Industrial applications include odor control, sterilization, and many others. Ozone is produced commercially by an electrical process in which a pair of electrodes is separated by air when the electrical potential builds up from a generator. The electron velocity generates an excitation in which oxygen molecules dissociate and form O 3 or ozone. This is an arc discharge method. Another way is ultraviolet radiation.
Ozone is a powerful oxidizer, which aggressively attacks organics.
Our bodies are organic and ozone cannot differentiate good organics and bad organics. Although there are no documented deaths due to ozone, it should be dealt with caution and common sense. Chlorine and fire are also oxidizers, but we have learned to work safely and control them. Ozone is no different. Ultraviolet radiation from the sun creates ozone by splitting off oxygen atoms from the nitrogen oxides emitted by auto exhausts.