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Ultraviolet (UV) Awareness Month brings eye protection awareness
Description: It's getting closer to summer and along with the heat comes ultra violet rays from the sun that can not only damage your skin but also your eyes. Prevent Blindness, a nonprofit eye health and safety group, has declared May as Ultraviolet (UV) Awareness Month. UV rays from the sun can cause corneal sunburn (photokeratitis) and UV damage that has been linked to macular degeneration, cataracts, cancer and pterygium (a growth on the white part of the eye), according to the group. [Source: KFVS (Missouri)]
URL: http://www.kfvs12.com/story/38199027/ultraviolet-uv-awareness-month-brings-eye-protection-awareness
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Source: KFVS (Missouri)
Publish Date: 5/15/2018
Reading Level: Basic
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