Site shows riskiest times for UV rays

BEING aware of the time of the day when ultraviolet (UV) radiation is at its highest could prove life-saving and literally prevent you losing an eye, and so a new website aims to let people know when to keep out of the sun.

Dr Tony Healy, consultant anaesthetist at St Vincent’s University Hospital (SVUH) in Dublin, together with his nephew Michael Healy, has launched the world’s only website with a 24-hour read-out of the UV index in any city in the world.

It comes at a time when between 30 and 40 people per annum are literally losing an eye to cancer, Dr Healy said.