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Article: Are Your Shades as Cool as You Think?
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- Business Wire
- Article date:
- January 28, 1999
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MELBOURNE, Australia--(BW HealthWire)--Jan. 28, 1999--While much of the United States shivers through a record cold and snowy winter, they're playing championship tennis under sunny summer skies in Melbourne.
In addition to seeing the first grand slam tennis tournament of the year at the 1999 Australian Open, spectators are learning a bit about the effectiveness of their sunglasses, courtesy of the Anti-Cancer Council of Victoria, Australia (ACCV).
Using a special analytical instrument called the Varian Solascreen ultra violet - visible (UV-Vis) spectrophotometer, the ACCV is providing testing of tennis fans' sunglasses for compliance to the Australian ...