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What Is Ozone Therapy? Foundation for Alternative Science & Technology Bio-oxidative therapies: Oxygen, Ozone & H2O2 August 1996 edited by M.H.T.Evers Foundation for Alternative Science & Technology (FAST) in cooperation with Ozone Services presents an edited collection of articles downloaded from Internet. Warning!!! The document is for informational purposes only. It is not intented as medical advice. Always consult a qualified physician before using any of the therapies mentioned in this document The chemical substances used in bio-oxidative therapies can be dangerous if not used properly. Put your message through, FAST’ The Foundation for Alternative Science & Technology (FAST) is a Dutch organization of volunteers. Most of the work presented by this organization is considered suppressed research that could possibly change our lifes for the better. From a methodological point of view most of this research is of an excellent scientific quality. However, todays sciencifical establishment does hardly pay any attention to this research. There a several possible reasons for the neglection, ranging from intended supression to unawareness of this kind of research. We consider it our goal to make researches all over the world aware of these developments in science. Hopefully this will support to the ending of the suppression of excellent research and pave way for a real debate on these subjects. We only presents some unorthodox, though excellent, views on science, technology and its advancement. The judgement whether the claims made by the authors of the different papers are of major scientific interest, is left to the reader. We believe the reader is entitled to make his own conclusions. Since much more is done for the progress of science by sceptism than by guilability, we encourage you to be skeptical. But try to keep an open mind. “Question authority, there are no experts”. - Wilhelm Reich Maurice H.T. Evers FAST can be reached at: FAST Maurice Evers Ericastraat 14 NL-6466 BC KERKRADE The Netherlands phone: +31 45 5415839 or +31 43 3883720 fax: +31 43 3261555 e-mail: [email protected] Other publications made available by FAST: * Alternative cancer therapies (including Essiac, Hoxsey, H2O2, etc.), 175 pages. * Conspiracy and the abuse of police power, 110 pages. * Orgonbiophysics; an introduction to the work of Dr. Wilhelm Reich M.D., 50 pages. * PAP-IMI: the PAP-Ion Magnetic Inductor, 50 pages. * Introduction to the work of Dr. Raymond Royal Rife, 50 pages. * Free Energy: research into zero-point energy, 600 pages. * Bio-oxydative therapies: oxygen, ozone and H2O2 in medicine, 270 pages. * Noam Chomsky: Selected writings 1988-1996, 550 pages. Currently in preparation: Nikola Tesla: introduction to the work of a genius. If you want to obtain a FREE electronic version of any of the above publications, please send an e-mail to FAST. Put the title of the publication in the subject field. Put the words 'Electronic Version' in the message field. If you want a publication on computer diskette, send a 3.5" floppy-disk and an enveloppe with your address and U$3 in stamps to FAST and we’ll send you the requested file for FREE. On request publications are also made available in print. Contact us for prices and how to pay. Maurice Evers e-mail: [email protected] phone#: +31 43 3883720 or +31 45 5415839 fax#: +31 43 3261555 Table of Contents · Ozone: Life-Threatening Pollutant or Powerful Healing Agent? · Oxygen, Ozone and Medicine · AIDS and Cancer Cured by Hyper-Oxygenation · Using 35% Food Grade Hydrogen Peroxide (H 2 0 2) - Internal · Ozone - Breath of Life · Oxygen Therapy - The Empire Strikes Back · Ozone is not Smog, Ozone is Good and Natural · What is Ozone Therapy? · Oxygen Radicals: A Commonsense Look at Their Nature and Medical Importance · Pioneers in Ozone Therapy · What you need to know about ozone/oxygen therapy. · A Unique Function for Ascorbate · Generation of H2O2 in Biomembranes · The Wizard of Ozone · Canadian Medical Research Mystery - DOD Positive Ozone / HIV Results Ignored · H2O2 has a role in cellular regulation · Artificial Ionization of the Air · Hyperbaric oxygen therapy · Hyperbaric oxygen: more indications than many doctors realise. · Reactive oxygen species in living systems: source, biochemistry, and role in human disease. · Ozone Applications: An In-Depth Discussion · Physicochemical and Pharmacological Aspects of Ozone Therapy · Negative Ions & Moods/Sleep/Cognitive Ability Etc. · Air Ionization and its Effects on Well Being and Stress and its Biological Effects (The Third Wave). · Ozone in Medicine: Overview and Future Directions · Comparison of effects on tissue oxygenation of hyperbaric oxygen and intravascular hydrogen peroxide · Comparison of Arterial and Tissue Oxygen Measurements in Humans Receiving Regional Hydrogen Peroxide Infusions and Oxygen Inhalation · Regional Arterial and Tissue Oxygen Tensions in Man During Regional Infusion with Hydrogen Peroxide Solutions · Hydrogen Peroxide/Ozone for municipal water supplies? · Hydrogen Peroxide Facts · Indoor Ozone Health Concern: A Statement of the American Lung Associations in Minnesota · Ozone-therapy Today · Ozone in Preventive Medicine · Swimming Pools and Hot Tubs · What is Medical Ozone · Ozone: A Wide-Spectrum Healer · What is Oxidative Therapy? 