Mercury pollution LED to Minamata disease in Japan, triggering thoughts - UVC LED green disinfection, help healthy life

发布时间：2021-06-24 18:01 来源：萤光创新

Japan Minamata disease incident was a strange disease in Minamata Bay, Japan in 1956. It is the first public nuisance disease caused by industrial waste water discharge pollution. Symptoms show for light person inarticulate, hobbling, facial dementia, hand and foot paralysis, sensory disorder, loss of vision, tremor, hand and foot deformation, heavy person nervous disorder, or sound sleep, or excited, the body bend bow high call, until death. It is known as one of the world's eight major public hazards.
Mainly due to the Japanese nitrogenous fertilizer company here to build a plant, and then opened a synthetic acetic acid plant. While vinyl chloride and vinyl acetate use mercury-containing (HG) catalysts in the manufacturing process, which makes the waste water discharged contains a large amount of mercury. Fish and shrimp in the water are also seriously polluted due to years of industrial effluent discharge. It moves through the food chain and into animals and humans, where it is absorbed by the gut and can damage the brain and other parts of the body. Mercury entering the brain shrinks the brain, damaging nerve cells and damaging the cerebellum and perceptual systems that control the body's balance.

Through these painful experiences, we can see that the water discharged from the industrial manufacturing process contains a large amount of mercury, which is very harmful, but why are there still many cases of mercury poisoning happening now?

Reality is, in fact, in some water areas, public areas, hospitals are using mercury lamp tube, but highly poisonous mercury, control is bad will produce the serious consequences, such as mercury lamp after the explosion, the damage would have serious health risks and environmental damage, once accidentally inhaled mercury vapour in the body, must go to a doctor the first time.

Figure 1: Mercury lamp tube

Figure 2: Fluorescent innovative over - flow sterilization module

UVC LEDs, on the other hand, have begun to replace mercury lamps because they do not contain mercury and other heavy metals, are fast in response, and have no physical side effects. UVC LED sterilization can quickly start sterilization through ultraviolet radiation band, to realize the flow sterilization, there is no possibility of secondary pollution. Compared with the traditional sterilization, UVC-LED belongs to the green disinfection, no irritant taste residue, no chemical residue, so its advantages are environmental protection and efficient, but also does not have safety risks. Because of its small size, easy to carry, now began to be used in a variety of sterilization products, such as: water purifier, air humidifier, air conditioning, refrigerators, etc., to provide you with a better healthy aseptic life.

With the understanding of deep ultraviolet will find that the future development of UVC LED is immeasurable, but also will become the only choice of water pollution prevention and control. Fluorescent Innovation Technology Co., Ltd. has been focusing on the ultraviolet sterilization industry since its establishment. The main products include: air and water analysis detector, disinfection and sterilization of health products, industrial and scientific level UV modules, customized UV system solutions. Own more than 30 product patents, has successfully served more than 100 customers, and to provide them with the most reasonable solutions. Companies adhering to the concept of protecting health and creating a better life, to provide services for customers, to help promote the development of UV LED health industry.