How I Protect Myself from VOG

by Robert G. Roosen

VOG is toxic to lungs, blood vessels and heart.
http://health.usnews.com/articles/health/healthday/2008/08/13/air-pollution-can-damage-heart-blood-vessels-too_print.htm




After I moved to Kailua-Kona, my blood pressure spiked, my breathing got difficult, my allergies kicked up and I developed a major sinus infection.

Here is what I am doing now to protect myself:

When outdoors, I wear a face mask that I got from Adrien Bledstein at ICANBREATHE.com
It has a replaceable filter/liner made with activated charcoal to block volcanic gases alnd also filters out small particles--It also protects my nose from sun damage :)

I found ICANBREATHE.com because those white P95 masks are not effective on gases.
I keep my home closed up at all times and run an air filter and air conditioner as necessary.

Adrien donated some of his mask material to use as filters in these units because I found the filters supplied with the units were not very effective.
That might have been because I was living in a place whose previous tenants were tobacco smokers. All walls had been painted, carpet cleaned and sofa and chair cleaned. Even so, it smelled like a wet ashtray and attacked my allergies.
That problem was solved by repeated applications of ozone from rented ozone generators.

In addition to using filters 7/24, I take steps to rid my body of VOG contaminants that get through.

I shower after I have been exposed to pollutants.

I gargle with salt water a few times a day.

I also have a neti pot and irrigate my sinuses with non-iodized salt water once or twice a day. (Sniffing salt water also works.)

I now wake up every morning with clear sinuses.

Although I use them for VOG, these methods would also protect me from SMOG and industrial pollution as well as radioactive fallout.

Robert G. Roosen
Director