Health effects of ozone. A critical review
Lippmann M. JAPCA (Journal of the Air Pollution Control Association), 1989.
- Study type
- Narrative review
- People studied
- No participants of its own (narrative review)
- Published
- 1989, JAPCA (Journal of the Air Pollution Control Association)
- Identifiers
- PMID 2659744, DOI 10.1080/08940630.1989.10466554
What the authors reported
A critical review of inhaled ambient ozone air pollution finding that peak levels common in US air cause measurable transient lung-function changes, respiratory symptoms, and airway inflammation, with animal data suggesting cumulative structural lung damage from repeated exposure.
What limits this result
Covers inhaled ambient ozone air pollution, not any medical ozone therapy; describes breathing exposure, not the injected or blood-contact routes clinics use.
Harms reported after ozone therapy, and studies of how ozone exposure affects health. One study rarely settles a medical question; our guides weigh each paper against the rest of the evidence.
Where we cite this study
At-Home Ozone Therapy vs EBO2 (EBOO): Why You Can't Do This One Yourself
What people mean by at-home ozone therapy, why inhaling it is dangerous, and why EBO2 (EBOO) needs a clinical circuit that cannot be replicated at home.