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

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

From Salon • Nov. 1, 2021

You may also see models that use other air purifying technologies, including electrostatic precipitators, ultraviolet germicidal irradiation and photocatalytic oxidation.

From Washington Post • Aug. 20, 2021

The ozone abundance is so small that germicidal ultraviolet radiation from the Sun strikes the Martian surface unimpeded.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan