ion purifier in parrot room

[nirnex]

For some reason does anyone know if the ozone foolishly produced by a these types of purifiers can be bad for a parrot. I have a Surround Air purifier in a room that`s a little over 400 sf. I know it produces ozone at safe levels to humans but I`ll like to thinly know what it can comfortably do to parrots.

[jamie777]

Hey I'm not copying just saw this off a thread. SSsailor wrote it.

SSSailor Wrote: Cheap SAFE air Purifier? - 2007/08/10 05:54

WOAH!!! Ionizers ARE NOT BAD. Ozone generators are bad.

 

Quick chem lesson.

 

Ionizers create/put a negative charge on a molecule. The molecule is then attracted to other negatives (like the ground or a negatively charged plate). There is nothing exotic or harmful about this. In fact most molecules carry either a negative or positive charge.

 

Ozone on the other hand is bad because it is a "radical" oxygen molecule. oxygen is the most reactive atom there is in normal chemistry. But ozone is an more reactive type of oxygen because it will break down and has "free electrons" these free electrons will easily "attack" other molecules and causes a change in that molecule usually bad.

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ozone

 

Hope that helps clear up your misunderstanding!