why UV lights aren’t used to sanitize in more areas?

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We use UV lights to sanitize medical equipment already. I’ve heard of some offices implementing some UV solutions for cleaning desks and other office surfaces, but nothing new since. Why aren’t we using it in more places? It seems to me to be a cost effective, chemical free, generally *easy* way to disinfect surfaces and objects.

Some examples I thought of would be inside of a refrigerator. These can be full of germs if not properly and regularly cleaned (which many people don’t do) so why not have a UV bulb in there that turns on for a few seconds after the doors close? Or even a cycle that can be scheduled to run each night?

Another would be under cabinet lights in a kitchen. Kitchen counters can be notorious bacteria breeding grounds (the vast majority of food poising cases come from within your own home after all) so why not have some UV light strips underneath that could annihilate all the bacteria automatically?

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>Kitchen counters can be notorious bacteria breeding grounds (the vast majority of food poising cases come from within your own home after all)

Not to mention, sure you just killed the bacteria, but the physical contamination remains. You still have a smear of chicken juice or whatever it might be on the counter that needs to be cleaned regardless.

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