You've been hearing for many years about the negative effects modern living has had on the ozone layer in our atmosphere and what this means for our air quality. You may also have heard something about ground level ozone and how it is bad for us. So, I thought it might be helpful to sort out the fact...
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OZONE AND Asthma
Jwaggs
Thursday, August 06, 2009 at 06:49 PMre: OZONE AND Asthma
Kathi MacNaughton
Thursday, August 06, 2009 at 07:03 PMYour conclusions make a lot of sense to me! Seems unfair that you could be in the "great outdoors" and still subject to poor air quality. Of course, in the West, summer forest fires can also be a huge issue for those of us with asthma.
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Ozone
Grandma
Saturday, August 08, 2009 at 03:51 PMSince ground level ozone is unhealthy, why are air filters using ion generation (producing ozone) still allowed to be sold?
re: Ozone
scotchtradr
Wednesday, August 12, 2009 at 01:33 PMCalifornia banned the sale of ozone producing air filters in 2007. Other states have yet to do the same, but a few have started the process to do so.
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I had an experience about a year ago with what I suspect was ozone induced congestion. We had a family get together at Big Bear in California. It is at about 5000 feet in altitude. It is also downwind (40 t0 50 miles east) of Los Angeles. The weather was warm and clear with no apparent pollution. I and several others (mostly the older folks) complained about chest congestion and some difficulty breathing. My son lives in Colorado Springs at around 6000 feet and I never have that experience when visiting him. There have been news stories about the "smog" killing the trees in the Big Bear area so I'm sure it would affect an asthmatic.