2026-05-09 09:57 UTC
@siege@masto.hackers.town Oh — and to be a bit less vague, the most common source of ionising radiation that can be a significant danger to medicines is the fusion reactor floating in our sky. Sun's UV radiation can cause degradation of a number of complex molecules over time. Hence, the recommendation to store medicines in a dark place: 'dark' is a good proxy for 'away from sunshine'.
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@xyla@shitpost.trade 2026-05-09 10:11
@riley@toot.cat @elexia@catcatnya.com @siege@masto.hackers.town let me be annoying and clarify that uv isn’t ionising radiation, but it has enough energy to break chemical bonds and destroy dna uvc is ionising radiation, but it’s absorbed by the ozone layer and the atmosphere and never reaches us in any amounts that matter