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Ah, but as pointed out else-thread, it's not killing the bacteria. From the Conclusions section: "Many people therefore assume that UBI must act by killing pat
by syntheticnature 7y ago
Ah, but as pointed out else-thread, it's not killing the bacteria. From the Conclusions section:
"Many people therefore assume that UBI must act by killing pathogens (bacteria, viruses or other microorganisms) circulating in the bloodstream. However there is no evidence that this is actually the case."
The benefits are then ascribed to homesis, much like how low-dose ionizing radiation actually seems to benefit the immune system.
- saalweachter 7y agoMy intuition as someone who has a UV light on their drinking water is also that the blood would also be too opaque for direct irradiation, anyway. (You need to filter your water before it hits the UV light, because if it is eg cloudy or has too many minerals in it, the water treatment salesman tells me, the UV light won't actually do anything.)