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Inland News:

An estimated
828,000 Californians could be endangering their health by using
portable air purifiers that generate lung-irritating ozone, according
to a survey released Wednesday.

The survey commissioned by the California Air Resources Board is a
first step toward a statewide crackdown ordered by state legislators
last year.

"Unfortunately, there are some purifiers that emit enough ozone to
be a serious health hazard, especially indoors for the people who have
any respiratory problems," said former Assemblywoman Fran Pavley, a
Democrat from Agoura Hills who sponsored the legislation.

"It is sort of like having a Stage 2 smog alert going off in your home," she said.

The law required the state to test and certify the safety of
portable air purifiers before they can be sold to consumers, Pavley
said.

Marketers of ozone generators say that, used properly, the machines
remove impurities from the air. But the air board cites various tests
that found the devices, in addition to emitting ozone, do not clean the
air.

State
air-pollution offices have known for more than a decade that some
purifiers emit ozone and had sought legislation to let them regulate
the machines.

It will take another two years before rules go into effect, said
Dimitri Stanich, an air board spokesman. Meantime, the agency also will
analyze "ionizing" machines, such as Sharper Image’s Ionic Breeze,
which emit smaller amounts of ozone as a byproduct, he said.

Jan Baker, of Riverside, bought an EcoQuest air purifier for a
construction business about three years ago. Now, to be safe, she uses
it only when no one is in the office.

Baker said regulations are needed now. "Hopefully, it’s not too late
and it hasn’t done too much damage to seniors and people who have lung
problems," she said.

In recent years, air purifiers have been aggressively marketed in
Southern California on talk radio and person-to-person through home
businesses.