ozone problems, was: Lotus sanitizing system

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I can't see how this would be a gain.

www.time.com/time/2006/techguide/bestinventions/inventions/meals4.html

 

Ozone is an oxidizer just like bleach, except it is based on oxygen instead of

chlorine, and generally oxidizes anything which can be oxidized.

 

Its unlikely to affect compounds on top of the skin and under the protective wax

or oil they coat fruit with.

It really can't get at the toxins which have been absorbed into the fruit while

it was growing.

Where it does get, its just as likely to oxidize vitamins and enzymes as toxins.

 

One of the more important benefits of fresh fruit and vegetables are the

antioxidants like vitamin E, and one of the most common, powerful, active, and

hurtful oxidants these antioxidants protect us from is ozone. These antioxidants

help protect us from a wide range of toxins, and so the ozone wash would

particularly be working to use up/deactivate this essential protection before

the food is even eaten.

 

Ozone is one of the key indicators in many urban areas of severe summer air

pollution, and people with any type of respiratory problems tend to be very

sensitive to it. The ozone will disperse into the household air from the water

solution the Lotus system produces, and will just magnify any respiratory health

problems.

 

One of the incongruities of our government is that while it has strong standards

about the maximum allowable ozone levels in air pollution, there isn't any

regulation on household devices which intentionally or indirectly produce it,

and some of the more defective appliances produce a lot of it. This is a common

problem and serious concern that Consumer Reports has done testing on and

written articles about.

 

What is so amazing to me is the number of " health " devices which intentionally

produce ozone, and the fact that a large percentage of people buying appliances

like this are the ones who are most sensitive to and most injured by ozone.

 

May your day be filled with clarity, grace, progress, and warm laughter,

Roger

 

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" mkh " <hovila

 

Tuesday, April 10, 2007 9:53 PM

Lotus sanitizing system

 

 

I wonder if anybody has used this device or has a comment about it. I'm not

that worried about germs, but I do like the idea of removing pesticides from

non-organic produce.

 

 

 

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