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.
In: Earth Science
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.
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