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by urbandw311er 887 days ago
Thanks - I learned something today.

Looks like some bus companies treat their windows to block the UVA as well. Eg https://www.valleymetro.org/blog/2022/07/how-valley-metro-ke...

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We need a little UVB everyday to maintain melanin (skin pigment) and skin thickness. If you work inside M-F and then go hard on the weekends outdoors, you will receive disproportionate damage from sunlight.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3427189/

https://www.who.int/news-room/questions-and-answers/item/rad...

If you are blocking UVB, you should be blocking UVA as well. The bus folks are doing some good thinking.