UV Reporter

More people than ever before are considering room air filters and purifiers to protect themselves against COVID-19 indoors, a Philadelphia Sun staff report says, while questioning if these devices really make a difference. Air purifiers and filters can help reduce airborne contaminants, including viruses, in a home, office or other confined space. While an air…

Bacteria and viruses can be destroyed by UV light, Alanis Hayal at Brinkwire reports, and cautioning excessive use is harmful.Doctors from the Bascom Palmer Eye Institute at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine stated in a paper published in the journal Ocular Immunology and Inflammation that some patients who used germicidal lamps to…

Ultraviolet radiation can cause a rare type of eye cancer, conjunctival melanoma, according to University of Manchester research funded by Cancer Research UK and others* and published** in Nature Communications, according to a report from The University of Manchester released yesterday. UV radiation is known to be the key environmental cause of melanoma of the skin,…

Stopping the spread of germs and viruses has become more important in the current pandemic-ridden world. UV-C light – the effect of which has been known for over a century – has been proven to be a key to clean air indoors. The invisible, ultraviolet light destroys viruses and bacteria with a reliability of 99.9…

Randy Shore at Vancouver Sun reports Nature’s Path—a food manufacturer based in British Columbia—has installed cutting-edge ultraviolet lighting and air-disinfection filters at its plants that promise to rid indoor air of the virus that causes COVID-19.All three plants—in Delta, Blaine, Wash. and Sussex, Wis.—have been equipped by Florida-based Healthe Inc.Proprietary downlights for general illumination employ “Far-UVC…

This past fall, LEDs Magazine reports in its Company Newsfeed section, Dr. Nisha Duggal and her team of scientists at Virginia Tech tested the efficacy of the LiteSheet UV-C Disinfecting Cabinet against SARS-CoV-2, the virus that is the cause of the COVID-19 pandemic, on surfaces.  Virginia-based LiteSheet Solutions’ innovative LED UV-C disinfecting cabinet is designed…

A team of researchers in Spain finds UV irradiation of strawberries is just as effective as rinsing them in chlorine-treated water, but may use less water because the wash water can be re-irradiated and reused. The research appears in “Inactivation of Salmonella enterica, Listeria monocytogenes and murine norovirus (MNV-1) on fresh strawberries by conventional and water-assisted ultraviolet light…

John Domen at WTOP News reports about how D.C.-area restaurants are safely using 222-nanometer wavelength UV light in dining facilities. As coronavirus cases climb, Mr. Doman reports, the sight of packed restaurants has become a distant memory. In some cases, it’s because customers are leery of eating indoors, and in others, it’s because indoor dining…

Automation is one of the most used technology by companies around the world to make their production faster and more efficient, Xz Jopillo at TechAcute.com reports, and as COVID-19 struck worldwide, the need for automation increased to avoid the risk of infection within employees working in factories, warehouses, and other industries using manpower. Ecommerce is the best…