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UVA 315-400 nm Ozone layer UVB 280-315 nm UVC 100-280 nm UV400 ZEISS Lenses with UVProtect Technology. of Germans use sun screen occasionally 1. For the skin: UVA radiation causes sunburn. Sunscreen and clothing with a high sun protection factor safeguard against it. 2. For the eyes: Only UV400 sun- glasses optimally protect the eyes against damaging UVA rays up to 400 nanometers. Attention UV radiation: What protects against it Only Source: YouGov Omnibus, 2017 www.zeiss.com/uv 75% Retina Eye lens Pupil Vitreous body Cornea damage to the cornea due to excessive UV exposure clouding of the eye's crystalline lens photo-ageing of the eyelids skin cancer on the eyelid UVB UVA Eyelid UVA radiation is a hazard to the health of the human eye - even when the sun isn‘t shining, when there is a cloudy sky or in the shade. ! 31% Source: American Academy of Dermatolo- gy. „Most Americans don‘t use sunscreen, study shows.“ ScienceDaily, 19 May 2015. wear sunglasses when they are outside in the sun. Clear lenses with UV protection up to 400 nanometers Sunglass level UV protection in clear lenses 3. For the eyes: Clear glasses with UV protection up to 400 nanometers. They protect the eyes in all types of weather!

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Page 1: Attention UV radiation - ZEISS · UVA 315-400 nm Ozone layer UVB 280-315 nm UVC 100-280 nm UV400 ZEISS Lenses with UVProtect Technology. of Germans use sun screen occasionally 1

UVA315-400 nm

Ozone layer UVB280-315 nm

UVC100-280 nm

UV400

ZEISS Lenseswith UVProtect Technology.

of Germans use sun screen occasionally

1. For the skin: UVA radiation causes sunburn. Sunscreen and clothing with a high sun protection factor safeguard against it.

2. For the eyes: Only UV400 sun-glasses optimally protect the eyes against damaging UVA rays up to 400 nanometers.

Attention UV radiation: What protects against it

Only

Source: YouGov Omnibus, 2017

www.zeiss.com/uv

75%

Retina

Eye lens

Pupil

Vitreousbody

Cornea

damage to the cornea due to excessive UV exposure

clouding of the eye's crystalline lens

photo-ageing of the eyelids

skin cancer on the eyelid

UVBUVA

Eyelid

UVA radiation is a hazard to the health of the human eye - even when the sun isn‘t shining, when there is a cloudy sky or in the shade.

!

31%Source: American Academy of Dermatolo-gy. „Most Americans don‘t use sunscreen, study shows.“ ScienceDaily, 19 May 2015.

wear sunglasses when they are outside in the sun.

Clear lenses with UV protection up to 400 nanometers

Sunglass levelUV protection in clear lenses

3. For the eyes: Clear glasses with UV protection up to 400 nanometers. They protect the eyes in all types of weather!