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getagrip_already

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2. uv-a is very effective as a sanitizer, and very deadly if you are exposed to it...

Reply to Jilly_in_VA (Original post)

Thu Jan 18, 2024, 11:32 AM

Jan 2024

Well, not deadly in the sense it will kill you in minutes, but it has a very high correlation with causing skin cancer and eye disease.

You don't want to be exposed to it.

Luckily there are devices that contain the light and pass air through it. They are expensive though.

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Ultraviolet light can kill almost all the viruses in a room. Why isn't it everywhere? [View all] Jilly_in_VA Jan 2024 OP

I use a C-pap machine gab13by13 Jan 2024 #1

uv-a is very effective as a sanitizer, and very deadly if you are exposed to it... getagrip_already Jan 2024 #2

It's now widely used in hospitals. Quakerfriend Jan 2024 #3

ionized air works also. k55f5r Jan 2024 #4

For people on a C-pap machine gab13by13 Jan 2024 #5

Brand? vanlassie Jan 2024 #6

There's ultraviolet light and there's ultraviolet light Wonder Why Jan 2024 #7

I equipped my house water system (well) with an UV sterization System marked50 Jan 2024 #8