Air Purifiers

i just bought an 0 one but returned it cause someone said that it causes O3 (ozone), which can be harmful to u.

i know ozone is good when far away (like our atmosphere), but can change cells make up and cause cancer if in close proximity. is that true?

My fiance’s parents have an air purifier in their home that puts ozone in to the air. They leave it running in their home about 85% of the time… I heard somewhere that this is dangerous for your health. Is this true? Does anyone have any more information about this? Thanks!

Anyone owns the new sharper image "Hybrid GP" air purifier? is it working well? does the "ozone guard" work? I’ve read and heard so many scary stories about the ozone is toxic. Does the sharper Image’s ionic breeze purifier dangerous? any suggestions?

i have allergies to dust and mold and bought an air purifier. i’m not sure if i am supposed to close my windows and doors when i use it. i am also not sure if i should always leave the house fan on to circulate air (or how often to use it). does anybody know how to circulate air and use an air purifier? (another question is how long to run the ionizer on the purifier or if i leave it on will the ozone be bad for me).

My mother had an ionic breeze running in the basement all night long on the highest setting. Though the basement is somewhat large, there is no air circulation down there to disperse or diffuse the ozone produced by the "air purifier" as the air conditioning is currently malfunctioning.

I was down there for approximately a half hour when my nose began to burn, and it was at this point that I immediately thought to ascertain whether or not the ionic breeze was on. Seeing that it was, I promptly returned upstairs and the pain in my nose subsided and eventually abated.

I’m asking this because I’m curious if I could, feasibly, have been inhaling unhealthy amounts of ozone - and if so, could my lungs, olfactory lobe in my brain, or any other internal organ have sustained cell damage?

they say on the commercials that it charges the incoming air and the charged dirt, smog, and dust gets attracted to the opposite electrode.
meaning only clean ozone is let out
can the ionic breeze filter out CO2?

Whoever has had experience with air purifiers…particularly those that purify using ion technology (Ionic Breeze, others) will notice that these particular purifiers emit a scent when used. I recently had the chance to experiment with a 3000 sq ft ionic purifier and when fully electrified, the smell was absolutely horrific and overpowering; metallic and awful. Could this be ozone? Thoughts?
Thanks guys. I just did some research. While experimenting with the machine, I looked inside. It was basically a metal mesh sandwiched between two electrodes. This is called the "corona discharge" method for creating ozone. This particular unit could be set so high it could sterilize a room. I can safely conclude it was ozone.

I’ve had my ionic breeze for awhile and really liked. It gave off a nice fresh air smell. I stopped using it (kinda forgot about it when I moved) for about a year. I then plugged it back in and ran it continuously for a week or more. Cleaning it when needed. All the sudden it started giving off this bizarre odor. I can’t really describe it except for it almost smells like dirty dish water. I stopped using it for about 8 more months because of this and then started using it in the room with my birds. It gave off the same smell. I cleaned it over and over and no difference. I decided if I ran it continuously maybe the smell would "work its way out". That hasn’t happened. Now after some googling I found out it is potentially unsafe. The stuff I read said it was ozone, but the ozone gave off the fresh smell. So what is giving off this terrible smell? It gives me headaches and now I’m worried for myself and my birds (2 budgies and a cockatiel). In the future should I go with an air filter/hepa filter etc? Thanks for any info about this mystery smell and a good course of action.

Please don’t tell me to get a sharper image one. people who own those are bound to have really bad lungs and can lead to cancer. They emit alot of ozone. How do i avoid those "ionizers"? Which one should i get?
The guy with the sharper image….. Those things emit ozone which is a true fact, and ozone is deadly for the lungs. Because aids is silent means its not deadly? Yea thats right do your research.

I have the ionic breeze and every one knows that thing causes bad ozone. So today i went to buy the ozone guard to add-on. All is it of the ozone guard is a metal plate.. Does anyone know what kind of metal or plate is it? cuz im thinking of doing an homemade one because that ozone guard is too small for my tall quadra.