Welcome to Bad Science on the Internet! In this series, we highlight some of the crazy, funny, and downright dangerous stuff people post online – then we give you the facts.
The Bad Science: Ozone Therapy
What do they claim? Suggested uses include treatment for all types of infectious diseases, arthritis, Alzheimer’s, cancer, and numerous other conditions
Are they trying to sell you something? Yup, you need a special machine to generate the ozone and the “treatments” will cost $100-$150 per session. Multiple sessions are generally recommended.
Is any of this true? Surprisingly, ozone therapy has been studied in some medical settings.
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I’ll start by introducing myself and trying to explain why on earth you would trust my opinion. I live in California. I have a Ph.D. in environmental and molecular toxicology. I studied the effects of environmental contaminants on fetal and neonatal health as an academic. I now work in biotech, and it is my job to assess the safety of drugs prior to testing in humans. I don’t work on vaccines currently, and the company I work for does not produce or profit from any pediatric vaccines. I do, however, assess safety for a living, and I am very familiar with how the safety of vaccines is determined.
There is another reason I have educated myself on this topic. I have an autistic daughter.
