Do ozone-generating room air cleaners and “ionizers” improve air quality?
Ozone, a molecule with three atoms of oxygen, is categorized as a pollutant/toxic substance by the Environmental Protection Agency. Low concentrations of ozone can create a harmless clean air smell that may mask other odors. Even though the smell is improved, ozone has NO air filtration effects. Greater concentrations are associated with headaches, throat and nasal dryness, bronchitis, decreased pulmonary function capacity and other ailments. The EPA has found in their testing that neither Ionizers nor Ozone “Clean Air” Machines offer reliable or safe means for improving indoor air quality. The EPA and other experts in improving indoor air quality recommend the use of a high efficiency pleated media air filter like the AllergyZone Furnace Filter.
