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Sunglass-level UV protection in clear lenses.

ZEISS Lenses with UVProtect Technology

UV radiation is always present. All year round, all day, in winter and summer, in sunny and even overcast conditions. Prolonged UV exposure poses some serious health risks.

Most of us know that UV rays can damage the skin, but many are unaware that UV exposure can also be harmful to the eyes and surrounding tissue.

A UV camera reveals what is invisible to the naked eye.

Photograph taken with a normal camera.

Photograph taken with a UV camera, showing skin damage due to UV exposure.

To protect our skin, we typically wear sunscreen, but we really don't have a lot of options when it comes to protecting our eyes against harmful UV rays. While sunglasses provide excellent protection, studies show that only one person in four consistently wears sunglasses when outdoors. And most clear lenses only offer partial UV protection.

We have elevated the standard of care by offering sunglass-level UV protection in all clear ZEISS lenses. That's full UV protection up to 400nm, the level recommended by the World Health Organization (WHO) and provided in premium sunglasses.

Take up the cause and become a ZEISS UVProtect Expert.

ZEISS UVProtect Technology

All clear ZEISS lenses now provide full protection against UV rays up to 400nm, going well beyond the current industry standard of 380nm. And while the "gap" between 380 and 400 nanometers may not sound like much, it does in fact account for 40% of total solar UV radiation that reaches our eyes and eyelids.

Partial UV protection

Clear lenses with partial UV protection appear transparent when photographed with a UV camera.

It reveals that UV rays are not blocked/only marginally blocked by the lens.

This means that UV rays are transmitted through the lens and can potentially harm the eye and surrounding skin.

This picture was taken with a UV camera fitted with a UV transmitting filter, allowing only ultraviolet light to pass through.

Full UV Protection

Clear lenses with ZEISS UVProtect appear as dark as sunglasses when photographed with a UV camera.

The ZEISS Promise

UV rays up to 400nm are blocked by the lens.

Full UV protection of the eyes and surrounding skin.

Clear, all-day spectacle lenses offer the same UV protection as premium sunglasses.

ZEISS clear eyeglass lenses now offer the same UV protection as premium sunglasses.

This picture was taken with a UV camera fitted with a UV transmitting filter, allowing only ultraviolet light to pass through.

Partial UV protection

Clear lenses with partial UV protection appear transparent when photographed with a UV camera.

It reveals that UV rays are not blocked/only marginally blocked by the lens.

This means that UV rays are transmitted through the lens and can potentially harm the eye and surrounding skin.

This picture was taken with a UV camera fitted with a UV transmitting filter, allowing only ultraviolet light to pass through.

Full UV Protection

Clear lenses with ZEISS UVProtect appear as dark as sunglasses when photographed with a UV camera.

The ZEISS Promise

UV rays up to 400nm are blocked by the lens.

Full UV protection of the eyes and surrounding skin.

ZEISS clear eyeglass lenses now offer the same UV protection as premium sunglasses.

This picture was taken with a UV camera fitted with a UV transmitting filter, allowing only ultraviolet light to pass through.

Don't risk the eye health of your patients.

Constant exposure to UV rays is not just harmful to the skin but also to the eyes. 

Why is 400 nm the better standard
for UV protection?

Current lenses that block UV only up to 380 nm or less create a significant gap in protection. The irradiance between 380 and 400 nm is much more intense, and represents up to 40% of the total amount of solar UV irradiance.

380 and 400 nm is much more intense. This range of the UV spectrum represents 40 % of the total amount of solar UV irradiance as measured on earth.

While a UV AR coating provides slight protection from UV, it is only from reflections off the back surface of the lens. In fact, up to 95% of UV radiation comes directly through the front of the lens. This means so-called back UV coatings block only a very small portion of UV rays. While a UV AR coating may be helpful to address back-side reflections, it does nothing to block the biggest source of UV rays that come directly through the lens.

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ZEISS is one of the world’s leading manufacturers of eyeglass lenses, and is committed to delivering maximum precision and comfort. ZEISS designs and produces lenses, instruments and measurement systems, as well as retail concepts and technology services that continue to raise the bar in vision care.

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¹ ICNIRP Guidelines on limits of exposure to ultraviolet radiation of wavelengths between 180 nm and 400 nm (Incoherent Optical Radiation)
² ZEISS external wearer trial with 106 spectacle lens wearers and 7 eye care professionals in 2018, D.
³ Global data on visual impairment in the year 2002. Resnikoff S, Pascolini D, Etya‘ale D, Kocur I, Pararajasegaram R, Pokharel GP, Mariotti SP Bull World Health Organ. 2004 Nov; 82(11):844-51
⁴ NASA Technical Memorandum, A. T. Mecherikunnel and J. C. Richmond – Spectral Distribution of Solar Radiation, 1980. Industry Standard AS-NZS 1067 (2003) (English): Sunglasses and fashion spectacles [By Authority of Australian Consumer Protection Notices No.13 of 2003 and No. 4 of 2005].

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