Paul D. Blanc, M.D.
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 Although not yet dominant in the market, ozone gas has become an increasingly popular industrial substitute for chlorine and chlorine dioxide, both as a bleach and as a water disinfectant. ozone at ground level presents a different set of problems from those encountered when it is found low in the atmosphete (photochemical smog; too much ozone is bad) or when it occuts high in the atmosphere (naturally present as an important filter of radiation; too littleozone is bad).
At intense ground-level concentrations, ozone causes severe lung damage after it is inhaled. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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 There are other technologies that can kill microorganisms without requiring pasteurization. ozone treatment, for example, is extremely effective at reducing microorganisms and yet requires no high temperatures. Ozone-treated almonds could still be truly raw, but the Almond Board is not actively pursuing large-scale ozone treatments, perhaps due to the cost (pasteurization is cheap and easy, where ozone treatments require investments in expensive equipment).
It's not just the almonds that are going to be cooked under the new plans, however. |
Brenda Watson and Leonard Smith
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 But there are signs of improvement: the number of days residents breathed the nation's worst ozone levels was fewer than in previous years. According to the EPA, the levels of six pollutants, including ozone and particulate matter, have declined 54 percent since 1970 in the city, when the Clean Air Act became law. Even as the national level of ozone, a key component of smog, declined, 99 million people in the United States still lived in counties with failing grades for ozone. |
Paul D. Blanc, M.D.
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| At intense ground-level concentrations, ozone causes severe lung damage after it is inhaled. It acts much like phosgene, with a delayed onset followed by profound distress. ozone was introduced in the Swedish wood pulp paper industry in 1992. The first reports of ozone-related lung injury among workers employed in this new paper process are just beginning to appear. Not surprisingly, the acute effects of high-level ozone toxicity seem to be similar to those of chlorine inhalation, and, not surprisingly, RADS-type asthma is a chronic aftereffect. |
James Dowd and Diane Stafford
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 Small amounts of UVB penetrate the ozone, depending on its thickness, the angle of the sun, cloud cover, upper atmospheric changes, and solar activity. The variable that dominates the changes in UVB that pass through the ozone is the angle of the sun relative to you. The UVA spectrum penetrates the ozone year round.
?UVB—You need a modest amount daily or several times a week to make vitamin D.
?UVA—You can't avoid UVA if you go outside because this is the dominant UV light in our atmosphere.
?UVC—You get UVC only from artificial sources; it is not healthy. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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| Ozone-treated almonds could still be truly raw, but the Almond Board is not actively pursuing large-scale ozone treatments, perhaps due to the cost (pasteurization is cheap and easy, where ozone treatments require investments in expensive equipment).
It's not just the almonds that are going to be cooked under the new plans, however. The reputation of the Almond Board of California is also being sterilized. Who can trust an organization that openly and blatantly announces its intention to mislabel cooked almonds as raw almonds? |
Brenda Watson and Leonard Smith
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| According to the EPA, the levels of six pollutants, including ozone and particulate matter, have declined 54 percent since 1970 in the city, when the Clean Air Act became law. Even as the national level of ozone, a key component of smog, declined, 99 million people in the United States still lived in counties with failing grades for ozone. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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 All IQAir purifiers are certified by the International Association of Air Cleaner Manufacturers (IAACM) to be 100% ozone-free. ozone is a highly reactive gas that, while killing bacteria, can also affect the respiratory system and reduce lung function. It may cause coughing, throat irritation or an uncomfortable chest-sesation. It is especially hazardous to those people with weak respiratory systems. Sharper Image got in trouble a few years back when Consumer Reports complained their Ionic air purifiers produced too much dangerous ozone. |
Paul D. Blanc, M.D.
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| It acts much like phosgene, with a delayed onset followed by profound distress. ozone was introduced in the Swedish wood pulp paper industry in 1992. The first reports of ozone-related lung injury among workers employed in this new paper process are just beginning to appear. Not surprisingly, the acute effects of high-level ozone toxicity seem to be similar to those of chlorine inhalation, and, not surprisingly, RADS-type asthma is a chronic aftereffect. |
Gary Null and Amy McDonald
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 Bio-oxidative therapies include hyperbaric oxygen chamber therapy, ozone therapy, and hydrogen peroxide therapy, among others. Also helpful are superoxide dismutase, dimethylglycine, organic-ger-manium-132, glutathione peroxidase, homozone, vitamin E, aerobic exercising, and deep breathing in a relatively pure environment, as well as the herbs ginkgo biloba and butcher's broom.
