No. It is the ozone that is toxic., directly.
You are making dangerous claims with no evidence and which could do immense harm.
If there are contaminants as well, their effect is separate.
And we are not very difference lung-wise!
That is also toxic!
This is nothing to do with fear - it is to do with scientific facts!!!
Ozone "therapy" is used various specific ways but is deadly to lungs - it's not called ozone pollution for noting!
Ozone (O3) is a major component of urban environmental air pollution. It is formed in the troposphere from primary precursor pollutants. In the presence of light, NO2 is cleaved by sunlight to NO• + O•, allowing the formation of O3 (O2 + O•). In epidemiological studies, O3 levels have been associated with worsening of asthma, COPD, and pneumonia.Experimental O3 exposure in healthy human subjects is known to elicit impairment in lung function, as well as acute proximal airways neutrophilic inflammation, and an increase in the concentration of several cytokines and mediators of inflammation within the airways.
(See research paper in the journal of Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Sept 2012)
In the first reported study of the inflammatory effects of low-level O3 exposure (80 ppb O3 for 6.6 hours) in healthy volunteers, there were statistically significant increases in polymorphononuclear neutrophils, prostaglandin E2, lactate dehydrogenase, IL-6, α1-antitrypsin, and decreased phagocytosis via the complement receptor.
That's terrible! That's not medicine!
This is similar to a more recent study with low-level exposure to O3 at 80 ppb for 6.6 hours, in which there were increased airway neutrophils, monocytes, and dendritic cells, as well as modifications of the expression of CD14, HLA-DR, CD80, and CD86 on monocytes.
Confirmed more nasty results.
In another study examining whether circulating CD11b plays a role in the inflammatory response following inhaled O3, 22 volunteers underwent controlled exposure to O3 (400 ppb for 2 hours) and to clean air on two separate occasions. Induced sputum collected from subjects exposed to O3 revealed marked neutrophilia, and increased expression of mCD14 on airway macrophages and monocytes. Circulating CD11b levels also predicted the magnitude of the airway neutrophil response following inhaled O3exposure.
SO there is proof that Ozone is a HUGE no-no for lungs.
I add to that 2 cases in client animals ...of dead animals of owners within a day of one "treatment" which an owner had thought would help - egged on by someone much as you are doing here, with false claims of efficacy
The above studies are in HEALTHy volunteers - in sick ones studies show that Ozone causes an even more exaggerated inflammatory response in lung tissue.....hence the deaths I saw.
SO your "Caveat Emptor!" (let the buyer beware) ....is the part of your email I find valid.
Namaste,
Irene
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