The Ozone Journal had a great 2011.  We continue to get more traffic and more readers.  As we near the end of the year we spend time looking back at the year.  Our most popular post was our April Fools post.  Yes, sorry to burst the bubble of you youth seeking beer drinkers, this was a hoax…

Most popular post of 2011

Study Finds Consuming Ozonated Beer Reverses Aging Process

Researchers nearing the conclusion of a five-year study on human aging announced Friday that they may have found a cure. In fact, a scientist involved with the study, who spoke on condition of anonymity, claims that early results seem to show that consuming certain brands of beer treated with ozone may actually reverse the aging process altogether.

Christmas is over!  It was a great weekend of praising the Lord for the birth of his Son.  We ate too much food, got too many gifts, and spent time with loved ones.  Now, it’s back to work for the daily grind.  Of course, some of you may be cleaning up the house after a weekend of family and fun.  This is where Ozone Solutions may be able to offer a hand.

Did uncle John (you know, the one that smokes) make your couch smell like an ash tray?  Did Mom burn the beans on the stove?  Did your sisters kids (the ones in diapers) bring an unwelcome stench to the bathroom?

Recently the FIRST Lego League from Le-Mars Iowa competed and finished well enough to qualify for the state competition in Ames, IA, in January 2012.  If you remember recently we posted a news article about this.  Watch the video below to view their award winning skit.

The original article/video can be found at FIRST Lego League skit – showcasing Ozone

Researchers Find New Use for Ozone

This is an older article, but worth the read.  To read the full article go HERE

Contact:
Ann Green 919/515-9070
posted Tuesday March 26, 2002

Scientists at the North Carolina State University Seafood Laboratory have found a new use for
ozone — enhancing the freshness of seafood.
In a study supported by the North Carolina Fishery Resource Grant Program (FRG), scientists 
found that ozone reduces the population of common spoilage bacteria in seafood processing 
facilities. FRG is funded by the North Carolina General Assembly and administered by North 
Carolina Sea Grant. The researchers worked with Peter Mairs of Hanover Sea Products in 
Wilmington.
“We found that treating raw fish as well as processing equipment with ozone greatly reduced the
number of bacteria that can potentially spoil seafood,” says Barry Nash, North Carolina Sea Grant
seafood technology and marketing specialist.
Researchers demonstrated the potential effectiveness of ozone as a broad-use, sanitizing agent
in a seafood production facility, says Nash. “This is important because bacteria are everywhere in
the environment,” he adds. “However, the use of ozone could greatly reduce the number of
spoilage bacteria in a seafood plant and help maintain the low levels of spoilage bacteria over
time in air, water and on processing equipment.”

To read the full article go HERE

New way found to fend off hospital infections

Read full article HERE

Researchers in Canada say their new disinfection system may change the way hospital rooms, and perhaps hotel rooms, worldwide are cleaned.

Dr. Dick Zoutman, chief of staff at Quinte Health Care, and Dr. Michael Shannon of Medizone International at laboratories in Innovation Park, Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario, said the new disinfection technology also killed bed bugs.

The new technology involves pumping a mixture of Medizone-specific ozone and hydrogen peroxide gas into a room to sterilize everything — including floors, walls, drapes, mattresses, chairs and other surfaces. It is far more effective in killing bacteria than wiping down a room, Zoutman said.

The cleanest sewage water in Arizona

Read entire Article on the NWRA website HERE

The city of Cottonwood could be drinking its reclaimed wastewater in 15 or 20 years, said Dan Lueder, the city’s head of development.

Actually, he nearly crowed this point.

“It looks like this is going to be the future of water re-use in Arizona,” Lueder said.

Cottonwood got into the drinking-water-production business in 2005, and it just happened to be sitting on a tax for big public projects that had accrued over about 20 years.  Read more...

ppm, ppb, g/m3, mg/l, and many others.  What do these all mean?  And what do they have to do with ozone?  Why do scientific papers have to be so confusing?  Let me try to help, keep reading.

ppm = Parts per Million – Is a concentration measurement.  This would indicate how many parts of the gas in question (ozone in our case) there are in every 1 million parts of total gas.  For example, if we state there is 1 ppm ozone, that means for every 1 million parts of gas, 1 of these is ozone.  The tricky thing with ppm is that we can be measuring the “parts”  by volume, or weight.  Sometimes you may see this as ppmv, indicating parts per million by volume.   This is the most common ozone measurement.  ppm is used to measure ozone in air and ozone dissolved into water.  Read more...

JBS plant odor complaints drop 25 percent

Full article available at the Times-Republican HERE

Odor complaints at Marshalltown’s JBS plant have dropped 25 percent since 2009, according to Troy Mulgrew, general manager of the meat-packing plant.

Mulgrew, who addressed the city council Monday, said pork producer JBS has made investments to respond to community concern.

“We consider ourselves trying to do the right thing at the plant,” he said. “We’ve improved many things.”

According to city records 206 calls were received in 2009, 179 calls in 2010 and 149 by the end of November this year.

Experimental treatment may help relieve back pain

Full Story at CBS News HERE

“An experimental treatment that involves spinal injections of ozone gas and steroids relieved painin over two-thirds of 327 people with back problems related to a herniated disc.”

“Still, ozone therapy could even help many patients with unrelenting back pain to avoid surgery, Lehnert tells WebMD. Before the treatment, patients had tried everything without success and were considering an operation, he says.

Studies suggest that ozone therapy works by reducing inflammation, shrinking herniated discs, and relieving pressure on the nerves bringing pain signals to the brain. The steroid further reduces inflammation.”  Read more...

Ozone badges are quick, easy, and cost effective methods to determine ozone levels in occupied spaces.  These badges are easy to use, and quick references for ozone detection that are gaining popularity due to the low cost.

An Ozone Badge uses a strip of dyed paper that will become discolored by oxidation from ozone.  The rate of discoloration over time will indicate the ozone level in the ambient air surrounding the badge.