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vintermann 5 hours ago

No mention of ozone. The more directly dangerous 254nm UV light has the advantage that it doesn't create ozone.

Viruses and bacteria aren't the only bad things you don't want in your air. Ozone is thought to be a carcinogen in its own right and aggravate the health effects of particulate pollution. We want filtering and air circulation anyway, we don't want anything that makes it worse. The consumer electronics industry is all too willing to try to sell us things that make our problems worse, such as ultrasonic humidifiers, or ionizing air purifiers with special chambers for your aromatherapy oils, so it's best to be careful.

scns an hour ago | parent | next [-]

> things that make our problems worse, such as ultrasonic humidifiers, or ionizing air purifiers

What is bad about these?

mahrain 4 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Could accumulate in an isolated room, but following normal building ventilation standards, really shouldn't be an issue as shown by Brenner in 2023: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38037431/

harvie 3 hours ago | parent [-]

article specificaly mentions rooms with poor ventilation. if you have proper ventilation, then you don't need this system in the first place, because you will get ouside air UV sterilised by the sun...