Antioxidants are an important part of Dr. Hodes's program. |
David Steinman
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 The problem is the air the people are breathing, according to Beate Ritz, MD, PhD, a researcher at the University of California at Los Angeles School of Public Health, whose findings show that particulate pollution at high levels, combined with carbon monoxide and ozone pollution, causes heart problems in babies and premature infant death. There were thirty days in 2001 when Shaffer's ozone level exceeded safety standards. |
Paula Begoun
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 Hairsprays containing ethyl alcohol (ethanol, listed as SD alcohol followed by a number), hydrocarbons, isobutane, and butane all release vapors into the air that generate ozone in the lower atmosphere. While other human-made pollutants deplete the ozone in the upper atmosphere, emitting VOCs into the lower atmosphere produces an additional ozone layer that traps heat and ultraviolet radiation nearer to the earth's surface, adding to the levels of smog in cities caused by automobiles and other industrial pollution. |
Brenda Watson and Leonard Smith
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| Even as the national level of ozone, a key component of smog, declined, 99 million people in the United States still lived in counties with failing grades for ozone.
The Thrill of a New Car
Now that you have closed your car windows, let me ask you, have you ever wondered what makes a new car smell so new} Most of us have experienced the euphoria that comes with buying and getting into a brand new car fresh off the assembly line. The air inside new cars may contain some of the highest levels of vinyl chloride, which is used in the manufacture of automobile interiors. |
David Hoffman, FNIMH, AHG
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 Ground-level ozone is created when engine and fuel gases that have already been released into the air interact in the presence of sunlight. ozone levels increase in cities when the air is still, the sun is bright, and the temperature is warm. ozone irritates the respiratory tract and eyes, and exposure to high levels results in chest tightness, coughing, and wheezing. People with respiratory and heart problems are at a higher risk.
Ozone has been linked to increased hospital admissions and premature death. It also causes noticeable leaf damage in many crops, garden plants, and trees. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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| Sharper Image got in trouble a few years back when Consumer Reports complained their Ionic air purifiers produced too much dangerous ozone. A class action settlement followed, and now the Sharper Image air purifiers have a catalytic converter that virtually eliminates ozone.
But personally, I like the IQAir a lot better than the Sharper Image air purifiers. IQAir moves a lot of air, and after reviewing these units, I simply don't believe that you can clean a large volume of air unless you're moving a large volume of air through a filtration unit. |
Andreas Moritz
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 To that effect, a study of Punta Arenas, the largest South American city close to the Antarctic ozone hole, showed no increase in health problems related to depleted ozone. In fact, UV measures were too small to have any noticeable effect. Actual measurements taken in the United States since 1974 show that the amount of UV radiation reaching the surface of the earth is decreasing and continues to decrease slightly each year. This research was conducted to detect the frequency of UV radiation that causes sunburn. UV radiation had dropped an average of 0. |
James Dowd and Diane Stafford
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| The variable that dominates the changes in UVB that pass through the ozone is the angle of the sun relative to you. The UVA spectrum penetrates the ozone year round.
?UVB—You need a modest amount daily or several times a week to make vitamin D.
?UVA—You can't avoid UVA if you go outside because this is the dominant UV light in our atmosphere.
?UVC—You get UVC only from artificial sources; it is not healthy.
Q: How important is it to eat organic?
A: This can be a very expensive step in the move toward a healthy lifestyle. |
Andreas Moritz
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| To that effect, a study of Punta Arenas, the largest South American city close to the Antarctic ozone hole, showed no increase in health problems related to depleted ozone. In fact, UV measures were too small to have any noticeable effect. Actual measurements taken in the United States since 1974 show that the amount of UV radiation reaching the surface of the earth is decreasing and continues to decrease slightly each year. This research was conducted to detect the frequency of UV radiation that causes sunburn. UV radiation had dropped an average of 0. |
Ray D. Strand
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 The thick mucous lining contains many antioxidants that then neutralize the inhaled pollutants like ozone, nitrogen dioxide, and fuel emissions. They provide a layer of protection that is so effective that most of the time these pollutants don't even come in contact with the underlying epithelial cells.
With ELFs as the first line of defense, the mucous, cilia, and immune response form a team that is extraordinarily effective in preventing infections in the respiratory tract. |
| The air that we breathe today is filled with ozone, nitrogen oxides, fuel emissions, and secondary cigarette smoke. In short: breathe in, cough out.
