Posted by Patricia on
URL: https://www.es-forum.com/when-you-have-both-electrical-and-chemical-sensitivities-tp4026208p4026272.html

marc, are you talking about the FAQ page?  
they say the EPA standard is .05 ppm and
that theirs is emits than .01 ppm.  
i once had a mega something or other that
called itself a NIG... but it output a great
deal of ozone.  i didn't like it but it came in
handy when the kids next door were using
drugs and when there was something i
desperately needed to deodorize, but it was
very uncomfortable for me to have on in
the house.  and my adjustable NIG also puts
out a certain amount of ozone, so i am very
aware of actually living with these things and
am very aware of what ozone smells like and
feels like... i also have a water ozonator that
i used to use on a daily basis to purify water
to drink... so i'd just say that to LIVE with,
the little box is unsurpassed.  

when i lived in
SF and had an early model of a NIG, it did
indeed throw black on the wall.  i had a table
sitting near a window and the NIG on the
floor, inside the table.  one day i moved the
table and there was a very distinct outline of
the table leg on the wall.  i lived out by the
ocean but there was still a bus line that went
by my apt bldg.  it was that bus' exhaust that
was cleared out of the air and was thrown
against the wall by that NIG and i have to
say that i was VERY grateful for that thing,
once i saw what it had saved my lungs from.
the outline WAS black, as you say.  absolutely
pitch black and that was coming from the bus.  
that window was not even on the street.  and
there were no cars near it.  but the bus
exhaust was powerful and very toxic.  that
was from just months of use, not years.  so
in my condo, the box with stick NIG did, after
12 years color a nearby wall a light gray color,
but it was not black, and since my walls were
various colors and tones, i didn't even notice it
until i moved and removed a painting from
that wall.  it easily washed off.  but that unit
had a "collector" so it would get dirty and i'd
wipe it off, but it certainly didn't color things
black... and that was 12 years of cleaning the
air and saving me from pollen, CHEMTRAILS,
and so on.  yes, my primary concern was the
particles that come from the airplanes in the
sky that are dropping those weird clouds of
alumin8k  

i think you're being a bit of an exactarian here,
marc.  :)  the benefits of clean air far outweigh
the 'problem' of ozone and the benefits of the
two do not overlap so that one is necessary
and the other is not.  both are helpful.
ozone will purify and clean things but it also will
harm the eyes and throat, whereas NIG won't.  

one thing i liked about the ozone machines is
that it appears that critters - bugs - did not like
to breathe it anymore than i did.  so i had zero
pest problem in my condo.  hmm... i need to
run the ozonator here too... will do.  if someone
is chemically sensitive, allergic to pollen, animal
dander, etc, i would highly recommend a NIG.
you're obviously not adverse to ozone if you use
ozone generators.  but i'd say that for my needs
negative ions are vital and ozone is secondary.  
i like both, but very little ozone.  and the new
NIGs have 'collectors' on or in them that prevent
the 'blackening' of walls and furniture - but i
would be GRATEFUL for that black and happy to
clean, knowing that the black is not going into
my lungs.  see?  it's all in the perspective.  
:)  
ok.  thank you for helping me get this issue clear.
ozone for purification and deodorization,
negative ions for clearing the air, cleaning the air.  
got it!  

love you!  and am happy to discuss this very
important subject with you.  
patricia
 

On Aug 5, 2013, at 9:36 PM, Marc Martin wrote: