Monthly Archives: June 2016

According to most eye doctors and researchers, the answer is an emphatic “yes.”  Because children tend to spend more time outdoors than most adults, experts say nearly half of a person’s lifetime exposure to ultraviolet radiation can take place by age 18. Ultraviolet (UV) radiation and blue light (also called high-energy visible, or HEV, light) from sunlight [...]

In addition to having lenses that block 100 percent of the sun’s UVA and UVB rays and a significant amount of potentially harmful blue light, children’s sunglasses should also have these features: Impact-resistant lenses. The best lenses for children’s sunglasses are made of polycarbonate. Polycarbonate lenses are up to 10 times more impact-resistant than standard plastic lenses [...]