Light as a Broad-Spectrum Antimicrobial

Overview of attention for article published in Frontiers in Microbiology, February 2018

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@Metabolicmonstr All light is healing, every color has a purpose. I know we hear a lot about red light in general. Blue light has antimicrobial properties as well for example: https://t.co/Cyb7KC7Va9

08 Aug 2022

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@ScottAdamsSays Light. https://t.co/BpQaLdstxY

26 Oct 2021

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@GlennBecksPeck @brithume And the use of blue light to fight tuberculosis was awarded a Nobel prize in … wait for it… 1903. But since then? Drug therapy was the path chosen. Time to ee-visit the healing potential of LIGHT. Just as Trump suggested. https://

26 Oct 2021

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Clothes dryer, or sunlight? Hanging laundry in the sunlight helps reduce microbial load on clothing. UV light helps to reduce surgical sight of infections https://t.co/cX5BdekMHB #healthy #Hygiene #infection #HealthyLiving

11 Sep 2021

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