DIFFICULT TO SAY ONLY “UV-C LAMPS”

Low pressure, high output; amalgam, medium pressure, with ozone, without ozone, but also UV-C LED.

Unfortunately there is a lot of confusion and misinformation in the Ultraviolet disinfection sector. The misuse of terms such as “UV sterilization”, the attribution of “magical” disinfection capabilities of UVA wavelengths (of which there is no solid scientific evidence), the disparaging texts on this technology by authors who have interests in promoting competing technologies or vendors of chemical disinfectants are caused both by discordant information on the Internet and by a still not very incisive activity of sector associations, within which scientists and related industries still struggle to agree on how to measure the power of UV sources and how to compare them.

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