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therewith. /Essilor) - Most of us have gotten the message that
exposing our skin to UV rays without any protection is about as
smart as handing a signed blank check to a stranger. But it's
only recently that health experts have seriously begun warning
about an equally dangerous threat those rays pose to another
part of our bodies: our eyes. Think about it: The eyes are the
only internal body tissues directly exposed to UV. Three hundred
and sixty five days a year -- no matter how "cloudy" it appears
outside -- radiation (mainly) from the sun is beaming down on
our vulnerable windows to the world. "The rods and cones of the
eye are rich in light-absorbing pigmented molecules called
chromophores, making it particularly susceptible to
photochemical reactions," says Dr. Howard Purcell, O.D.,
F.A.A.O., former chairman of the Cornea and