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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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[–] BreadOven@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

Not necessarily agreeing with the article posted, but for all the people who clearly didn't read the article:

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-022-08462-z

That's just one paper I found searching for far-UV. Seems to be many more.

Again not saying it's 100 % safe or anything, but it looks promising.