A popular agent of odour control is ozone. The reason for this is that ozone has an amazing oxidative power and is comfortable to use: Connect the ozone unit and go home. The ozone gas diffuses easily into inaccessible structures and does the job while you sleep.

However, ozone is far too strong an oxidant for odour remediation. Using ozone is like shooting mosquitoes with a cannon. Ozone destroys odorous substances but at the same time causes extensive damage to electronics, metals, fine mechanics, plastics, rubber and textiles.

Ozone is also highly toxic and even at very low concentrations (1 ppm) can cause serious health problems. However, the main concern about ozone is the toxic chemicals that are formed when ozone reacts with existing volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and with chemicals that occur naturally in most environments. Even if VOC levels are low, reaction products of VOCs and ozone can be irritating to humans.

Some manufacturers of ozone aggregates are trying to circumvent the problems of ozone by claiming that it is a new, less dangerous, form of ozone – "Syreklumpar", "Biozone"-which comes out of their apparatus. But unfortunately there is only one kind of ozone. In conclusion, it can be seen that the ozone gas has no place in cleaning up outside the ozone chamber.

We also know that ozone damages lung tissues, according to a study by the American Chemical Society, which provides new information on the harmful effects of ozone (Ref: http://www.uu.se/nyheter/nyhet-visning/?id=1157&area=2,3,4,5,10,16&typ=pm&lang=sv).

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