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Is standing in the shade as good as wearing sunglasses?

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Is standing in the shade as good as wearing sunglasses?

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Sunglasses reduce the UV more than if you were to stand in the shade, since the shade more or less evenly attenuates all wavelengths, visible and UV, while sunglasses preferentially attenuate shorter wavelengths (i.e., UV wavelengths).Thus, sunglasses provide more protection than shade alone.

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