Is UVC Light Safe?

With serious breakout of coronavirus in many countries, an increasing number of people decide to apply uvc light in various kinds of fields. But is it safe for people?

This is an important issue. If used or implemented improperly, direct exposure to germicidal ultraviolet lighting may have a destructive effect on materials and people. Overexposure to UV-C light can harm humans in a variety of ways, such as eye and skin damage. It can also cause damage to materials such as rubber gaskets or plastic corrosion. It is precisely because of these potential negative effects of UV-C disinfection on lighting that it is essential that appropriate products are utilized in a variety of applications where they can provide benefits.

One of the easiest ways to avoid any type of skin or eye damage is to ensure that any UV-C lighting system under consideration includes some kind of reverse occupancy sensor to ensure that during the disinfection cycle, if someone enters the space, the device will not work. When used correctly, the UV-C system will provide sufficient bactericidal ultraviolet light to ensure the killing of pathogens, but not enough to cause damage to surfaces or materials.

Another way to prevent from uvc light damaging is replacing 265nm 275nm uvc light with 222nm far excimer lamp, which is safe for human disinfection.

The deep UV wavelength of 200-280nm has germicidal effect and has been widely used in disinfection. However, UVC radiation is harmful to human skin because of its penetrating power. However, Kobe University and youzhiwang research found that in terms of the ability to eliminate bacteria on the skin, deep ultraviolet light with the wavelength of 222 nm and 254 nm has the same germicidal effect, and UVC radiation with the wavelength of 222 nm will not cause skin cancer. This is the first time in the world to prove that the direct and repeated irradiation of 222 nm deep ultraviolet with strong bactericidal effect will not cause skin cancer, indicating that the deep ultraviolet with a wavelength of 222 nm is safe for human eyes and skin. In view of this, this technology is expected to be widely used in medical institutions and daily life and other places of sterilization.

Wash your hands and be done.

BfS statement:

The BfS finds that the risk to sensitive persons like children is unknown, as well as the risk of exposing injuries. Also, there’s no data about frequent use of 222nm UV-C (high dose accumulation).

It is way too early to using this technology, which might cause more damage than the Corona virus.

LOL, OK, Dear, thanks for your reply.

I find it amusing that a mouse was used as an example to “confirm” its safe for humans…. were the mice shaven to apply direct skin exposure to UV ? cause humans don’t have the density nor the coverage of hair….

Nude mice were actually used.

That’s patently wrong and authoritarian. Auth is evil.

You are 1000000000000% responsible for harms to yourself. Others only become responsible when not warning you.

Don’t use UVC light without full body protection, and you better be damn sure it actually works. Arc welding gear should be fine, it’s more or less for the purpose.
Yeah, it’s overkill…. these things should come with disclaimers.

UVC is mostly for rock collectors, and I’d expect they use glass that blocks the emitted UV in display cases.
EDIT: And yeah, they probably shaved the mice. I expect the fur would block most of the skin exposure. As would tight/heavy clothes. A study without the full context is always meaningless, can’t recount how many claim good things but with a huge but/if. Sterilization machines are typically used on a timer with no one in the room.

No, they don’t. It’s a knock-out stem. Those mice don’t have any fur.

Don’t know what authority you’re talking about. The BfS is an executive, but not a legislative organisation. They warn, they do not forbid buying or using UV-C lights. Since they have a point, I quoted their statement. Guess that’s only fair in the light of the original posting.

I’ve been to a camping trade fair last year.
Many campers had UV-C devices inside to make people feel safe. :person_facepalming:

I avoided them, but visited some nevertheless. I still have mixed feelings about that.

i doubt it actually works to kill corona or any virus enough to trust

i doubt it is dangerous if powered by AA batteries, but also would not work at that low power either

powered by household AC, yes it can easily damage eyes and skin

ideally it would only be used in a closed box somehow

Yeh. That’s why Micky Maus always had to wear those red shorts.

So, is that why Goofy wears white gloves?

Naw, that’s just to hide his deformity: 4 fingers on one hand, and 3 on the other.

(Shhhh. He’s very self-conscious.)

1000% safe germicidal (no actual mice involved)

And that’s One-Eyed Micky…

See? All those mutations (missing fingers, missing eyes), I think clearly we can say that UV-C is not safe.

Ultra Violet succumbs to Disney.
you just did not know HOW evil.

This thread doesn't fit the WTS very well

Well, all of Zayn's posts are about UV light, and most were commercial in nature but posted in the wrong place.

Enough BLF members marked his posts as spam, and now he has no BLF account.