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MOVE OVER SANITIZERS, TRY THE LIGHT FIRST

A RESUPERBUGS STILL GOING TO KILL us? While the fear of drug-resistant bacteria due to the overuse of antibiotics may have taken a back seat with everyone locked down and social distancing, the growing body of research around ultraviolet light technology pioneered by David Brenner is finally being turned on.

The idea that Ultraviolet Radiation (UV) light can kill microbes isn’t new, the real problem is that UV germicidal lighting is dangerous. Tanning beds, for example, have been proven to increase the risk of

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