Aerosolized viruses and bacteria travel through the air we breathe, spreading in hospitals, classrooms and other public spaces. In the same way that water sanitation was improved in the 19th century, our far-UVC light can enable the continuous disinfection of occupied spaces to radically reduce the spread of airborne infectious diseases, like COVID, influenza, tuberculosis, measles and even the common cold.
We struggle to feed the world. Keeping people safe as we feed them is an equal challenge. Pathogens put pressure on every aspect of food security, from farm to table. They require hazardous pesticides in massive quantities – they shorten shelf life – and they cause a lot of waste. Ten percent of climate change emissions come from food waste. Uviquity enables the use of far-UVC light, rather than chemicals, to control pathogens in growing, processing and packaging. We can create a safer food system, end-to-end.
Chemical-based water treatments like chlorine and ozone leave harmful byproducts. Uviquity rapidly purifies water – without toxicity, waste, or changing the color or taste – while addressing the growing problem of chlorine-resistant microorganisms. Our solid state far-UVC light can be used in applications ranging from residential and consumer point of use to agricultural water purification to municipal and industrial water treatment.