Comment on Ultraviolet light can kill almost all the viruses in a room. Why isn’t it everywhere?
skillissuer@discuss.tchncs.de 9 months ago
Pretty counterintuitive that in order to make UV less dangerous for humans, you can make it more ionizing. Anyway, I’d expect problems with degradation/yellowing of plastics, bleaching of everything in range, and massive issues with indoor ozone and some other forms of air pollution
Dadifer@lemmy.world 9 months ago
I’m a little confused about the ozone because I know multiple people that have literal ozone makers in their home.
skillissuer@discuss.tchncs.de 9 months ago
people are fucking morons, i guess they got sold on altmed hype on this one (mostly)
BakerBagel@midwest.social 9 months ago
Because people are morons who will snort straight asbestos because some quack said it is healthy for them.
Ozone is super unstable and will oxidize most organic compounds. It’s great in the upper atmosphere where it absorbs deadly UV rays, but it is super dangerous to be inhaling regularly.
Buddahriffic@lemmy.world 9 months ago
So then it’s perfect in homes where we are using bulbs that output deadly UV rays!
JustZ@lemmy.world 9 months ago
Right, but only a little bit in occupied spaces is safe. Takes a lot to oxidize stable compounds.
BakerBagel@midwest.social 9 months ago
It forms radicals which will self perpetuate. A machine constantly putting out even small quantities of ozone is going to fuck you up sooner rather than later.