Posted by Patricia on
URL: https://www.es-forum.com/when-you-have-both-electrical-and-chemical-sensitivities-tp4026208p4026265.html

well, marc, from what i understand, odors  
are the result of very tiny particles tickling
my olfactory nerves.  the chart at

http://www.negativeiongenerators.com/ozonefaq.html

says that the NIG eliminates SOME odors,
and ozone is BETTER, but both freshen air  
and the NIG reduces particulates, whereas
ozone does not.

in my way of thinking, reducing particulates
results in reducing odors.  i know it's true
of mold, for i lived (and do again live) in
a very humid, moldy area of the country.
when the NIGs are turned off, i smell mold
and feel the effects of it.  when the NIGs
are on, i do not smell anything untoward
and i feel fine.  so i am happy to think of
my NIGs as removing particles/odors, for
that is what they do, in my experience.  
i guess that some particulates are not
odiferous, but if there's an odor, then i
think of it as a particle of something in
the air.  

so i would suspect that the chemicals we
usually smell from new carpet are caused
by tiny particles in the air.  of course, i
was very careful to choose carpet and
padding that offgassed as little as possible.
the paint went down first, so by the time
the carpet was laid, the paint fumes had
dissipated/been zapped.  

the first time i ever saw a negative ion
generator in action (i'd used one but had
not seen it really work before) was in a
health food store.  they had a glass bowl
and lit a cigarette under the bowl until
the smoke filled the air.  at one point
they pushed a button and the smoke
cleared in an instant.  perhaps that
influenced by impression that odor and
particulate matter equate.  ?  but i also
worked for a professor of air quality at
a university and i came away with that
impression from working with him, too.  
and i used to be able to smell/taste the
smog in LA... not sure others were as
tuned in to it... they seemed to not notice.  

love, patricia



On Aug 5, 2013, at 7:15 PM, Marc Martin wrote: