Comment on Ultraviolet light can kill almost all the viruses in a room. Why isn’t it everywhere?
Nindelofocho@lemmy.world 11 months agoUVC, the kind that kills pathogens harms the skin and eyes and creates ozone. The article talks about using “far 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
Dadifer@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Far UV refers to the wavelength, not distance from humans.
Nindelofocho@lemmy.world 11 months ago
You’re correct. I meant to say Upper Room UV, I edited it