TB or Not TB: UV Air Purifiers Provide the Answer

New, lethal forms of tuberculosis are spreading around the world and have already caused death among Americans. Affecting every continent, this new TB, called extreme drug-resistant tuberculosis, virtually cannot be treated as its name suggests. Scientists must now seek alternative methods for controlling the often deadly disease, and prevention, in the form of UV disinfection, has become the key.Tuberculosis, which in its common form proved to respond well to antibiotics, is an infectious, respiratory illness known best for targeting the lungs although other parts of the body may also be affected. As a respiratory illness, TB is passed from person to person through microscopic organisms that are so tiny they can remain floating in the air. Tuberculosis, even today, ranks among the top infectious causes of death worldwide. In a country which has come to consider TB a problem of the past, the threat of extreme drug-resistant tuberculosis could cause an epidemic if preventative methods, such as UV disinfection, are not put into place. Worldwide, an estimated two million people die each year from TB with approximately 100,000 of those deaths being among children. In America alone, around nine to fourteen million people carry a dormant form of the disease.In most cases, TB has, in the past, been treatable. However, extreme-drug resistant tuberculosis cannot and must be prevented in order to be controlled. Scientists are turning to and utilizing information they have known for years: that the UV rays of natural sunlight are the most effective sterilizers of pollutants in the air. This ultraviolet light actually kills dangerous micro-organisms, such as those that transmit TB. Promisingly, ultraviolet light is just as effective against drug-resistant tuberculosis as against common TB, and as ultraviolet light is being considered the only protection left against diseases that have become resistant to drugs, many are turning to UV air purifiers to prevent the spread of deadly illnesses. Homeless shelters, hospitals, prisons, and even homes and offices are integrating this technology as awareness increases.A UV air purifier utilizes an ultraviolet germicidal light which produces energy that causes damage to the molecular bonds of micro-organisms, destroying their DNA and rendering them harmless. As contaminated air passes by the ultraviolet germicidal light of a UV air purifier, the air is sterilized, killing tuberculosis and any other pollutant which passes through, thus the term UV disinfection. UV disinfection is actually the most successful method of ridding the air of dangerous micro-organisms and is an extremely cost-effective measure. The ultraviolet germicidal light used in a UV air purifier is long-lasting (most only need to be bought once), and the purifier, which takes only pennies a day to run, is much less costly than treatment of illnesses such as tuberculosis. Many scientists believe ultraviolet germicidal light is the key to preventing a universal epidemic. They, along with such organizations as the Centers of Disease Control, are working to utilize the technology to eradicate the threat of tuberculosis in America and around the world. While in many developing countries TB rates are extremely high, the use of ultraviolet air purifiers is growing, and the results are promising.

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