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It also burns your retinas and produces ozone.
by RL_Quine 7y ago
It also burns your retinas and produces ozone.
- CamperBob2 7y agoNo optical damage in this wavelength range (although the ozone may still be an issue.) Suggest reading the articles people have linked to in this thread, pretty interesting stuff. I had no idea that there was a portion of the UVC spectrum that doesn't have significant harmful effects on humans.
- godelski 7y agoUV definitely can damage the eyes. I suspect what the paper meant is not the wavelength, but the power. Because UV also burns skin. I've seen it happen. Both power and wavelength matter.
- toomuchtodo 7y agoFar-UVC deactivates pathogens without causing damage to skin or eye tissue.
- CamperBob2 7y agoSigh