While there has been advances in filtration technology, the best filtration methods only capture up to ~50% of common respiratory pathogens according to filter manufacturer's sales materials, but peer reviewed studies show significantly lower reductions in virosomes present in occupied air space, often only as low as ~10%. (1) UV-C irradiance for air purification is an entirely different process, with a proven century long track record of inactivating bacteria, mold, pathogens and viruses.
UV-C irradiance is capable of delivering an instantaneous kill of most common pathogens, and it does it by a completely different process than traditional particle filters. UV-C light purifies the air by creating a break in the genetic code of all DNA/RNA nucleoside strands exposed to it. It is lethal to all biotic organisms with a strong enough dose, and mutagenic (tumor-causing) at even moderate exposures. (2) UV-C lighting is capable of superior to a 3-log kill (99.9%) of common respiratory pathogens such as SARS CoV-2 and Influenza A in moving air environments, in a fraction of a second. (3)
We here at UV-Clear are not statistics professors by trade, just a humble bunch of engineers, however, one can easily see the difference in efficacy between 10% and 99%+. We got into this business because no amount of added filtration was going to get us out of a pandemic, whether worn on your face or deployed in your HVAC system, both ineffective measures, and both causing systemic damages to the user. (4, 5, 6)
UV-Clear has again designed around these pitfalls, engineered from the ground up
(1) https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8588650/
(2) https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-022-09930-2
(3) https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34183999/
(4) https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36624477/
