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mack the knife
Joined: 16 Jan 2003 Location: standing right behind you...
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Posted: Thu Jun 16, 2005 3:36 pm Post subject: No aircon+high ozone=you're dead |
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Also reported in the studies were that mortality rates were lower in cities where air conditioning was prevalent during hot weather |
http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20050616/hl_hsn/studiesconfirmozoneshealthrisks
Ten to one odds you're living in an un-airconditioned apartment or working in an unairconditioned environment. Yes? Of course yes. |
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SuperHero
Joined: 10 Dec 2003 Location: Superhero Hideout
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Posted: Thu Jun 16, 2005 3:53 pm Post subject: |
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no and no
a/c at home in my office and every classroom. |
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Leslie Cheswyck
Joined: 31 May 2003 Location: University of Western Chile
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Posted: Thu Jun 16, 2005 5:21 pm Post subject: |
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Ozone
Ozone is a gas that occurs both in the Earth's upper atmosphere and at ground level. Ozone can be "good" or "bad" for people��s health and for the environment, depending on its location in the atmosphere.
In the troposphere, the air closest to the Earth's surface, ground-level or "bad" ozone is a pollutant that is a significant health risk, especially for children with asthma. It also damages crops, trees and other vegetation. It is a main ingredient of urban smog.
The stratosphere, or "good" ozone layer extends upward from about 6 to 30 miles and protects life on Earth from the sun's harmful ultraviolet (UV) rays. This natural shield has gradually been damaged or "depleted" by man-made chemicals like chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs). Ozone depletion means more UV from the sun gets to the ground, leading to more cases of skin cancer, cataracts, and other health problems.
EPA��s Clean Air Ozone Rules target ground level ozone. On April 15, 2004, EPA fulfilled its legal obligation under the Clean Air Act to issue final designations for all areas of the country stating that they either meet or do not meet the more protective 8-hour ozone standards. EPA also issued a classification rule for nonattainment areas -- areas that do not meet the standards. The rule classifies the seriousness of the problem and indicates the required actions that areas must take.
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Pyongshin Sangja
Joined: 20 Apr 2003 Location: I love baby!
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Posted: Thu Jun 16, 2005 9:36 pm Post subject: |
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Ten to one odds you're living in an un-airconditioned apartment or working in an unairconditioned environment. Yes? Of course yes. |
No, not anymore. I used to. |
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khyber
Joined: 16 Jan 2003 Location: Compunction Junction
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Posted: Sat Jun 18, 2005 2:38 am Post subject: |
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ozone, as best as i can remember, is produced from photocopiers. Something about the heat in the machine and it's effect on O2 or something....somehow turning it into o3 through a kind of combustion of something?
That's why if you're near photocopiers in closed spaces, you can get a headache and sick and shit...all that comes from that...
crazy shit eh?
well, can anyone back me up on that one? |
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Manner of Speaking
Joined: 09 Jan 2003
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Posted: Sat Jun 18, 2005 4:08 am Post subject: |
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khyber wrote: |
ozone, as best as i can remember, is produced from photocopiers. Something about the heat in the machine and it's effect on O2 or something....somehow turning it into o3 through a kind of combustion of something?
That's why if you're near photocopiers in closed spaces, you can get a headache and sick and *beep*...all that comes from that...
crazy *beep* eh?
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I don't think ozone is produced by the heat in a phocopier, but by stray electrical discharges (however I may be wrong). Ozone is that "sharp, electricity smell" you get when you pull a plug out of an outlet and it sparks, or when you brush two wires together and they spark. Ground-level ozone, in sufficient and persistent levels, can react with living tissue and damage the lungs. |
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tzechuk
Joined: 20 Dec 2004
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Posted: Sat Jun 18, 2005 5:58 am Post subject: |
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We have aircon in every room... |
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Corporal
Joined: 25 Jan 2003
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Posted: Sat Jun 18, 2005 6:12 am Post subject: |
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Manner of Speaking wrote: |
khyber wrote: |
ozone, as best as i can remember, is produced from photocopiers. Something about the heat in the machine and it's effect on O2 or something....somehow turning it into o3 through a kind of combustion of something?
That's why if you're near photocopiers in closed spaces, you can get a headache and sick and *beep*...all that comes from that...
crazy *beep* eh?
well, can anyone back me up on that one? |
I don't think ozone is produced by the heat in a phocopier, but by stray electrical discharges (however I may be wrong). Ozone is that "sharp, electricity smell" you get when you pull a plug out of an outlet and it sparks, or when you brush two wires together and they spark. Ground-level ozone, in sufficient and persistent levels, can react with living tissue and damage the lungs. |
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Manner of Speaking
Joined: 09 Jan 2003
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Posted: Sat Jun 18, 2005 7:08 am Post subject: |
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Thanks. |
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