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UV light, especially from lamps purchased by normal consumers, will not "destroy most bacteria" let alone viruses.
by 0livaw 9y ago
UV light, especially from lamps purchased by normal consumers, will not "destroy most bacteria" let alone viruses.
- Balgair 9y agohttps://www.amazon.com/AquaTop-Line-UV-Sterilizer-10W/dp/B005HJYXNO https://www.amazon.com/AquaTop-Line-UV-Sterilizer-10W/dp/B00... About $45. Seems to do a good job for cleaning water, though this particular model may/not have a leaking issue. Oh, and the way UV light accomplishes the sterilization is via DNA destruction: "UVB light causes thymine base pairs next to each other in genetic sequences to bond together into pyrimidine dimers, a disruption in the strand, which reproductive enzymes cannot copy." So that's why it can kill viruses, because UVB light 'attacks' the DNA itself, stopping infection and mitosis. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Direct_DNA_damage https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Direct_DNA_damage