Introduction to Ozone

One of nature's most powerful oxidizers (second only to elemental fluorine), ozone has been used as a powerful organic sanitizer since the early 1900s. Ozone is widely used for water treatment, including disinfection of municipal water supplies, swimming pools, spas, cooling towers, and sewage treatment plants. Today, nearly all bottled water is treated with ozone. The United States Department of Agriculture accepted ozone as safe and suitable for use in the production of meat and poultry products in 2000 (Final Ruling), and the United States Food and Drug Administration approved ozone as an antimicrobial agent for food in 2001. Ozone is recognized as an efficient sanitizing agent by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the World Health Organization.

Why Ozone?

• Ozone is a gas made of just one thing: oxygen.
• Unlike harsh liquid sanitizers, ozone gas penetrates into padding and fabric where spray sanitizers cannot go.
• Unlike other sanitizers, such as chlorine bleach, ozone gas does not damage or impact the integrity of the fabric or padding.
• Ozone gas can sanitize fabrics and items that are non-washable.
• Ozone eliminates the use of hot water.
• Ozone is very inexpensive to produce.
• Ozone substantially reduces offensive odors, which are likely the result of decomposition of the bacteria and viruses.
  
• Ozone will not damage, discolor, or decrease the life of paper, wood, metal or glass items and most plastics.