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by born_a_skeptic 2053 days ago
why is ozone free important?
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Ozone is a pretty damaging chemical. It is very reactive with its extra oxygen atom. It can damage living and non-living things, although in small quantities it probably isn't an issue. Ozone is great at high altitudes where it can block some UV light.
And I would add that - seemingly - to reduce the amount of bacteria a very high concentration is needed for long periods.

I found this "experiment"[1], this is about cleaning/disinfecting a room, by starting an ozone generator in a closed room, keep the ozone level at a certain value for a given time, then switch off the generator and wait at least one hour before re-entering the room:

https://www.ozonetech.com/sites/default/files2/pdf/Ozone_dis...

BTW such a high concentration is likely to affect contents of the room, ozone can accelerate oxydation of most metals and rubber.

[1] it looks like a scientific paper, but it is not AFAIK published and actually comes from the site of a firm making ozone generators, so I would take results about the effectiveness with a pinch of salt, but I don't see how the dangers implied can have been overstated

Ozone is toxic. Great at high altitude for reducing UV transmission, not so good on the surface.

ETA: Negative ion generation, done badly, can result in ozone production.