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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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[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

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

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