uvex has always stood for maximum protection against UV radiation — ultraviolet excluded is not only in our name, but also a priority in our range. And when we talk about maximum protection, we mean protection beyond the industry standard: UV protection up to 400 nm. Find out all about uvex UV400 protection in this blog article.
Ultraviolet radiation and its risks
We encounter ultraviolet radiation in many areas — it can be generated naturally by the sun or produced artificially. When working outdoors regularly, you are exposed to continuous harmful UV radiation — even on cloudy days, dangerous UVA radiation penetrates cloud cover unfiltered, damaging your skin and eyes.
Mercury vapour lamps, quartz lamps, black light lamps, daylight lamps, laser material processing and arc welding are artificial sources of UV light that pose a risk not only in everyday life at the solarium or in the club, but while working as well.
If your eyes are exposed to UV light, it is absorbed by the outer tissue of the eye, the cornea and the lens. This means that UVB light causes significant damage in these regions. UVA radiation, however, penetrates deeper and therefore causes thermal damage, magnifying the effects of UVB light at the same time. In addition to causing heat damage to the cells of your eye, the long-term consequences of this include cataracts, degeneration of the retina or blindness.
This is why the World Health Organization (WHO) recommends maximum eye protection: our uvex UV400 protection makes this possible.
What is UV protection 400?
Conventional industrial safety spectacles protect your eyes from UV radiation up to 380 nanometres. However, it has been scientifically proven that this protection is not enough. Although offering 100% protection against UVB rays, this level only provides partial protection against UVA radiation — which still poses a significant risk. For this reason, UV protection up to 400 nm has been the standard in our UV safety spectacles range for a long time.
Benefits of uvex UV400
- Filters all UVA rays — 20% of UVA rays still pass through 380 nm lenses)
- Thermal impact is minimised tenfold in the radiation range of 380 to 400 nm
- Aggressive blue light content (HEV), which is particularly harmful to the retina, is reduced by 15%
- The eyes and surrounding skin tissue are protected against long-term damage.
UV filter spectacles
This video briefly explains the effect of UV radiation on the eyes and demonstrates the effect of our uvex safety spectacles with UV400 protection:
Stop leaving yourself unprotected and find the safety spectacles with UV400 protection for you: