roastpotatothief@lemmy.ml to Science@lemmy.ml · 2 years agoUltraviolet light can kill almost all the viruses in a room. Why isn’t it everywhere?www.vox.comexternal-linkmessage-square19linkfedilinkarrow-up183arrow-down118
arrow-up165arrow-down1external-linkUltraviolet light can kill almost all the viruses in a room. Why isn’t it everywhere?www.vox.comroastpotatothief@lemmy.ml to Science@lemmy.ml · 2 years agomessage-square19linkfedilink
minus-squareKool_Newt@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down4·2 years 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