Protecting Your Eyes From
Hazards.
No matter how you look at eye protection, it’s important
to know right off the bat that the challenge of protecting your eyes can be
fully met by today’s lens products.
If you work in a hazardous environment like a construction
zone or workshop, or participate in ball sports or extreme sports—sturdy,
shatter-and-impact-resistant eyewear is a must. This is particularly important
when considering eye protection for both children and adults.
Did you know…
- Nearly half of traumatic eye injuries relate to ball sports
- 45% of these occur in children under the age of 14
- 90% of these are preventable
Polycarbonate is a lens material that is widely used for
shatter-and-impact resistant lenses, and when combined with sturdy frame
materials, makes for formidable eye protection.
There are hazards of sunlight and bright light that are
harder to understand; namely, ultraviolet rays (UV) and Glare (extreme
brightness). Protecting your eyes from these distracting, even dangerous
elements is equally important to eye protection.
Protecting your eyes from UV rays.
Every day—sunny or cloudy, Spring through Winter—you are
exposed to damaging ultraviolet rays. Though you may not realize it, it’s
there—UV radiation is invisible to the naked eye.
Did you know…
- UV light can "sunburn" the eye's surface and cause benign yellowish growths on
the eye
- Prolonged exposure to harmful UVA and UVB radiation over time can contribute to
serious, age-related eye conditions or diseases
- These diseases include cataracts and macular degeneration, the leading cause of
blindness in people over age 60
- Only lens materials or lens treatments that promise 100% protection against both
UVA and UVB rays protect your eyes fully from the harmful rays of the sun.
Demand 100% UV protection.
Protecting your eyes from glare.
Glare is a distracting and sometimes dangerous excess of
bright light, and can happen day or night. Glare can cause squinting, eye
fatigue, and in extreme cases, even temporary blindness.
Did you know…
- In daylight, glare can occur when walking indoors to outdoors, moving from shade
to sunlight, even from reflected light off of surfaces like cars or sidewalks
- At night, glare can occur from oncoming headlights while driving, or from bright
reflections off of wet roads, even signs
- Glare can impair visual comfort and visual quality, which can diminish healthy
sight
Anti-reflective (AR) treatments are available for many
lens products to help protect your eyes. AR treatments are proven to
significantly reduce glare while increasing visual comfort.
Best of all? These types of lens treatments and materials,
plus others like photochromics and polarized lenses, can often be bundled into
one lens product for maximum versatility, as well as eye protection.