Ozone is good because it blocks UV when it’s high in the atmosphere. It is bad when Ozone is depleted.
Ozone at low altitudes is reported as bad air quality.
People buy ozone generators for inside their house to purify the air.
People use ozone to clear up pollutants in sensitive reef aquariums.
It doesn’t seem add up.
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Ozone is a highly reactive form of oxygen. Because it reacts so readily it can serve to chemically react with smells and change them into forms that don’t smell so much. Also being so reactive means that it can be corrosive and react with our lungs and damage them, so breathing in ozone isn’t a great idea. People buy ozone generators for their houses because they don’t really understand these things and the products are of questionable utility. Ozone in aquariums again acts as highly reactive oxidizer, breaking down things like pigments, fish poop and food, as well as even breaking down some of the toxins produced by coral.
So, is it good or bad? Of course it is both and neither, things aren’t that simple, nothing is always good or always bad in every situation.
Ozone is indeed blocking UV light from the sun which is a very good thing. But that is naturally occurring ozone in the ionosphere and have little to do with the ozone we experience here on the surface. Ozone is a very strong oxidizer. It tends to react with most things causing it to oxidize. This can be good or bad. It is good because it acts as a disinfectant as it will kill bacteria and virus and also destroy other poisons. But it is bad when it kills humans or fish cells. Because ozone causes damage to humans and animals too and not just unwanted pollutants it is usually not the best way of cleaning the air or water. But it is often more effective at cleaning then other alternatives. Overall some amount of ozone will do more good then harm by cleaning the air but too much ozone will do more harm then good.
Water is hilariously critical to you remaining alive.
Too much water results in your electrolytes being diluted, resulting in confusion, nausea, and potentially seizures, coma, and death.
Everything is good or bad, depending precisely on the the specific amount that is good or bad for you.
Your question has an inherent flaw in that your asking whether a complete natural thing outside of human manipulation is good or bad. Also the functions are completely different. Ozone in the atmosphere blocks UV due to chemical processes, and those affect skin. Ozone in our air affects our circulatory system. It’s all contextual, just like everything else.
Ozone in the atmosphere is good breathing in ozone as humans is extremely bad. https://youtu.be/CYVzcZbhxxs
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