April 22, 2013 
Vecernji list research has shown: all tested sunglasses meet the highest standards of radiation protection …
When you buy expensive sunglasses, you only for the brand, but you’re not guaranteed to get better protection for your eyes. These are the results that have been obtained after testing three types of sunglasses at the Department of Atomic and Laser Research at the Ruder Boskovic Institute. Our host Dr. Martin Loncaric could only conclude that when it comes to UV protection , all the sunglasses were of superior quality.
Equal Rating
The surprise is that we have analyzed the modest sunglasses from the store that we paid only 48 kuna, the sunglasses from the market that cost 50 kuna and expensive fashionable Ray Ban sunglasses that cost 1 400 kuna.
– We measured the quality of protection against UV radiation and we can confirm that all the sunglasses meet the highest standards. This means that the sunglasses do not let through UV radiation and violet light of wavelengths below 400 nanometers – said Dr. Loncaric, adding that he has also measured the category, i.e the degree of fading and that all the sunglasses got good grades. In contrast to UV rays, which can be devastating to your eyes, fading does not affect eye health.
– As the sun’s UV radiation can burn the skin, so it can damage parts of the eye if we are exposed to the sun without sunglasses – said Dr. Loncaric, adding that all the glasses with UV 400 label were ideal protection against radiation.
This year is so far very good because the results of a hundred samples were excellent. Analyses show that the price does not mean anything because the trusted suppliers sell even cheap glasses that meet all the criteria. Today’s technology has come so far that glasses that meet all the criteria of UV protection can, as we have seen, cost less than 50 kuna. Therefore, there is no medical reason to buy expensive glasses that are priced from 1000 and 1500 kuna.
Industry Commands
– UV rays are not visible to the human eye, and are therefore dangerous. It is much more dangerous to have bad sunglasses than not to have them at all. If we’re not wearing sunglasses, eye is protected by closing the pupils, squinting, turning the head away from the sun, etc. When we have bad sunglasses, eyes are open and unprotected from UV rays – concluded Dr. Loncaric. This was also confirmed by a renowned ophthalmologist Nikica Gabric. Ophthalmologist Gabric added that God did not create man to wear sunglasses and that man has a natural reflex of protection from the sun. Necessity is imposed by the industry, which designed and developed different kinds of sunglasses for different social groups.
– There is no need to pay sunglasses 1 400 kuna. Those who wear these sunglasses think they are worth more if they wear branded goods, and actually they’re just shallow – concluded Dr. Gabric.
Taken from: www.vecernji.hr