I will never forget my long journey to San Diego to start my internship at Mercy Hospital. I stopped along the way to see friends in Azusa. The smog was unbelievable, especially for a small-town boy from South Dakota. The next morning my friend took me outside in his yard to look at the magnificent San Bernardino Mountains. There was only one problem: we could not see them. |
| Air pollution contains ozone, nitrogen dioxide, sulfur dioxide, and several hydrocarbon molecules, all of which generate a significant amount of free radicals. When you are exposed to these toxins day in and day out, they have a major effect on your health. Air pollution has been implicated in the causes of asthma, chronic bronchitis, heart attacks, and even cancer. Understanding oxidative stress as the underlying cause of all of these diseases allows us to develop a strategy of protecting ourselves from the damaging effects of air pollution. |
Linda Mason Hunter
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 Although ozone pollution has been regulated since 1971, there are still 62 areas, mostly major cities, that have not yet attained the national standards for ozone levels.
Los Angeles—Ozone Capital of the World
Year-round sunshine, a car-centered life-style, and a geographical location favorable to air inversions all combine to help Los Angeles violate the ozone standards 140 times a year. Still, this is an improvement over the past. The number of days city air exceeds the recommended level is now down from over 300 in the 1970s to the present 140. |
Paula Begoun
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| While other human-made pollutants deplete the ozone in the upper atmosphere, emitting VOCs into the lower atmosphere produces an additional ozone layer that traps heat and ultraviolet radiation nearer to the earth's surface, adding to the levels of smog in cities caused by automobiles and other industrial pollution. California and New York have been the leaders in setting environmental standards for VOCs, and since 1998, they have not allowed the sale of any hairspray containing more than 55% VOC. No other state since has established such strict regulations. |
David Hoffman, FNIMH, AHG
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| Ozone levels increase in cities when the air is still, the sun is bright, and the temperature is warm. ozone irritates the respiratory tract and eyes, and exposure to high levels results in chest tightness, coughing, and wheezing. People with respiratory and heart problems are at a higher risk.
Ozone has been linked to increased hospital admissions and premature death. It also causes noticeable leaf damage in many crops, garden plants, and trees. The WHO recommends limiting exposure to 0.08 ppm to 0.1 ppm on average an hour. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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| A class action settlement followed, and now the Sharper Image air purifiers have a catalytic converter that virtually eliminates ozone.
But personally, I like the IQAir a lot better than the Sharper Image air purifiers. IQAir moves a lot of air, and after reviewing these units, I simply don't believe that you can clean a large volume of air unless you're moving a large volume of air through a filtration unit. Any "silent" or "breeze" air purifier, in my opinion, isn't moving enough air to be as effective as I'd like.
Is IQAir worth the high price? |
Dr. Edward F. Group III, DC, ND, DACBN
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| Depending upon your symptoms and health condition, your therapist may choose to add herbs, ozone, or special enzymes to the water to increase the benefits of the therapy.
As the water flows through your colon, it causes the muscles to contract and expand, encouraging the body to expel any undigested food, water, bacteria, gas, and mucous that have built up in the colon. This compacted toxic matter leaves your body by traveling through a separate evacuation tube leading back to the machine. |
| DOCTOR'S NOTE:
I personally use the ECOsmarte" system in my pool, which uses copper ions and ozone to purify the water. Plus, I receive the added benefit of swimming in oxygen-rich water. Oxygen naturally detoxifies the body and is also absorbed into the bloodstream for use by the body.
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You can learn more about the ECOsmarte" system at: www.ecosmarte.com
Most water contains other Toxic Contaminants as well!
Perchlorate is a toxic compound manufactured primarily as an oxidizer in rocket fuel although it can also be found in fireworks, flares, airbags, and munitions. |
Peter h. Fraser and Harry Massey
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 I read about everything: nutrition, raw food, juicing, kombucha tea, herbal medicine, yoga, Hulda Clark and Max Gerson and other alternative healers, ozone therapy, chelation, hypnotism, psychotherapy, the I Ching, and countless other therapies and schools of thought. For the most part, each group presented persuasive arguments to support their point of view. The raw foods people said that because we evolved from apes we should be eating only raw vegetables and fruits. The blood-type people said that your diet should be designed to work with and support the characteristics of your blood group. |
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