roastpotatothief to Science · 10 months agoUltraviolet light can kill almost all the viruses in a room. Why isn’t it everywhere?www.vox.comexternal-linkmessage-square19fedilinkarrow-up183arrow-down118
arrow-up165arrow-down1external-linkUltraviolet light can kill almost all the viruses in a room. Why isn’t it everywhere?www.vox.comroastpotatothief to Science · 10 months agomessage-square19fedilink
minus-squarekool_newt@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down4·edit-210 months agouvc doesn’t give you cancer, it can’t penetrate deep enough, and the type of DNA damage it causes immediately kills the cell so it can’t reproduce, cancer is cells that reproduce and don’t die. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ultraviolet_germicidal_irradiation
uvc doesn’t give you cancer, it can’t penetrate deep enough, and the type of DNA damage it causes immediately kills the cell so it can’t reproduce, cancer is cells that reproduce and don’t die.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ultraviolet_germicidal_irradiation