UV Reporter

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…

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…

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…

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…

Amy Alonzo at Reno Gazette Journal reports Lake Tahoe’s famously clear blue water is under attack from a common household plant – Eurasian watermilfoil and curlyleaf pondweed, two plants found in many household fish tanks. After years of ineffectively battling the plants — which provide breeding grounds for invasive fish including what have morphed into extremely over-sized goldfish — preservation groups,…