Does UV Light Kill Viruses and Germs?

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An ultraviolet-light-emitting robot named Rosie disinfects a hospital room in Milford, Massachusetts. Photo: Essdras M Suarez/Boston Globe via Getty Images We first heard about the disinfecting powers of UV-C light while talking to certified sex coach Gigi Engle about the best rabbit and bullet vibrators you can buy online. Engle uses a UV-light sterilization pouch to clean her sex toys of bacteria that could lead to yeast infections or bacterial vaginosis.

With their advice in mind, we found a number of devices that use UV light to kill a range of dangerous bacteria and viruses from MRSA to E. coli. Like in hospitals, where UV-light-emitting robots quite literally zap operating rooms of all pathogens.

$20 at Amazon Buy $20 at Amazon Buy BVibe UV Sterilizer Pouch $85 The skin in and around your private parts is extra sensitive. So whatever you use to clean your vibrators, butt plugs, and menstrual cups should be gentle and shouldn’t leave a chemical residue. Cleaning sex toys is especially important if it is used by more than one person, says Eric Lee, an ER physician, medical director of several nursing homes, and medical expert for Invigor Medical.

$74 at Amazon Buy $74 at Amazon Buy BRIGHTINWD UV Light Mini Sanitizer Travel Wand $29 “I think these devices would make more sense in public places,” says Berezow, who strongly believes that industrial UV-light devices could reduce the transmission of diseases on a large scale if used in airplanes, restaurants, subways stations, and other places where people congregate.

 

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Trump said it disinfect mah body so I been sat under a fish tank light for weeks.

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