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Birth is the correct answer. The younger the child is the more UV radiation enters the eye, so wearing sunglasses from birth will give the best possible UV radiation protection.

Soft rubber makes the best frames for babies and small kids as it is comfortable and unbreakable.

Polycarbonate is the correct answer. Polycarbonate is 10 times more impact resistant than all of the other lens materials. So the lenses will handle all the punishment kids hand out.

Green G-15 is the correct answer. 10% of boys and 2% of girls are colour blind and the incorrect colour lens only compounds the problem. Green G-15 lenses give the least amount of colour distortion.

The correct answer is CAT #3. CAT #0, 1 & 2 are all too light to give good glare protection. While CAT #4 is designed for mountaineering and skiing only and must include side shields. CAT #4 lenses should never be worn for every day use as the lenses are too dark and you child will not see clearly.

The correct answer is AS/NZS 1067.1:2016 from Australia. Both the EU and USA standards only classify UV radiation from 200nm up to 380nm not the real 400nm. This means they neglect 20 NM of harmful UVA radiation.

The correct answer is all day. For example, early or late afternoon the sun is much lower in the sky and is more direct to the eyes causing just as much damage as the midday summer sun. So constant use of sunglasses all year will benefit your child’s eyes greatly.

The correct answer is 100% UV protection or (100% UVA / UVB / UVC). UV400 is not mentioned in any world sunglasses standard, therefore it has no defined meaning and should never be relied on. UVA /UVB is just not good enough, what about UVC?

The correct answer is all year. The winter. autumn and spring sun is much lower in the sky and is more direct to the eyes causing just as much damage as the midday summer sun. So constant use of sunglasses all year will benefit your child’s eyes greatly. Also cloudy overcast days scatters the UV rays as they pass through the clouds so sunglasses should be worn on these days as well to fully protect little eyes.

The correct answer is 1 in 7. Worse still 70% of adults over 65 are legally blind and mainly from UV related eye diseases that are totally preventable, just by wearing good quality sunglasses from birth. Similar statistics occur in other countries. A person is considered legally blind if they cannot see at six metres what someone with normal vision can see at 60 metres or if their field of vision is less than 20 degrees in diameter.