[froglets]

I’m surprised that air purifiers without UV lamps seem to be the standard. If you’re going to buy something to clean the air, why not have the option to also kill bacteria/viruses/mold spores if any? Especially in houses like mine with kids spewing all kinds of contagion everywhere.

[Toutouxc]

The article mentions that. First, you’d have to slow down the passage of the particles through the purifier enough so that the UV light could kill everything, which is inconvenient. Second, the filter is supposed to trap the particles and remove them from the environment anyway.