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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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[-] magnor@lemmy.magnor.ovh 3 points 11 months ago

The issue with stuff that kills everything is that... Well it kills everything.

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[-] iAvicenna@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago

can it kill Tardigrades though?

[-] Dadifer@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago

I'm pretty sure nothing can kill tardigrades.

[-] gramie@lemmy.ca 3 points 11 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.

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[-] Socsa@sh.itjust.works 3 points 11 months ago

Shadows.

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