Consequently, increased pollution results in high ozone levels, but ozone specifically, is not the culprit. Because ozone levels have a direct relationship to levels of chemical pollutants found in smog, it is used as an index to monitor outdoor air pollution. This is why there is a misunderstanding in reference to ozone. Photochemically made ozone mixed with smog chemicals is an unhealthy soup mix of toxins, and should not be breathed. On the other hand, generated low levels of ozone, for use as air and water purification, has many benefits to offer mankind.
Ozone is one of the most powerful natural sanitizers and deodorizers known to science.
The fresh, invigorating air after a spring electrical thunderstorm is ozone. So is the smell of air-dried laundry on a clothes line. Unfortunately, ozone is missing in our modern indoor environments, but pollutants are not. Ozone reacts with the sources of unpleasant or hazardous indoor odors and chemicals. The reactive ozone molecule soon breaks the pollutants down into their basic molecular components, thereby neutralizing them.