Re: UV risk and camera cases

[george@xxxxxxxxxxxxx (George Gioumousis)]

In a recent communication, Dr. George A. Themelis wrote:
> 
> >Yes!  There is a definite link between cumulative UV exposure &
> >certain forms of blindness in later life...  Wear those sunglasses!
> 
> You know Jim, I grew up in Greece, the land of sunshine... As a kid I spent
> countless hours in the beach sun tanning.  Sun glasses were never very
> popular.  And yet, I don't know anyone that had problem with his eyes...
> 
> 
George,

Both my parents grew up in Greece, and both lived to a respectable age,
early seventies. My mother had cataracts and my father did not. Most 
people anyplace do not get cataracts, but my ophthalmologist told me
recently that all people get sort of cloudy lenses as they get older.

Most people act as if a probability of 10% can be ignored. Some of them 
die more unpleasantly than do most of us who believe in statistics. I
would hate to lose some of my sight. It's bad enough now when bifocals
aren't enough and I need one pair of bifocals for driving and walking 
and building things and another for working on the computer and taking 
cameras apart.

Listen to Jim, he knows what he's talking about.

Dr G.

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