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Colorado School District Installs New UV-C Equipment from Big Ass Fans

By Peter Chapman on January 5, 2021 |

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Colorado’s Aurora Public School District is upgrading classrooms to keep students safe against COVID-19 and other viruses. The technology will look familiar, like a ceiling fan, only much more powerful than the eye can see, Jacqueline Quynh at CBS4 in Denver reports. “Started when we did the project. About 2000 to 2006 was the timeframe…

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Angry Parents Want UV-Sanitized Schools Opened

By Peter Chapman on January 4, 2021 |

Legal

Five parents sued their children’s school district, board of education and superintendent in an effort to have their children learn in school buildings outfitted with more than $1 million of bipolar ionization filtration, HVAC improvements, antibacterial surface tape, thermal scanners, and ultraviolet light disinfecting equipment, according to a TAPInfo report.

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Healthe Contests High Energy Ozone Patent Infringement Claims

By Peter Chapman on December 31, 2020 |

Legal

Healthe, Inc. filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for Middle District of Florida on Dec. 8, 2020, against High Energy Ozone LLC d/b/a Far-UV SterilrayTM, S. Edward Neister, and Pathogen Path Consulting LLC. Healthe asks the court to make it clear its Healthe EntryTM, Healthe SpaceTM, Healthe AirTM, and Healthe Air 2.0TM products…

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dnata to boost cabin cleaning services with cutting-edge UV technology

By Peter Chapman on December 31, 2020 |

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dnata, one of the world’s largest air services providers, continues to adopt the latest technologies to deliver the highest level of safety and value for airline customers and help them provide travellers with confidence and peace of mind throughout the entire journey. In partnership with Uveya, a Switzerland-based technology company, dnata has successfully conducted a…

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Cleanz222 Part of Cobb County’s $12 Million School Sanitization Program

By Peter Chapman on December 30, 2020 |

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Kristal Dixon at The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, reports Cobb County School District will spend up to $12 million to add two products designed to fight the spread of coronavirus in all of its elementary schools. The district will deploy a hand-rinsing device and a product that uses low-voltage ultraviolet light to sterilize classrooms in its 67…

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UV LEDs Kill 99.9% of COVID-19 Virus in 30 Seconds

By Peter Chapman on December 29, 2020 |

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Ultraviolet radiation is a common method of killing bacteria and viruses. Now, researchers from Tel Aviv University have proven that the novel coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2, can be killed efficiently, quickly and cheaply using ultraviolet (UV) light-emitting diodes (UV-LEDs) at specific frequencies.“We discovered that it is quite simple to kill the coronavirus using LED bulbs that radiate…

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NEMA Letter to EPA

By Peter Chapman on December 22, 2020 |

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National Electrical Manufacturers AssociationDecember 22, 2020Ms. Alexandra DunnAssistant Administrator, Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution PreventionU.S. Environmental Protection Agency1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NWMail Code: 7101MWashington, DC 20460Ms. Susan BodineAssistant Administrator, Office of Enforcement and Compliance AssuranceU.S. Environmental Protection Agency1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NWMail Code: 2201AWashington, DC 20460Dear Assistant Administrators Dunn and Bodine:On behalf of the Light Source…

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EPA Regulations About UV Lights that Claim to Kill or Be Effective Against Viruses and Bacteria

By Peter Chapman on October 30, 2020 |

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The primary purpose of this Compliance Advisory is to provide an explanation to theultraviolet (UV) light industry that UV lights are regulated under the FederalInsecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) as pesticide devices when soldor distributed with claims to kill or be otherwise effective against viruses and/orbacteria, unless an exception applies, and must comply with…

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Boeing Licenses Ultraviolet Wand to Healthe, Inc. to Counter COVID-19

By Peter Chapman on September 22, 2020 |

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SEATTLE, Sept. 22, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Boeing [NYSE: BA] entered into a patent and technology license with Florida-based Healthe® Inc. today under which Healthe will manufacture an ultraviolet (UV) wand designed to sanitize airplane interiors. Boeing designed and developed the UV wand as part of the company’s Confident Travel Initiative (CTI) to support customers and enhance the safety…

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A safer UV light effectively kills virus causing COVID-19, study shows

By Peter Chapman on September 17, 2020 |

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See https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/09/200917105345.htmA study conducted by Hiroshima University researchers found that using Ultraviolet C light with a wavelength of 222 nanometers which is safer to use around humans effectively kills SARS-CoV-2 — the first research in the world to prove its efficacy against the virus that causes COVID-19.Other studies involving 222 nm UVC, also known as…

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