OZONE: Naturally-produced Ozone is and always has been a naturally-occurring gas. Although it is often used as a measurement of air quality, it is not smog. It does not come for car exhaust or an industrial process associated with atmospheric pollution. Ozone is naturally produced during lightning storms or by ultraviolet light from the sun reacting with oxygen in our atmosphere. The sweet, fresh smell in the air after a spring rain is ozone. Safe, unstable form of oxygen In the process of ozone formation, some of the oxygen (O2) molecules are split, then regrouped into molecules with three, rather than two atoms of oxygen. The three-atom molecule is called ozone (O3). Ozone is simply an unstable, active form of oxygen, and if not used rapidly, converts back to oxygen (O2). Beneficial to our planet Naturally-occurring ozone is an important element to an environmentally-balanced atmosphere. Ozone kills bacteria, viruses, fungi, and molds. Far from being a poison, ozone, when used properly, has been shown to repeatedly kill pathogens yet not hurt normal cells. And ozone in the upper reaches of the atmosphere provides protection from the most harmful of the sun’s ultraviolet rays.
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