangers of the cleaners outweigh the effectiveness of how well the cleaners clean? Which ever cleaning products or methods one chooses to use in their home, they must always consider the health risks involved in using certain cleaners. Consider if the effectiveness of the cleaner is worth the risk of use. Which cleaners, and how much weight is put on either the safety or effectiveness of the cleaner is up to the person using them. For thorough disinfecting potential with relatively low health and safety risk involved, ozone is a great alternative cleaner for any home, office or business looking to do away with the commonly used, more dangerous options. Next time you are looking for a safer cleaner for your home, office or business, consider ozone.