TV Screen Protector Uses – UV Light blocking

So I got an interesting email the other day from one of our TV-Armor customers;

“Thank you for this product – TV armor.  But before I order a TV screen protector, does it provide UVA & UVB protection?  I have a skin condition that reacts with blisters to sunlight, halogen & fluorescent lighting. Since we got our new HD LCD TV a week ago, my face is blistered and my eyes are strained.”

Frankly I had never thought about the potential UV blocking properties of Acrylic. I obviously saw the UV blocking specs on our materials specification but I never put it together that this could be an important feature for a segment of the population. LCD and Plasma TVs give off a small amount of UV light. The goverment has regulations on how much light they give off. For someone without UV sensativity, the amounts are so small that they are unlikely to affect you, however if you are UV sensative it could be a real pain.

There are lots of conditions that would cause someone to be sensative to UV Light; an autoimmune disease called Discoid Lupus (DLE) which is a skin and connective tissue disorder. There is also other forms of photo sensitivity, ie: Lupus (SLE), hyperphotosensitivity, photo allergies, burn victims, etc. After I dug into it deeeper we even found a camp for kids with Xeroderma Pigmentosum which is a rare genetic disease. The camp is called Camp Sundown.

Anyway, I called up our material manufacturer and after a bit of digging we determined that our product blocks from 85% to 92% of UV Light in the 250 to 400 nanometer range. This covers the UVA, UVB, and some of the UVC spectrums. This is perfect for people suffering from UV sensativity conditions.

I have a phone call into the Camp Sundown folks to see if there is a way TV-Armor can help out. Either by donating some TV Screen Protectors for their camp or making a monetary donation. Hopefully we can help. If their is a way we can use our TV Screen Protectors to help make someone’s life better… we will find a way to make it happen.