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Ultraviolet light can kill almost all the viruses in a room. Why isn’t it everywhere? (www.vox.com)

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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?

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[–] Nindelofocho@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

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@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] Nindelofocho@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

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