germicidal

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The team studied technologies including air filtration, germicidal lights and ionisers.

From Science Daily • Nov. 17, 2023

Today, he notes, the company released a white paper that reviews new technologies, such as improved personal protective equipment and germicidal lights, that could help head off future pandemics.

From Science Magazine • Nov. 14, 2022

“I enlisted a team of scientists and germicidal UV lighting companies to provide, as a demonstration project at no cost, a temporary installation to help protect the White House correspondents’ dinner,” Milton said.

From Washington Post • Apr. 27, 2022

Similarly, the tear layer around eyes also blocks out these germicidal UV rays.

From Salon • Nov. 1, 2021

On Mars such a place would be even more interesting, because while the visible light necessary for photosynthesis would penetrate to that depth, the germicidal ultraviolet light would be at least partially attenuated.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan