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From: ron@brl-tgr.ARPA (Ron Natalie <ron>)
Newsgroups: net.consumers
Subject: Re: are ion generators bad for machinery and other living things?
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Date: Tue, 28-May-85 14:24:04 EDT
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> A bunch of the non-smokers in our corridor have just received a
> shipment of Bionaire smoke filters.  These machines contain both air
> filters and ion generators.  I've read (perhaps in this newsgroup) that
> ion generators don't have any hazardous effects on humans (and in fact
> may make people feel better), but I seem to recall that they can cause
> plants to wilt and make certain types of plastics disintegrate in time
> (hopefully not as fast as the virus in The Andromeda Strain...).
> Anyway, would it be wise to move expensive machinery like Sun
> workstations, 3B2's, and plants out of our offices?
> 	Mark Plotnick
> 	allegra!mp

If these ION generators spew ozone in the air, it is harmful to humans,
houseplants, and anything made of organic compunds like rubber.  They
found this out in tire warehouses.

-Ron