Ultraviolet light can kill almost all the viruses in a room. Why isn’t it everywhere?::Can special lightbulbs end the next pandemic before it starts?

  • @Nindelofocho
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    11 months ago

    UVC, the kind that kills pathogens harms the skin and eyes and creates ozone. The article talks about using “Upper Room UV” which is just lights posted a safe distance away from humans above them which makes it considerably less effective at killing pathogens at the human level and also now theres a whole area of space where you cant go without risking harm from UVC like being on a ladder or some other platform.

    UV also degrades lots of materials a lot faster

    Edit: I meant Upper Room UV bot Far UV

    • @Dadifer
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      311 months ago

      Far UV refers to the wavelength, not distance from humans.

      • @Nindelofocho
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        211 months ago

        You’re correct. I meant to say Upper Room UV, I edited it