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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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[-] skillissuer@discuss.tchncs.de 26 points 2 years 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 2 points 2 years 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 7 points 2 years ago

people are fucking morons, i guess they got sold on altmed hype on this one (mostly)

[-] BakerBagel@midwest.social 4 points 2 years 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 2 points 2 years ago

So then it's perfect in homes where we are using bulbs that output deadly UV rays!

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