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From: henry@utzoo.UUCP (Henry Spencer)
Newsgroups: sci.electronics
Subject: Re: Ozone
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Date: Fri, 30-Oct-87 13:58:28 EST
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Posted: Fri Oct 30 13:58:28 1987
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> ... As a child I lived on the south coast and was
> always told that the refreshing smell of the sea was caused
> by ozone...

Not true, any more than the "refreshing" smell after a storm is due to
ozone.  Ozone has (according to references -- no personal experience) a
sharp, unpleasant smell.  It is also, as you have discovered, toxic.
-- 
PS/2: Yesterday's hardware today.    |  Henry Spencer @ U of Toronto Zoology
OS/2: Yesterday's software tomorrow. | {allegra,ihnp4,decvax,utai}!utzoo!henry