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Re:Disinfection with Far-UV (222 nm Ultraviolet light) [pdf] by lazide on Tuesday February 14, 2023 @04:03PM (#34795961)
Skin cancer is easy to prevent by not allowing the light to shine directly on anyones skin, and using non-UV reflective enclosures.

Ozone is already a known and easily tested quantity, and generally only happens at 240nm and lower wavelengths. So 222 as listed might produce some, but doesn't seem optimal (180nm seems better).

Found a paper - seems likely that is the case [https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/php.13391]

Note scale on the first graph.

edit: ah hah, but many of these lamps have defects that can result in higher freq. light emission and high ozone production! See later parts of the paper.

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