The FOX is a gas-discharge lamp; an excimer laser filled with Xenon gas instead of the toxic mercury found in energy-saving bulbs and fluorescent tubes. The Xenon gas-discharge lamp produces light at a single wavelength: 172 nm. The shorter the wavelength, the more radiant energy is released. Forty per cent of the power is converted into high-energy light with a wavelength of 172 nm, which photochemically kills almost all harmful compounds in water, gases or air. The rest of the energy absorbed by the lamp is emitted as heat. This technology is the latest possibility to breakdown harmful non-biodegradable compounds into biodegradable compounds, according to the company.’