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Article: INDOOR AIR PURIFIERS THAT PRODUCE EVEN SMALL AMOUNTS OF OZONE MAY BE RISKY FOR HEALTH, FINDS UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA IRVINE STUDY
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- May 9, 2006
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The University of California at Irvine issued the following press release:
In a small, poorly ventilated room, an indoor air purifier that produces even a few milligrams of ozone per hour can create an ozone level that exceeds public health standards, researchers at UC Irvine have found.
Scientists also discovered that ozone produced by air purifiers adds to ozone already present in any room - a prediction that had never been experimentally verified in a realistic indoor environment.
"These results mean that people operating air purifiers indoors are more prone to being exposed to ozone levels in excess of public health standards," said Sergey A. Nizkorodov, assistant professor of chemistry ...