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scytheyesterday at 7:40 PM2 repliesview on HN

Far UVC is carcinogenic when it reaches living tissue. However, it has a very short mean free path so it doesn't, generally, reach the growing layer of skin. It's less obvious whether exposed mucus membranes (lips, nose, tongue) or the eyes are affected. It probably doesn't reach the lens of the eye, which is good.


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elil17yesterday at 7:59 PM

I think that is the same thing as saying that Far UVC is non-carcinogenic.

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tehjokertoday at 12:42 AM

There is a small watery layer covering your cornea, this is enough to impede far UV-C (~222nm is safe, 254nm regular UV-C is dangerous to your eye!)