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Are aphakic observers at additional risk from observation of the sun through a safe solar filter?

April 26, 2017additional aphakic filter observation observers risk safe solar Sun

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Are aphakic observers at additional risk from observation of the sun through a safe solar filter?

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No. Safe solar filters reduce the UVA transmission to well below safe occupational exposure levels. (Espenak, et al.) (Aphakia is the removal of the crystalline lens of the eye which normally blocks UVA.