Troy Cowan director, Vision Based Consulting On May 14, IUVA’s COVID-19 Task Force hosted “Expert Perspectives on UV as a Tool for N95 Decontamination,” a webinar to promote “open dialogue on the use of UV disinfection technologies in combating the COVID-19 pandemic.” The presentations covered Food and Drug Administration, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention N95 … [Read more...] about N95 Decontamination: Key Thoughts for Combating COVID-19
2020 Quarter 3
UV Disinfection: Protecting People and Produce During the Pandemic
Peter E. Gordon, VP of business development, Bolb Inc. As of April 2020, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention identified nearly 5,000 confirmed cases and 20 COVID-19 related deaths among workers within fish, meat or poultry processing plants. Undoubtedly the number has since grown exponentially, along with all COVID-19 cases in the US, perhaps at an even … [Read more...] about UV Disinfection: Protecting People and Produce During the Pandemic
UV Applications in China’s Municipal Water Treatment
Dongming Lu, engineer, UltraTech Co. Ltd. UVplays an important part in China’s municipal wastewater disinfection. In China, 9,213 municipal wastewater (MWW) treatment facilities were built – treating a total of 227 million m3 of municipal wastewater every day (~60 BGD) up to the end of 2019 – while about 3,000 of these facilities used UV to disinfect a total of 162 million m3 … [Read more...] about UV Applications in China’s Municipal Water Treatment
Association News 2020, Quarter 3
UV Solutions IUVA Reschedules Events for 2021 IUVA is busy planning several events for the next few months, working to finalize the conference program and exhibits for the rescheduled International Conference on UV LED Technologies & Applications (ICULTA) 2021, now taking place April 18-21, 2021, in Berlin, Germany. Additionally, the IUVA World Congress, will take place on … [Read more...] about Association News 2020, Quarter 3
UV Technology Lights the Way to Plant Vaccines: Boosting Plant Defenses to Extend Shelf Life of Fruits and Vegetables
Mahdiyeh Hasani, CPHAZ, Department of Food Science, University of Guelph, OntarioDr. Tatiana Koutchma, Agriculture and AgriFood Canada, Guelph, OntarioCorresponding author Dr. Keith Warriner, CPHAZ, Department of Food Science, University of Guelph, Ontario As scientists and companies rush to find a vaccination for SARS-CoV-2, there is an emerging field of modulating plant … [Read more...] about UV Technology Lights the Way to Plant Vaccines: Boosting Plant Defenses to Extend Shelf Life of Fruits and Vegetables