ultraviolet radiation

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(thing) by BioTech (4.1 mon) (print) ? I like it! Fri Aug 09 2002 at 20:47:10

Electromagnetic radiation with wavelengths between 200 nanometers and 400 nanometers. Exposure to excessive UV radiation damages DNA and can cause health problems such as skin cancer and macular degeneration, cataracts, and pterygia in the eyes.

From the BioTech Dictionary at http://biotech.icmb.utexas.edu/. For further information see the BioTech homenode.

carcinogen	skin cancer	Day sleepers are on top in the bunk bed of life	Look not into the light
sunburn	Why you should wear your sunglasses	Hadar	People with suntans don't look healthy, they look ignorant
tagging	From Beyond	sunbathing	December 29, 2007
Pterygium	Rickets	macular degeneration	William Hyde Wollaston
abzyme	ionosphere	radiation versus radioactive	x-ray
Bremsstrahlung radiation	tanning	ionizing radiation	feminazi

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