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CaliforniaPeggy

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8. Here's an article that talks about solar glasses certification and how to be safe:

Reply to Towlie (Original post)

Tue Aug 15, 2017, 06:15 PM

Aug 2017

https://eclipse.aas.org/eye-safety/iso-certification

Embedded in this article is a list of manufacturers who have been investigated and are deemed reliable. All the solar glasses I have are on this list.

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I have some questions about "counterfeit" eclipse viewing glasses. [View all] Towlie Aug 2017 OP

Amazon is giving me a refund freddyvh Aug 2017 #1

How can you tell if your solar viewer is not safe? GeorgeGist Aug 2017 #2

That article logically contradicts itself. Towlie Aug 2017 #3

I think the point is that even if glasses block out all visible light, they may pass UV light, which Nitram Aug 2017 #4

I don't believe the intended meaning of that paragraph is a contradiction of the previous statement. Jim__ Aug 2017 #5

Not sure I'd trust glasses, at all Warpy Aug 2017 #6

That's, what we're doing. Canoe52 Aug 2017 #7

Here's an article that talks about solar glasses certification and how to be safe: CaliforniaPeggy Aug 2017 #8