HISTORY OF ARAN™ by T. Nick Trikilis
Clark Thorp, author of THE TOXICITY OF OZONE - A Report and Bibliography, was the acting chairman of the department of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Armour Research Foundation of Illinois Institute of Technology in Chicago when his investigation of Ozone was reported in the Industrial Medicine and Surgery Journal in February of 1950. Thorp is considered to be the 'Father of Modern Ozone Research" since he was able to answer the many questions concerning Ozone's toxicity and its effect on the human being.
It was Thorp's investigation of the oxides of Nitrogen with Ozone that lead the way to clearing Ozone as a potential pollutant:
In 1921, Hill and Aeberly published a series of articles reporting on tests concerning the effects of Ozone, chemically, physically and physiologically. As a result of these tests a toxic limit for ozone was established at 1.0 part per million. It was also stated that 20 parts per million with an exposure of two hours might prove fatal to human beiiws.
After noting the work of Thorp previously mentioned, Hill, realizing that oxides of Nitrogen had been present in his previous test, decided to rerun the test on an identical basis to determine if pure ozone had higher toxic limits. These later tests showed that pure ozone was definitely non-toxic in concentrations as high as 50 parts per million. As a final result of his work, Hill states:
"pure ozone is not poisonous in any sense of the word as it breaks down in contact with the mucus membrane and oxygen only remains. For this reason there are no cumulative effects and pure ozone may be breathed for long periods of time without harm provided, of course, that immediate irritation of strong concentrations is avoided."
Excerpt from "Reprint from Industrial Medicine and Surgery, 19:2, 45-57, February, 1950 The statement that Ozone is harmful to Human Health is also very puzzling since, to my knowledge, I have never heard of one incident, one ailment or one episode of any person suffering from any health problems attributed to Ozone in the past 35 years!
Our government, through the FDA and EPA, have set "guidelines" which made the presence of Ozone acceptable in industry and public areas. Yet, there has not been one documented incident related to a death caused by Ozone anywhere in the government's extensive research!
Furthermore, it is clear that cigarettes cause cancer, and that secondary smoke can be more harmful to a non-smoker than first hand smoke may be to a smoker. Yet, the government is not too quick to "outlaw" cigarettes or to restrict smoking to "SMOKING ROOMS ONLY" areas.
It is interesting to note that throughout the FDA's history, several drugs have been approved for human use only later to have been found to be hazardous to human health.
Clark Thorp, author of THE TOXICITY OF OZONE - A Report and Bibliography, was the acting chairman of the department of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Armour Research Foundation of Illinois Institute of Technology in Chicago when his investigation of Ozone was reported in the Industrial Medicine and Surgery Journal in February of 1950. Thorp is considered to be the 'Father of Modern Ozone Research" since he was able to answer the many questions concerning Ozone's toxicity and its effect on the human being.
It was Thorp's investigation of the oxides of Nitrogen with Ozone that lead the way to clearing Ozone as a potential pollutant:
In 1921, Hill and Aeberly published a series of articles reporting on tests concerning the effects of Ozone, chemically, physically and physiologically. As a result of these tests a toxic limit for ozone was established at 1.0 part per million. It was also stated that 20 parts per million with an exposure of two hours might prove fatal to human beiiws.
After noting the work of Thorp previously mentioned, Hill, realizing that oxides of Nitrogen had been present in his previous test, decided to rerun the test on an identical basis to determine if pure ozone had higher toxic limits. These later tests showed that pure ozone was definitely non-toxic in concentrations as high as 50 parts per million. As a final result of his work, Hill states:
"pure ozone is not poisonous in any sense of the word as it breaks down in contact with the mucus membrane and oxygen only remains. For this reason there are no cumulative effects and pure ozone may be breathed for long periods of time without harm provided, of course, that immediate irritation of strong concentrations is avoided."
Excerpt from "Reprint from Industrial Medicine and Surgery, 19:2, 45-57, February, 1950 The statement that Ozone is harmful to Human Health is also very puzzling since, to my knowledge, I have never heard of one incident, one ailment or one episode of any person suffering from any health problems attributed to Ozone in the past 35 years!
Our government, through the FDA and EPA, have set "guidelines" which made the presence of Ozone acceptable in industry and public areas. Yet, there has not been one documented incident related to a death caused by Ozone anywhere in the government's extensive research!
Furthermore, it is clear that cigarettes cause cancer, and that secondary smoke can be more harmful to a non-smoker than first hand smoke may be to a smoker. Yet, the government is not too quick to "outlaw" cigarettes or to restrict smoking to "SMOKING ROOMS ONLY" areas.
It is interesting to note that throughout the FDA's history, several drugs have been approved for human use only later to have been found to be hazardous to human health.
