Joe in STL

I'm not sure where you live but here in St. Louis you can legally purchase ozone generators. They are pretty expensive though. People use them to knock odors out of the air. Ozone consists of three oxygen molecules, one of the molecules bonds to odor, what's left is 02 or oxygen. It is not safe to be around this stuff, smells the way air smells right after a rain shower.

As far as puking in cars....My girl just puked in my S2k. Fortunately for me she was drinking Malibu and Pineapple juice so it almost smells like an air freshener

Max21

I once threw up a two hours after eating ice cream (then got a migrane headache) in the heat of the summer. I was stuck in a construction zone, by myself and was unable pull over for an emergency stop. It smelled really bad despite my best efforts to clean it. Had the vehicle professionally cleaned and it worked. Tough to imagine a case worse than this.

Max21

Not sure what "ozonolosis" is but ozone (O3) would seem to be a potent oxidizing agent. It is used selectively in some industries in the US. Enzymes are not alive but if ozone has an effect on them it would be by denaturing them or oxidizing the substrate.

DJSang

what do you guys think of using baking soda instead of carpet cleaner?

Will

Don't know if you guys have heard this but the Ionic Breeze by Sharper Image claims that one benefit of the device is that it produces ozone. They make a "in car" model as well. You may be able to leave it on, plugged into the electrical outlet for a few days (might drain battery)

mcomer

Many hot tubs / spas have ozone generators that pump the stuff into the water as it is circulated. This reduces the need for chlorine / bromine as the ozone kills bacteria very effectively. They usually have a strong UV light source inside - if I remember correctly some of the oxygen molecules in the air break down under intense UV illumination and recombine as O3 instead of O2 inside the generator.

I can believe that ozone would help in a circumstance like this, though I've never seen anyplace you could have it done commercially.

Matt