1 · Growing Demand for Oxygen Therapies · A Dream Come True · Pure Oxygen May Aid Heart Attack Victims Medicine: Preliminary research finds that pressurized chamber used to treat 'the bends' in divers can lessen chest pain and help keep cardiac muscle tissue alive. · Hyperbaric oxygen for treatment of closed head injury. · My experiences with O2/O3 · Chlorine out, ozone in as water purifier 2 Ozone: Life-Threatening Pollutant or Powerful Healing Agent? by Nathaniel Altman author of Oxygen Healing Therapies It's summer in New York City and the National Weather Service has posted another ozone advisory. A grayish haze hangs over the entire metropolitan area, and the air tastes gritty and stale. Young children and adults with lung problems are told to stay indoors, because ozone can aggravate allergies, bronchitis, asthma and other health problems. That's because when combined with carbon dioxide, peroxyacetyl nitrate and other gases (caused by auto exhaust, factories and power plants), ozone becomes a dangerous pollutant. It can not only damage the sensitive surfaces of the respiratory tract and the lungs, but also corrodes buildings and monuments. It can kill the leaves of the trees and also damages crops. In large urban centers like Los Angeles, Sao Paulo and Mexico City, ozone-laden smog has become a major threat to human health. It is no wonder why so many people have negative feelings about it. Yet at a clinic on West 72nd Street in the heart of Manhattan, the treatment room is filled with patients who are paying up to $100 to have ozone and oxygen infused into their veins. They believe that ozone will help heal them of cancer, heart disease, candida, HIV-related problems and a host of other diseases. Over ten million people have been treated in Europe with ozone, and many swear by its' safety and effectiveness. There are few elements that have been as controversial as ozone, and none that have created such a medical paradox: how can a gas be both dangerous to health as a pollutant, yet can also be used to effectively treat some of humanity's most threatening diseases? Ozone: The Basics Ozone is an elemental form of oxygen occurring naturally in the Earth's atmosphere, it surrounds the Earth at an altitude of between 50,000 and 100,000 feet.1 As a pale blue gas that condenses to a deep blue liquid at very low temperatures, it is created in nature when ultraviolet energy causes oxygen atoms to temporarily recombine in groups of three. Ozone is also formed by the action of electrical discharges on oxygen, so it is often created by thunder and lightning. When we go outside after a thunderstorm, the air seems to smell like freshly-mown hay. This is due to the small quantities of ozone generated by the storm. Ozone is also produced commercially in ozone generators, which involve sending an electrical discharge through a specially-built condenser containing oxygen. Because it is made up of three atoms of oxygen, ozone is known chemically as O3. The newly-formed molecule is quick to react with other substances. Then occurring in the upper atmosphere, ozone forms a protective layer that absorbs much of the sun's ultraviolet radiation, which can cause mutation, cancer, sunburn, immunosuppression and other problems. If it were not for the ozone layer, the survival of animal and plant life on this planet would be impossible. The depletion of the ozone layer by the use of 3 chloroflourocarbons (CFC's), mostly released into the atmosphere by refrigerators, air conditioner and aerosol containers is of grave concern to scientists and physicians the world over. In addition to the health roblems just mentioned, ultraviolet radiation has also been cited as a actor in poor crop growth, such as certain species of grains. After many years of study and a considerable degree of procrastination on the part of industry and government, efforts are finally being made to phase out the use of CFC's completely within the next few decades.* However, ozone becomes a pollutant in the lower atmosphere when hydrocarbons (like carbon dioxide and nitrogen oxide) from vehicular exhaust and other sources combine with ozone in sunlight, creating photochemical smog. As a result, new and often highly corrosive pollutants are formed. The number of possible chemical reactions that can occur when ozone is combined with these oxides can reach into the hundreds. The effects of ozone-laden smog has been linked to acid rain, a variety of lung-related diseases and the oxidation of buildings and monuments, especially in cities where smog is frequent. Scientific studies in this country have emphasized the negative effects of ozone on breathing.
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