It can, similar to the effects of UV embrittlement, but not that fast,
and not that bad... it should work safely for a van with only limited
exposure. Leave it in there for a couple days or weeks and it might
get interesting... the mice wouldn't like it anymore though.

Jim Akiba

On 7/26/07, Mike Rocket J Squirrel Elliott <camping.elliott@gmail.com> wrote:
> Doesn't ozone also attack rubber and plastics like acid?
>
> Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott
> 71 Type 2: the Wonderbus
> 84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana")
> 74 Utility Trailer. Ladybug Trailer, Inc., San Juan Capistrano
> KG6RCR
>
> On 7/26/2007 12:58 PM Tabe Johnson wrote:
>
> > Auto detailers will use an air cleaner
> > that produces Ozone.  The free oxygen
> > oxidizes (go figure) the nasty smelly
> > hydrocarbons in the air.
> >
> > Don't breathe ozone, though.  Bad for
> > the lungs.
> >
> > I have used a "Living Air" air cleaner
> > with good results in cars before.
> >
> >
> > tabe johnson/87 westy
> >
>