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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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[-] gramie@lemmy.ca 3 points 10 months ago

I could see UV light also causing plastics to oxidize and become brittle much faster, because they might not be made for that kind of exposure. So using UV light might mean having to replace a lot of plastic things too.

[-] MojoMcJojo@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

Exactly, yes! Pretty much everything when left out in direct sunlight eventually fades or breaks down. There's a reason why UV light kills germs, it damages what is touches.

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