Eco Badge Information

A Personal & Portable Ozone Monitor

It's compact and easy to use. Clipped to your shirt or jacket, it tells the world you're aware and concerned. When your health is at stake, it pays to educate yourself.

Air Pollution - who's at risk?

• Health Enthusiasts
• People with respiratory Ailments
• Athletes, Joggers, Runners
• Commercial Printers
• Plant Safety Managers
• Copy Machine Users
• Many others...

For those at risk, The Eco Badge® is your first line of defense in the fight against airborne pollutants.

It is an easy to use personal monitoring device that measures your exposure to ozone.

OZONE

Ozone is both a blessing and a curse to the environment. In the upper atmosphere, ozone protects the planet from the harmful rays of the sun. Unfortunately, this good ozone is depleting rapidly.

In the lower atmosphere, ozone is a major component of air pollution or smog. It is created by sunlight acting upon the hydrocarbons and nitrogen oxides emitted by automobiles, dry cleaners, auto body shops, gas stations, and literally millions of other sources.

Many industries use ozone. It is an effective disinfectant in water purification/bottling facilities and meat packing plants. It is also a harmful by-product of commercial printing facilities, welding machines, office copy machines, laser printers and many more.

MODERN LIFE

If you live near a city, you are probably breathing ozone every time you walk outside, every time you drive a car. More than 130 Million people in the United States live in areas where ozone levels exceed recommended standards. An estimated 20 to 30 million of these people are considered ozone-sensitive.

If you work near copy machines, laser printers or in any of the industries mentioned previously, your risk increases dramatically. Even if there are monitoring systems, you may be working in or near "hot spots" where concentrated levels of ozone accumulate.

Ozone can cause or aggravate respiratory problems: coughing, wheezing, painful breathing, nasal congestion, sore throat and nausea. And it compounds risks for cigarette smokers. When your health is at stake, it pays to know.

EDUCATE YOURSELF

With the Eco Badge® you'll take two readings: a one-hour peak exposure and an eight-hour average exposure, calibrated in ranges of 10 ppb to 350 ppb. It's compact, easy to use, and requires no special apparatus or chemicals. Wear it proudly. Tell the world you're concerned, environmentally aware, and leading the fight against airborne pollutants.

Hopefully, in the process, our products will spark an increased interest (among students and others) in: science and technology; and becoming grass roots political activists and; help make the workplace safer even in facilities where fixed monitoring systems often fail to detect "hot spots" where concentrated levels of ozone can affect one's health.