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RE: [OM] OT re:pics of eclipse

Subject: RE: [OM] OT re:pics of eclipse
From: Chip Stratton <cstrat@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 26 Dec 2000 15:15:40 -0600
This is 'retinal macular degeneration', and I don't believe it is  related
to UV light at all, so a UV filter wouldn't  help...

Chip

> A very common form of blindness in elderly people results from the scar
> tissue formed at the fovea (the small area of critical focus at
> the back of
> the eye).  A recent preliminary study found that several servings of
> spinach a week can slow down the rate of blindness and may even
> reverse the
> blindness some.  Susan can tell us best about this kind of blindness I
> would think.  Isn't it caused by ultraviolet light?  Would a UV filter on
> our Zuiko lenses (OM content) help prevent this?
>
> Gregg
>


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