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Bookmark or Share- How to Protect Your Skin from UV Rays | Sun SafetyUse sunscreen with at least SPF 30 to help protect skin that isn’t covered with clothing. It’s also important to avoid tanning beds, booths, sunlamps, and other artificial sources of UV radiation, and to use protective clothing, UV shields, and filters when exposed to UV in the workplace.
- Sun Protective Clothing - The Skin Cancer FoundationUltraviolet Protection Factor (UPF) indicates how much UV radiation (both UVB and UVA) a fabric allows to reach your skin. For example, a UPF 50 fabric blocks 98 percent of the sun’s rays and allows two percent (1/50th) to penetrate, thus reducing your exposure risk significantly.
- Here’s How to Tell If Your Sunglasses Actually Protect Your Eyes ...Wearing sunglasses protects your eyes from harmful UV rays, which in turn reduces your risk of developing eye conditions such as cataracts and dry eyes. However, not all sunglasses are created equal. When buying sunglasses, experts recommend getting pairs that offer 100% UV protection.
- How to Test If Sunglasses Are UV Protected? - All About VisionThe best way to find out if sunglasses have ultraviolet (UV) protection is to look for a label, specifically one that says UV 400 or 100% protection against UVA and UVB rays.
- What’s the best UV protection for sunglasses? - All About VisionThe highest UV protection in sunglasses is UV 400, which blocks 99% to 100% of the sun’s UVA and UVB rays and screens out 75% to 90% of the sun’s light.
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