The house has been fully restored to us, and we remain symptom free... THANKS, GOD!

said kathythill 2 months 14 days ago

For more help check out the website we are putting together, Ozone Gas Exposure help... www.ozonegasexposure.com

said kathythill 6 months 4 days ago

GOOD NEWS! NOTE FROM JOHN: Kath & I have some good news. A few months back we had been praying about what to do with our home there, and we felt to try a technique we learned, one which has helped us in moving into our home here in the area. It is a technique we call “force off-gassing” and it consists of heating the entire home (unoccupied) to 80 degrees for a 12 hour stretch during the night, with the heat forcing any gases out of the different materials. The next 12 hours consists of intense airing out of the house with fans and blowers bringing fresh air inside. This off-gassing took place for 24/7 for 3 WEEKS STRAIGHT. (We 've learned heating alone, or airing alone does not work). ~~Kath and I went back inside recently and found we have been able to go inside the house without any symptoms, which is amazing because we had been super sensitive to being inside prior. The forced off-gassing seems to have helped immensely. ~~It has been really good to be able to finally go back inside, almost 6 years later. We are now both working on going through our boxed contents of 30 plus years. This is a daunting project in and of itself. So many great memories and yet this has been emotionally very hard. We are glad to be back inside!

said kathythill 6 months 4 days ago

SEE JOHN'S LETTER TO THE EDITOR, Register-Pajaronian: www.register-pajaronian.c om/V2_news_articles.php?h eading=0&story_id=456 8&page=77

said kathythill 2008.06.07 at 13:08:27 PDT

PEOPLE AFFECTED BY OZONE: I was just contacted by a man from Austin who had used an ozone generator that very morning after a small fire; he was having breathing issues and & other problems after going back in. ---- Last week I was connected with another gentleman from Austin area who had used an ozone generator on his home for mold issues and was harmed by the ozone. ------ A woman from San Francisco contacted me recently as she’d just had a fire in her apartment and the owner used an ozone generator to try and remove smoke issues, her partner ended up in the emergency room after going into the house after the ozoning occurred. They’ve been forced to stay out of their place, have moved 6 times since then.... ----- Yet still another person from Virginia contacted us re: ozone and harmful health issues suffered after ozone.. ----- A woman from the mid-west is sick after ozone exposure during water purification on her job – her health has been badly affected, she has lost her job, their family lost their home because she could no longer work or hold down a job, husband has to work two- three jobs to help make ends meet – her case may go before their State Supreme Court... ----- Email of another family seeking help and information regarding their home and ozone gas issues, just days ago. ------ Other ozone victims here LOCALLY – our family of 5, forced out of home, move 6 times in 2 years after ozone used in fire remediation work…health and surgery issues, home and possessions unusable to them after ozone gas exposure. ------- A local single mother and her daughter forced out of their only home, lost all their possessions due to ozone gas residual effects... they continue to fight the insurance company to try and remedy ozone use issue... ----- Soquel woman unable to go into rooms of her home that were ozoned after smoke remediation work. ----- All SWEET people, all really kind and caring, all affected by ozone exposure... -----

said kathythill 2008.06.07 at 13:04:47 PDT

PART TWO: ---- cont.......... "--We, and others who have contacted us both locally and from across the US, should never have been exposed to ozone gas; it has adversely affected people’s health, their homes and possessions. ---- "Some Insurance Companies are starting to move away from the use of ozone but not enough yet. Ozone exposure has altered our lives and we don’t want you to be harmed further. I’m sharing our story in the hopes of being able to keep you from making the same mistake. The Summit fire was devastating enough. Don’t subject yourselves to further loss. ----- "If we can be of any assistance, please feel free to call or email us. ----- John Thill and family WORK: 831-475-6639 HOME: personal email: asolutions@got.net

said kathythill 2008.06.07 at 13:01:55 PDT

PART ONE LETTER FROM MY HUSBAND to SUMMIT WILD FIRE VICTIMS: WARNING ------ "Don’t make the mistake of allowing you’re Insurance Carriers to use Ozone in your home, on your contents or personal belongings.-- From John Thill: "What I know now and the painful process my family has experienced is what I’m offering, in the hopes...you won’t be further victimized by some Insurance industry practices, which are currently being used to remediate smoke damage. -- "Our family of 5 suffered a minor basement fire to our home, contained in our central vacuum system canister, w/ extensive smoking of our home and contents. Our Insurance carrier had us retain a restoration company to remove the smoke residue; they set up an ozone machine to generate ozone (O3) to remove the smoke smell from the house.-- "I’m a general contractor and have been for over thirty years. At that time, I had never heard of ozone being used for smoke damage restoration. We were told the ozone process would last only two days and we’d be able to return to our home soon. We were told the ozone was “safe, good for you, like pure oxygen”, and we could go in and out of the home to get belongings safely, making sure to turn the ozone generator off when we went in and on again upon leaving, all of which we did. --- "We were never warned that ozone gas is highly toxic... Some of our symptoms included terrible headaches lasting 10 -12 days, extreme muscle spasms, dizziness, sore throats, coughing, flushing, uncontrollable twitching, asthma, hair loss, surgery and much more. --SEE PART TWO...

said kathythill 2008.06.07 at 13:00:42 PDT

Southern California fire residents: Don't let the insurance company or any remediation/restoration company use OZONE on or in your home! DOn't be around the house during fire restoration treatment! Ozone is highly toxic, 500 TIMES MORE TOXIC THAN CARBON MONOXIDE and 100 TIMES MORE TOXIC THAN THE GAS USED IN THE CONCENTRATION CAMPS. Not enough is known on ozone gas usage...it may prove to be the next "asbestos" litigation issue of the near future. We’ve come across 4 others who have had the same health issues as we faced, some who were not exposed to smoke issues at all (water purification), some who were not directly exposed to ozone except to have it used inside their home for restoration purposes, and us, who were both exposed to the direct ozone gas, as well as the smoke and ozone chemical "cocktail" mix.

said kathythill 2007.10.25 at 20:51:15 PDT

our family of 5 was exposed to ozone gas from an ozone generator used by the insurance and restoration company in our home, to "help" with reduce smoke smells after a fire. Ozone can react with harmless chemicals in the home and make them highly toxic. The gas is 100x more toxic than the gas used in concentrations camps (see below) OUR THOUGHTS: RUN from any use of ozone around you or your family. It is being used more and more in fire and restoration work, as well as w/ water treatment, etc. - say NO. - KT) Toxicologist Richard Lipsey states, "Ozone is a highly toxic gas used as a biocide to kill all living things under certain conditions. It is 500 times more toxic than carbon monoxide gas according to NIOSH and 100 times more toxic than hydrogen cyanide gas used by the Nazi troops in concentration camps. Ozone can cause poisoning symptoms in a healthy 40 year old male worker according to OSHA at extremely low levels, ie 0.1 ppm, or a tenth of one part per million in the air can kill humans at only 5ppm while carbon monoxide gas kills at 1200 ppm or 240 times more. "…Ozone is a molecule composed of three oxygen atoms which EPA warns is a toxic gas which causes decreased lung function, an aggravation of asthma, chest pain, coughing, shortness of breath, chronic respiratory disease and a damaged immune system. Ozone can react with harmless chemicals in the home and make them highly toxic. There are over 13,000 articles on the chronic effects of Ozone in the literature and over 3,000 medical and toxicological articles on the harmful effects of ozone. "

said kathythill 2007.06.19 at 12:14:01 PDT