Thanks to Frank who really opened up some good questions about Ecoquest. I was about to sign up for this tommorrow after doing some research for hours and hours. But, I wanted to come here first, and it definitely paid off.
I was looking for a company that centered its business around Christ like ethics, and thought I had found the one. On April 4, ABC did a report on air purifiers.
What scares me is that the comment about the EPA having all of Ecoquest products registered with them is this, quoted from the EPA website:
Several brands of ozone generators have EPA establishment number on their packaging. This number helps EPA identify the specific facility that produces the product. The display of this number does not imply epa endorsement or suggest in any way that epa has found the product to be either safe or effective. Http://www.epa. Gov/iaq/pubs/airclean.html
Also on the EPA site as well as the American Lung Association site, they say these are DANGEROUS! And if someone is going to respond that the Ecoquest products are within the appropriate range, they have something to say about that too!
EPA says:
In one study (Shaughnessy and Oatman), a large ozone generator recommended by the manufacturer for spaces "up to 3,000 square feet, " was placed in a 350 square foot room and run at a high setting. The ozone in the room quickly reached concentrations that were exceptionally high—0.50 to 0.80 ppm which is 5-10 times higher than public health limits (see Table 1).
In an EPA study, several different devices were placed in a home environment, in various rooms, with doors alternately opened and closed, and with the central ventilation system fan alternately turned on and off. The results showed that some ozone generators, when run at a high setting with interior doors closed, would frequently produce concentrations of 0.20 - 0.30 ppm. A powerful unit set on high with the interior doors opened achieved values of 0.12 to 0.20 ppm in adjacent rooms. When units were not run on high, and interior doors were open, concentrations generally did not exceed public health standards (US EPA, 1995).
Http://www.epa. Gov/iaq/pubs/ozonegen.html
They also said on that same page that at allowed levels, the elimination of contaminents and smells were unlikely to happen.
It bothers me SO much as a Christian, that this company would sell products that can harm people! They are putting children and elderly people around these ozone machines that can be harmful! My grandmother is in the last stage of COPD, basically almost no lung function, and she's on oxygen, I thought maybe this could help clear the smoke in her house, unfortuently, she does still smoke, but the American Lung Association said that ozone machines can cause inflammation, shortness of breath, ESPECIALLY in people with certain lung problems, one being asthma. I am glad I didn't possibly contribute to a possibly sooner death of my grandmother.
One last thing about this company; this was the last deciding factor in my NO choice of working with them. The lifestyle. They boast of bonus cars up to 800 dollars a month that you can achieve for you're success, company paid. Let me ask, would Jesus be likely living in this way, extravagant like this? I don't believe that he is against prosperity for He gives it, but I think he would probably see better use like feeding people and other things of that nature. I'm deeply convicted and dissappointed that this company seems to have fallen away from the roots of a once very humble, and truthful company.
They don't lie, but deception is a form of that. If they were really concerned about people and quality of life, they wouldn't be putting their names and gaining profit on things that will harm innocent people! I think I'll leave it to the lung experts and the protection agency. They aren't gaining financially from that truth, but Ecoquest would from the deception.
SO glad I came to this site, and spurred me to further research. Please people who are considering this, would you want to be responsible for seeing a little girl or boy harmed by this eventually, one out of a million is enough to get me to say no. It could be yours. Thanks.
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