what is the ‘ozone in ‘ozonated’ water?

Question

I bought Bottled water that says it contains “ozone” and is “ozonated” and i tried googling it cause I’ve only ever heard of the earths ozone layer and I gotta say, I am more confused than when I started

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Answer 1

Ozone is a chemical comprised of three oxygen atoms bound together.

Ozone is very good at killing microbes and, I would assume, the water you bought had ozone pumped through it for the purposes of killing bacteria, viruses, etc. that are in it.